But is this story of creation pretty genderqueer? Definitely yes. Can you interpret this passage to mean something else? Probably. Even Rashi, perhaps the most famed Jewish commentator, agrees, explaining, “He created first with two faces and later divided.” The first human in Genesis was both male and female. But in the second half of the sentence, the text reiterates: “Male and female he created them.” It seems to imply that in the same person, in the same body, multiple entities were made. In Genesis 1:27, God creates a (singular) person in God’s own image.
It all comes down to grammar (I know bear with me).
But we don’t need to turn to the Greeks for this symbolism even keeping to Eden and Genesis, we can find a similar line. To drive the point home, a phrase in Greek appears as they intertwine, translating to, “After the division the two parts of man, each desiring his other half.” The quote is from a creation myth in Plato’s Symposium, in which humans are made paired and only later separated by Zeus. With Lil Nas X’s face on both snake and human, the theme is complex, queer self-knowledge. While the biblical reference is obvious, it’s unclear whether the human figure is Adam or Eve gender is irrelevant. The video opens in a vibrantly magenta Garden of Eden, where a nude, Lil Nas X ends up making out with an extremely phallic snake, also featuring Lil Nas X’s face.
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The title is even a shoutout to the very Jewish, very queer book and movie “Call Me By Your Name.”īut what exactly did Lil Nas X do to piss off a sector of religious America - and if the biblical imagery is the issue, why aren’t the Jews just as mad about it? The music video’s director, Tau Muino, who has also designed videos for Cardi B and Katy Perry, said she was inspired by “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” a triptych painting by Dutch Renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch. On his journey to damnation, the star - who rose to fame thanks to his genre-defying “Old Town Road” - goes through scenes from the Garden of Eden to Lucifer’s fall from Heaven, and throws in a wealth of references along the way.
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The song hit 100 million streams on YouTube in time for the star’s 22nd birthday, only two weeks after being released, and is currently topping charts around the world.īut there’s more to it than controversy the video is meticulously thought through and full of arcane references you need multiple degrees to decode. It’s an expertly calculated piece of art that has generated not only accusations of Satanism and corrupting America’s youth from conservative Christians - but also a huge amount of press for the queer, Black artist. For an extra bump of publicity, he also launched 666 retrofitted Nike sneakers, which supposedly each have a drop of human blood in the red ink of each pair. His latest music video, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” features him twirling down to Hell on a stripper pole and giving Satan a lapdance before snapping his neck and stealing his crown. You can watch the full, NSFW video for “Industry Baby,” directed by Christian Breslauer and produced by Andrew Lerios, here.Lil Nas X is an expert at generating controversy. “THE INDUSTRY BABY VIDEO IS NOT FOR YOUR KIDS!” "aying this in advance so y’all won’t blame me,” he tweeted earlier this week. " literally went to hell and twerked on satan but gay prison is where you draw the line ?!” he responded to someone who argued that “lil nas x is definitely doing too much now.” Per usual, Lil Nas X has spent the hours leading up to and following the premiere of “Industry Baby” amplifying his funniest fans and expertly shutting down his haters on social media. The highly anticipated release of “Industry Baby” comes shortly after the Grammy winner put out “Montero” and “Sun Goes Down” - the first two singles off his forthcoming debut studio album, which is due “soon” according to its Marvel-inspired trailer. Lil Nas X performed his controversial hit single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” on Sunday’s BET Awards. Entertainment & Arts Lil Nas X locks lips in a passionate kiss at BET Awards