It’s bristling and obstreperous rap one moment, crisp and carefree pop the next. “Wes knew he couldn’t put a project together with the same song. “It was about bringing in producers who would do more than what would everyone would expect - just start a loop and throw in an 808,” says James Supreme, an A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group who helped place Lil Nas X in sessions with the producers Take a Daytrip (“Panini,” “Rodeo”) and Bizness Boi (“Kick It”). The key for 7, Lil Nas X’s just-released debut EP, was to ignore the hit - and to give this artist the same opportunities for in-studio trial-and-error that would be afforded to any promising 20-year-old who didn’t have the biggest song on the planet. The fear, then, is simple: “It’s only downhill from here.” Everyone likes a growth narrative, but it’s impossible to establish an upward trajectory when you start at the top. That means “Old Town Road” is also an albatross for a new artist, a hit so big that it threatens to make every subsequent effort look slight in comparison. This song is “ one of the most dominant Hot 100 Number One’s of the last 25 years ,” according to Billboard, making Drake’s single-week streaming record look puny and keeping Taylor Swift from the number one spot. Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” is less than seven months old, but it’s already a calling-card - a generation of kids will always know the words - and a cash-cow: Estimates suggest that the single has generated more than $5 million. It’s only downhill from here, man - we better do something!'”

“I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is the best day you could ever have.

It was Ron Perry, saying, ‘Congrats, you are officially Number One.’ He stopped, looked at his phone, looked back at me, and went, ‘Dude, I just hit Number One!’ and gave me the biggest hug. “As he was walking through the threshold of my studio, his phone dinged. “He was holding a bunch of horse balloons that his label had given him to celebrate ‘Old Town Road,'” Tedder recalls. Still, he’s never had an experience quite like the first time he hit the studio with Lil Nas X. Telling not just a story with words, but taking you inside it and making you feel like you are there, with their interpretation.Ryan Tedder has written songs for some of the most popular artists in the world: Beyoncé, Adele, Taylor Swift. There is a huge difference between a singer who simply belts out a song that is on a page in front of them, and someone who can convey an entire experience with their voice. So, not a song about a poor girl, but a song of hope and how you can rise up no matter how far down you started. She's the one sitting in the drivers seat at the end. She didn't let the naysayers and judgers stop her. She not only stayed alive, she turned her hard beginnings around, became self sufficient, successful and someone with respect for herself. And the powerful spirit of a poor young girl being abandoned to her future with only a red dress and her wits to keep her alive. Takes me to the deep South and the poverty of some who lived thru truly hard times. This song captivates me still, after 50+ years. But it is a completely different song than the other one that sounds slapped together in a few takes without a thought for the meaning. The only reason it was remade was to scoop up a boatload of money from a more modern and accepting audience. Just listening for the 784,654th time.and it's just perfect in every way. Heard that Billboard took your charting place See you on the move, but we was cool, now don't forget it See if you want it, Nas, I got it, nigga, we should go and kick it

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