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The Video for Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus' 'Old Town Road' Spans Two Different Worlds

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After months of being a viral sensation, incessant radio airplay, and many lyric videos, you're probably getting a little tired of Lil Nas X's hit "Old Town Road." But don't tire too much because there's more!

The biggest song of 2019 thus far now has an official video (or movie, as they're calling it), and it's big-budgeted and packed with star power.

The video begins in 1889 on the “old town road,” somewhere in the Old West. Lil Nas X is seen riding away on horses with his cowboy gang and a bag of money. Nas and Cyrus take a water break while hiding and the scene then takes quite the unexpected turn as Lil Nas X dives in to hole to escape some bullets. The hole leads him to the present day in an L.A. hood in a time-traveling twist. The residents all look on astonished as the ATL rapper takes his horse down the "new" town road.

Just like the song itself fuses together trap and country music together, so does Nas' experience in the new, modern world. Instead of a gun duel at high noon, it's a dance off. Instead of a horse race, Nas races a car and wins, using his monetary earnings to buy some flashy, new cowboy threads. Billy Ray pulls up in the Maserati sports car he sings about, and the two head to the Old Town Road Hall. The drab bingo game soon turns into a party when the duo hit the stage, and the people begin a country line dance in acceptance of the genre-bending song.

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