{"id":24153,"date":"2021-05-24T18:38:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=24153"},"modified":"2021-05-25T13:53:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T13:53:13","slug":"lil-nas-x-snl","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-nas-x-snl\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Nas X\u2019s SNL Performance Was Arranged In Just One Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24164\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width size-large wp-image-24164\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/c91a47cc-0db1-45ab-bf44-a8951d6951a4-NUP_194242_0042.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lil Nas X performing on SNL (Photo: USAToday)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s2\">On the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-nas-x-snl-wardrobe-malfunction\/\">season finale<\/a> <\/span><span class=\"s2\">of NBC\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/black-twitter-snl-appropriation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span class=\"s3\">Saturday Night Live<\/span><\/em><\/a><span class=\"s2\">, Lil Nas X appeared as the musical guest and of course, he left a jaw-dropping performance on the floor.\u00a0<\/span>In a provocative routine, X \u2014 marked by <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-nas-x-pride-entertainment-weekly\/\">his nonconformity<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 gyrated around a pole to his controversial smash hit <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-nas-x-call-me-by-your-name-video\/\">\u201cMontero (Call Me By Your Name)<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0in a flame-emblazoned leather ensemble (a nod to his hellish video where he gave the devil a lap dance).\u00a0 Aside from the set landing as one of the most lascivious performances in <\/span><span class=\"s3\">SNL <\/span><span class=\"s2\">history or even the pants-splitting malfunction that X comically endured, what really should leave the audience in awe is how the performance was arranged in just one day.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">a sign of the times every time that i speak \ud83d\udc41 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/alOXsERwbf\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/alOXsERwbf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; nope \ud83c\udff9 (@LilNasX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilNasX\/status\/1396493930846466048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">May 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itsbankhead\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Bankhead<\/a>, the renowned choreographer whose stellar moves have graced stages with<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/victoria-beckham-inspired-beyonce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/google-trends-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Britney Spears,<\/a> and more, took to Instagram following the broadcast to reveal the trials and tribulations that brought the entire grand finale performance together. After casting the background dancers and rehearsing for two weeks, one person from the artist\u2019s camp tested positive for COVID-19 \u2014 leaving Bankhead with a choreographer\u2019s wildest \u201cnightmare.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>He wrote, \u201cI had to recast all 6 dancers and 2 background vocalists the DAY BEFORE WE WENT LIVE.\u201d Commending the dancers who learned two weeks&#8217; worth of craftsmanship <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/kelly-rowland-birth-son-michelle-williams-beyonce-zoom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over Zoom<\/a> in a night-before crunch, he continued, \u201cYou guys never know what\u2019s going on behind scenes and all I can say is I was beyond stressed as f*ck and couldn\u2019t even go to rehearsal with the new dancers or NAS because we all were in close contact and had to quarantine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the behind-the-scenes hiccups, viewers raved over X\u2019s ability to boldly place queerness in the spotlight regardless of industry pushback. One user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kamjpg\/status\/1396481986424889345?s=21\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201ckeep thinking what an amazing example of representation this is. lil nas x is really doing THAT.\u201d Another user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lasersinger\/status\/1396674241676812289?s=21\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cLil Nas X is doing wonders for dismantling apologetic queer culture that has been told &#8216;your queerness is acceptable so long as you are straight passing\/remain silent.&#8217;\u201d Bankhead also applauded the\u00a0<em>Old Town Road<\/em> singer\u2019s resilience saying, \u201cI have to say a big thanks and congrats to you Nas. You worked your a*s off for this performance and was down for every stunt with a smile on your face.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29094,"featured_media":18362,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lil Nas X\u2019 SNL Performance Was Arranged In Just One Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On the season finale episode of NBC\u2019s &#039;Saturday Night Live,&#039; Lil Nas X appeared as the musical guest and of course, he left a jaw-dropping performance on the floor that was arranged in just one day.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/lil-nas-x-snl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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