Lil Nas X first recorded his megahit “Old Town Road” as a solo. After Billboard removed it from the country chart, he remixed it with Billy Ray Cyrus.
On Thursday, he posted another remix, adding Atlanta’s Young Thug (aka Jeffery Lamar Williams) and 12-year-old Mason Ramsey, best known for yodeling Hank Williams’ “Lovesick Blues” in an Illinois Walmart.
Now, it seems, Little Nas X wants to remix the song again — with Mariah Carey.
Friday morning, Lil Nas X tweeted to Carey, “ok mariah carey lets get this remix in.”
Carey replied with “One Sweet Town Road!”
LETS GOOOO 🐐💞😭😭 https://t.co/3fw5v9LpTw
— nope (@LilNasX) July 13, 2019
"Old Town Road" is No.1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for its 14th consecutive week.
Talk of remixing the song with Carey made some fans excited, but it made many others pull up back the reins and yell, “Whoa!”
It also sparked a Twitter Moment, a way to tell a story by stringing together a collection of tweets.
The moment — titled “Could remixes of Old Town Road outlive the human race?” — gathered dozens of examples of how the song could be redone.
Many people seem to believe the song will bring world peace and reverse climate change. That's understandable, considering a Minnesota mother credits "Old Town Road" with inspiring her nonverbal autistic son find his voice.
The year is 2043. I’m fully grown up with my own ranch and kids and Lil Nas x is still releasing old town remixes.
— Mason Ramsey (@masonramsey) July 12, 2019
The year is 2097. Old Town Road is #1 on the charts for the 4070th consecutive week. The newest remix has 1705 horses on the cover, with the newest feature being a sentient AI. Also global warming is no longer a problem which is cool. All thanks to @LilNasX https://t.co/Pg9KZqnqDi
— Nick Synodis (@NickSynodis) July 11, 2019
The year is 2027, Lil Nas X has just dropped his 56 remix of old town road featuring 112 other artist, the song is 2 hours long. you hate to do it, but you listen too it bc you heard Obama’s verse is gas. It is.
— chris vapelton (@Tee_J_Love) July 12, 2019
the year is 2029. the oceans are rising and wildlife is vanishing at an unprecedented rate. from the constantly buzzing speakers of the national emergency alert system, a weakened voice emerges:
— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) July 12, 2019
there is a new remix of old town road
The year is 2049.
— aarant (@alexaarant) July 12, 2019
Old Town Road has been #1 on the charts for 30 years straight.
It has been remixed 193 times. It has had 206 different artists featured on them.
Lil Nas X is co-President of the United States of Amazon & Disney with with Mason Ramsey.
In the distance, sirens
The year is 2050. Abbey Road is filled to capacity with musicians. You’d think it was for a charity but it’s just for another Old Town Road remix. Lil Nas X ain’t so little anymore. 🤠🐎
— 𝕩𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕟 (@xelocin) July 12, 2019
The year is 2055. @LilNasX releases the 7th billion remix for Old Town Road featuring every single member of the human race. World peace is achieved. Everybody has a horse. Global waming: gone.
— RXSXDX (@Crypt_Mane) July 12, 2019
The year is 2071. The number one song in America is Old Town Road Remix No. 19274 by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, Mason Ramsey, Young Thug, Yoko Ono, the Wiggles, Tupac’s hologram, the cast of Hamilton, Clay Aiken
— hello (@postdunk) July 12, 2019
the year is 2089. old town road is a full length movie. the ghost of thomas rhett, jojo siwa, and the mr. clean guy have contributed to the 3828374th version of old town road.
— bad biddy (@roseforcalum) July 12, 2019
The year is 2024, the 45th remix of Old Town Road just dropped. This time featuring Tupac, who was inspired to come out of hiding in shear respect of Lil Nas X.
— Nick Alatriste (@yungtriste233) July 12, 2019
The year is 2069. @LilNasX celebrates 50 years of Old Town Road being #1 by dropping the 1,000,000th remix featuring Kulture, Elon Musk's conciousness he uploaded to the cloud before dying, and Blue Ivy's first born. pic.twitter.com/noD6KQPlF1
— Nicole Marie (@audiotunelie) July 12, 2019
Lil Nas X, a Lithia Springs High School grad whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, has two other songs from his debut EP "7" on Billboard's charts — "Panini," which led to the rapper getting a cooking lesson from Gordon Ramsay, is at No. 22; and "Rodeo," featuring fellow Atlantan Cardi B, is at No. 38.
“Old Town Road” has shone a spotlight on the country rap genre. It seems the public is embracing the sound. Atlanta singer Blanco Brown’s “The Git Up” is No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart and has climbed to No. 16 on the Hot 100.
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