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The Exact Moment Lil Nas X Took Control Of His Career · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Well, Nazex has proven
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Speaker 1: himself to be far more than a one hit wonder
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Speaker 1: at this point, after being branded as such even as
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Speaker 1: his debut single Old Town Rogue was still on the
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Speaker 1: rise back in ten and in a new interview with
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Speaker 1: British g Q, he admits how much that fear of
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Speaker 1: failure weighed on him at a certain point. He specifically
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Speaker 1: recalls the night the lead single Holiday off his upcoming
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Speaker 1: out was released in November and when he checked the
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Speaker 1: charts it wasn't even inside the top two hundred. He panicked.
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Speaker 1: He broke down in tears and he felt like a failure.
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Speaker 1: He called the head of his record label and he
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Speaker 1: tells g Q we talked about how it was hard
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Speaker 1: for artists who just had true success to get that
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Speaker 1: back immediately. Eventually, he says, I pulled myself together and said, no,
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Speaker 1: we got this, Let's stay strong, and I did kind
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Speaker 1: know what crazy on TikTok promoting it. Four months later,
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Speaker 1: Holiday was certified platinum. NAS ads that song is a
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Speaker 1: reminder that I have the power to make any situation better.
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Speaker 1: His latest Montero's out now that's Direct from Hollywood,