Lil Nas X calls for reviews and comments after Industry Baby music video

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Lil Nas X attends the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Rich Fury (Getty Images)

When Lil Nas X dropped the line you never really supported me anyway in his latest single, Industry Baby, I felt it.

Not only did I feel it, but I’m pretty sure black and brown gays have felt it too. After all, more often than not, this world doesn’t really give them the safe space to express themselves and live aloud in the way they choose. Even when they do, black and brunette homosexuals still have to do it in a way that is appropriate or digestible for the general public or risks being the subject of endless ridicule.

If you don’t believe me, allow the relentless review of Lil Nas X to be a perfect case study. As People reported, after the release of the Industry Baby clip, Lil Nas X dodged and dodged ugly internet trolls fixing their mouths to say his art is sort of the last part of a program. gay men aimed at corrupting the hearts and minds of men, children and society at large. (By the way, if there’s someone who really wants to go read the gay diary, you can find it in the exact same place where the cancellation culture is. Nowhere. Because it’s not real. . Let’s move on.)

As we’ve learned, however, Lil Nas X is a master at calling (denouncing) haters and homophobes by name and does so by serving them read after read online. But there is one more thing to talk about here.

Lil Nas X’s responses to his enemies and followers never cease to make the news. We know it ; we have seen it happen time and time again. Issa a fact at this point. However, when it is in the news, sometimes those same answers are not always worded as precisely as they should. I mean, take a look at some headlines that have been popping up on the internet in recent days:

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You all know exactly what you’re doing with that caption: /, wrote Lil Nas X in response to this very interesting headline from People magazine. (The post has since been corrected to better reflect his actual tweet.)

That’s not exactly what was said sir, he replied to Variety, who also misinterpreted a tweet from Industry Baby collaborator Jack Harlow.

Screenshot: Jack Harlow (Twiiter)

Wow. OK, so as a member of the media I understand the pressure to get clicks. I really do. But what about the pressure to precisely frame something so that you don’t unintentionally add to the delusional stacking of the person you’re writing about? What about the pressure to value accuracy over outrage, especially when it comes to reporting? What about the pressure to tell the whole story and not just the part that leans towards a particular way of thinking?

While it is almost impossible to be 100% objective, we must remember that this area plays an important role in how people, places and things are interpreted. Words mean things, for better or for worse. It’s up to us to remember to use them in a way that paints the picture accurately and also minimizes damage in the process. I know we can do better. We must.

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