Get 2 FREE months of Skillshare premium: https://skl.sh/middle8-18 🎙️ PlayM8 Podcast - https://playm8podcast.com/ A music + talk show where I interview artists about their music and tracks handpicked by them. SUPPORT: 💸 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/middle8 💿 Merch - https://store.nebula.app/collections/middle8 BE MY FRIEND: 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/moremiddle8 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/moremiddle8 🎵 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/themiddleocho ------------------------------- Montero Hill. You know him better as Lil Nas X. His track “Old Town Road” has spent the most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 (19 Weeks). Cock-blocking Billie Eilish from reaching the top spot and destroying “Despacito”’s reign. It’s gone platinum in: Sweden, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Belgium, New Zealand, Germany, Poland, America, The UK and Australia 8 times! It surpassed Drake’s weekly streaming record (143 million vs 116.2 million for “In My Feelings”) He won Song of The Year at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, performed at the BET Awards, Glastonbury and posed on the cover of TIME Magazine. Lil Nas X has only been making music for just over a year. All of this is what a dedicated kid can do with an insanely catchy hook, a knack for making memes and a little luck. But there’s plenty an artist can learn from “Old Town Road”'s success. This is how Lil Nas X created the most popular song ever. ------------------------------- #Middle8 #LilNasX #OldTownRoad This video is sponsored by Skillshare Written, voiced & edited by Frank Furtado