The obvious highlight is a music video in which SNL’s queer players acknowledge the joys but also the less savory aspects of celebrating Pride Month now that the pandemic is on the downswing.
Montero (Call Me by Your Name), the title track from the artist’s upcoming EP, was named Video of the Year, and also scored wins in both Best Direction and Best Visual Effect categories.
Lil Nas X won big at last night’s VMA awards, snagging the top prize in three categories. Accepting the prize, the delighted rapper, 22, said: First, I want to say thank you to the gay agenda Let. Lil Nas X joked when accepting the Video of the Year prize. Like, gay enough that it will be opening for Phoebe Bridgers on her next tour. Lil Nas X won the coveted video of the year award for Montero (Call Me By Your Name). Even in a season which saw a parody of midcentury lesbian dramas featuring straight actresses pining in the wind and an EDM-loving iceberg who just wants to move past that whole sinking the Titanic thing, the episode was really, really, really gay. The video for Lil Nas X ’s new single Montero (Call Me By Your Name) has everything: alien sex, snake-licking, pastel Marie Antoinette wigs, Greek references to Plato’s Symposium that a. While this season of SNL has been rocky as a whole - which the cast acknowledged in a hilarious meta cold open highlight the difficulties of being funny during the pandemic - the show brought its A-game to match Nas’ stellar performance. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.