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Prior to the release of the visuals, the ‘Old Town Road’ hitmaker shares the inspiration behind the clip, including Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ music video and ‘The Matrix’.
- Feb 7, 2020
AceShowbiz – Lil Nas X and Nas have released a thrilling music video for “Rodeo”. Less than a month after debuting the remix at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, the “Old Town Road” hitmaker and the “Street Dreams” rapper are treating their devotees with the promo that is jammed-packed with pop culture references.
Unleashed on Thursday, February 6, the clip opens with Lil Nas picking up a phone call in a neon green phone booth. A voice can be heard saying, “Remember me? I want to play a game?” Before he manages to leave the booth, he gets bitten in the neck and soon transforms into a vampire. Stumbling through a suburb, he shows off his dance moves while people around him try to keep him away.
It is not until the 20-year-old embraces his transformation, complete with black leather jumpsuit, dramatic spikes and blinged-out fangs, that his collaborator Nas makes his appearance. Channeling Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus, the 46-year-old MC offers the “Panini” spitter an option between red and blue pills. Near the end of the video, a group of assassins show up and try to shoot him down.
One day prior to the video release, Lil Nas shared with his Instagram and Twitter followers where he drew inspiration for the visuals of his latest track. On both social media page, he posted a scene capture from Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller”, Eddie Murphy and Angela Bassett‘s “Vampire in Brooklyn“, Sarah Michelle Gellar‘s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and Keanu Reeves‘ “The Matrix“.
Through Twitter, Nas X has also set the record straight about his original collaborator of the track, Cardi B. Shooting down speculations of feud between the two of them, he stressed, “I didn’t ‘kick’ cardi off of rodeo. she couldn’t do the video.” He added, “we cool tho.”
Source: Music - aceshowbiz.com
