Who wrote 'Old Town Road'?

You've heard it playing in the background of TikTok videos. You saw Miley Cyrus dancing on Twitter. You have read the Instagram legends of people who "will wrinkle until they can not go anymore." Discover now who exactly has the horses at the back and what was the inspiration for his viral song "Old Town Road". . "

Lil Nas X's song "Old Town Road" features a surprising country artist

20-year-old rapper and musician, Lil Nas X, became famous for the first time of post memes on Twitter. It's not before December, In 2018, however, the musician created his song "Old Town Road".

Join the king of the internet with a country musician and Hannah Montana former students, Billy Ray Cyrus, and you have a hymn inspired by the theme of the horse. In just a few months, the remixed song has climbed the country music charts and has gained popularity on social media. The two even joined Diplo during his set at the music festival "Stagecoach", according to Variety.

'Old Town Road' is both a viral song and the center of the country music controversy

The public of Lil Nas X is one of the reasons for the success of "Old Town Road". The rapper explained the reasoning behind his song in an interview with Rolling stone.

"I knew how I had to push the song so that it would hit more people's ears," said Lil Nas X. "I run a very similar account on Twitter. I know what my audience is looking for. So I put some potentially funny lines in there.

And hit the ears of people he did. The Old Town Road remix has over 200 million Spotify readings and is the center of countless TikTok Instagram videos and legends.

At first, the song was not successful in the charts, although fans rushed to YouTube to stream it. March 27, 2019, Display panel Removed "Old Town Road" from his painting Hot Country Songs. The reason for pulling this song, Display panel firmly stated, was not racist.

"When determining genres, a few factors are examined, but music composition is above all," said representatives of Display panel told Rolling stone. "Although" Old Town Road "incorporates references to country images and cowboys, it does not contain enough elements of current country music to figure in its current version."

Noah Cyrus appeared at the first evening

While Lil Nas X had originally introduced Billy Ray Cyrus into the remix of "Old Town Road," he was unable to attend the premiere. Noah Cyrus, Billy Ray's daughter, joined Lil Nas X to launch her new movie.

Think of a music video, but ten times bigger. Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" is currently the first trend video on YouTube. This new movie makes fun of old westerns, on everyone's favorite trap track.

According to the description of the YouTube video, it contains special appearances by Chris Rock, Haha Davis, Rico Nasty, Diplo, Jozzy, Young Kio and Vince Staples.

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