“The idea that if you do something wrong you will go to hell, is wrong in and of itself. Macaulay has one thought at the forefront of his mind when he looks at “Call Me By Your Name”: The concept of hell is abusive and a form of scaremongering. , Lil Nas X’s discography extends beyond simple displays of queer identity. This particularly angered many religious groups, including Christian allies of the LGBTQ community who USA Today reported criticized the video for “going too far to prove a point.’” … The song’s video features scenes of Lil Nas X in sensual form, including him giving a caricature of Satan a lap dance. The accompanying video further dramatized the story by drawing from Christian visual imagery of heaven and hell, and God and the Devil. Lil Nas X on March 26 released a single titled “Call Me By Your Name” which garnered massive attention for both its musical mastery through a catchy hook and its depiction of Black queerness. Macaulay, who describes himself as a holy, happy homosexual, labeled Lil Nas X as his “favorite artist of all time right now, after Michael Jackson,” in an article in the Washington Blade.
Lil Nas X in a scene from “Call Me By Your Name”. Jide Macaulay, the Nigerian-native gay activist Anglican priest currently based in London. Christian critics of singer Lil Nas X should realize that he speaks for millions of gay people, says the Rev.
