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But this time, he has the power to steer it. The young man is, again, on a rocket ship.
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This moment - the release of his sensual (and inescapable) single “Montero (Call My By Your Name),” the quick rise to the top of the charts, being social media’s main character- feels “almost déjà vu-ish” for him. “I feel like I never really need [them[ anymore because I'm finding joy and finding a happy life in what I'm doing now.” “I never want to take a break again,” he adds, emphatically. Releasing this album’s second single just as the world begins to see the light at the end of the long tunnel of quarantine, it seems that Nas is also afraid of taking any more time out of the spotlight. “That song is a reminder that I have the power to make any situation better.”
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You know one of those times where you cry so hard your fuckin head hurts? It was like that.”Īfter four months, “Holiday” was certified platinum. I felt like I’d…” He pauses, grasping for the right words, eventually settling on: “ failed myself, almost. Nobody's really fucking with this song.’ I was crying. “I told my manager, ‘I don't want to do it. He had scheduled rehearsals for his performance on the premiere episode of Amazon’s “Holiday Plays,” a multi-episode Christmas special, starring Miley Cyrus, the next day. So, not knowing what else to do, with nowhere else to go, he checked himself into a hotel. “But I was seeing a lot of fucking negativity too.” So he checked the charts. “I was seeing some nice things,” he recalls. To celebrate the track’s release, he had a small gathering with friends, but his focus kept shifting to comments about the track on Twitter.