Piazza Napoleone Cyclone goes wild on stage of Lil Nas X’s “How Good It Is to Sing Love”

Not only hip hop, but a great show at the Lucca Summer Festival. Lil Nas X did not disappoint the expectations of those present (about 2500 spectators), especially foreigners and especially Americans, in Piazza Napoleone last evening. Music and lyrics are important for an artist like him, who one day decided to come out as gay, then tried to be an icon for that composite world made up of many facets. But even those who fail to grasp the meaning of the words are impressed by the physicality of Lil Nas X, born Montero Lamar Hill in the southern United States in 1999.

He talks, sings, dances, does real gymnastic exercises, changes his clothes: a performance that certainly requires a lot of training and that, amidst the sequins and sweat, expresses the visible joy of being on stage that is inside him, an approach that fans clearly love. Performance is below average, but, as already mentioned, it is very physically demanding.

All in “Schedule” they already have several hits, despite a still meager discography, a bold one born in 2018 with “Old Town Road”, a song that broke the US charts: “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”, “Scoop”, “Panini” and “Industry Baby”. The futuristic prehistory scenery with animals, images, special effects, lights and, of course, choreography (eight dancers on stage), make this show beautiful, fun and, if we want to define it that way, very “American”, with the nostalgia of our presence on the fake white horse to “Old Town Road”.

The evening’s special guest, announced only at the last minute, was singer-songwriter CMQMartina, one of the most loved musicians from a very young age who preceded Lil Nas X on stage with a strong personality.

Paul Serragioli