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The Amazing Way Lil Nas X Crafted “Old Town Road" Into A Megahit · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Well Nazax wrapped up
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Speaker 1: this summer with the song of Summer Thanks for the
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Speaker 1: incredible successif Old Town Road, which may even link claim
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Speaker 1: to the song in twenty nineteen when the year is
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Speaker 1: said and done, and it owes at least a good
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Speaker 1: chunk of its success to how it became used in memes,
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Speaker 1: largely on the app TikTok before it achieved mainstream success.
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Speaker 1: It turns out that's doing part to nazis calculated moves.
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Speaker 1: While he was creating the track, he tells Billboard his
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Speaker 1: goal was to combine funny meme culture with hip hop
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Speaker 1: and country, explaining quote, I thought, let's put all that
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Speaker 1: into one, basically all it up, and let's make sure
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Speaker 1: this song is shortened to the point sounds amazing but
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Speaker 1: also funny. It's like a country spin on classical rap
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Speaker 1: tropes within my generation. Well n X also admitted the
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Speaker 1: concept came together quickly, but he finessed the lyrics for
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Speaker 1: over a month before posting it. But he obviously got
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Speaker 1: him right, and so lady said, Panini is out now
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