Rapper, icon and man general on fire Lil Nas X took to Twitter to apologize. The reason: The rapper didn’t ask artist Jack Harlow to join him in a nude shower scene in his latest video.
The music video for “Industry Baby” was released on July 23 and elicited immediate gasps as it featured Lil Nas X and a cast of rescue dancers molding themselves naked in a prison shower scene. Jack Harlow appears in the video helping Lil Nas X escape from prison, but does not appear in the shower scene.
After the video was released, Harlow, who is straight, revealed that he would have been completely frontal if asked.
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“Nas wrote all the processing for this video and I followed his lead every step of the way,” Harlow tweeted. “If he had asked me to be in this shower scene, I would have been in this shower scene. I just let the brain cook. Honored to be a part of it.”
Not only did Harlow’s tweet amuse fans, it also got an immediate response from Lil Nas X himself.
“wait !!! i didn’t know! let’s shoot again! please jack harlow !!! please,” Nas X tweeted.
The exchange sparked an uproar from fans.
“You’ve really groped the bag,” @notzephb said.
“You really lost this chance for everyone smh,” @horchataslore added.
Amid the backlash, however mild, Lil Nas X apologized for missing the opportunity to show Harlow naked.
to the lgbtq + community, I sincerely apologize. I disappointed you. I am embarrassed. I am ashamed. and I will learn from my mistakes. https://t.co/CJH6v5c8dV
– no ?? (@LilNasX) July 23, 2021
“To the lgbtq + community, I sincerely apologize. I disappointed you. I am embarrassed. I am ashamed. and I will learn from my mistakes,” tweeted Lil Nas X.
We have a feeling the Lil Nas X fandom – and Harlow – will forgive him. Nas X posted the “Industry Baby” video in part to publicize The Bail Project, a nonprofit group aimed at ending cash bail and structural racism in the US prison system. Given that it’s for a good cause, we see no reason why he and Jack Harlow couldn’t get naked together to help boost charity transportation …
