Lil Nas X and the Classical tradition : exploring Classical imagery in the Montero (CMBYN) music video

This paper explores how the artist Montero Lamar Hill, better known as Lil Nas X, employs Classical imagery within his Montero (CMBYN) music video, before situating this as a work of Classical Reception through Queer Theory, Black Classicism, and Queer Theology. The paper theorises that through analysing the music video through these theories, the video can be read as a challenge to the alt–right adoption of Classics, and a celebration of the history of the Queer experience.