Lil Nas X is back with a new song, ‘Light Again!’.
via: Stereogum
Earlier this year, Lil Nas X leaked “Light Again!” on his Soundcloud with an apology to his label. A couple of days ago he announced that the track is getting an official release, and caused some drama along the way by ripping off artwork from Sega Bodega.
“It just dawned on me how lucky i am to have all of you that still fuck with me,” he wrote. “bc i know it isn’t always easy! dreamboy isn’t just an album, it’s me coping with the loss of what once was and fighting for a new world. im so excited to bring you on the journey.”
For those of you not familiar, Sega Bodega (real name Salvador Navarrete) took to Twitter to point out the similarities between the ‘dreamboy’ artwork and the artwork for Navarrete’s 2021 single, ‘Angel On My Shoulder’, suggesting that Lil Nas X may have plagiarised his work.
“Not even trying to put a spin on it is where I’m like yeesh”, Navarrete wrote. When one fan acknowledged that Lil Nas X had posted an Instagram story earlier that day showing Navarrete’s artwork as a reference (but with no explicit credits), Navarrete responded: “‘Look he did credit you in a photo that will disappear in 24 hours forever and no name whatsoever of artist or photographer! Be grateful!’ You lot sound insane.”
“Light Again!” is out now, and it’s co-produced by Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter.
“Light Again!” is accompanied by a nostalgic music video directed by Andrew Donoho and full of flip phones, parties, and dancing. The hedonistic tune comes from his forthcoming project Dreamboy. Along with Bangalter, it was made with Take A Daytrip, Omer Fedi, and Jasper Harris. Watch the music video below.
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