Lil Nas X - Old Town Road: Blog tasks
Lil Nas X - Old Town Road: Blog tasks Background and cultural contexts Read this Vox feature and podcast transcript on Lil Nas X and Old Town Road . Make sure you read the whole thing - including the podcast transcript - then answer the following questions: 1) What is the big debate regarding Old Town Road and genre? 2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? 3) What is the Yeehaw agenda? 4) How did the story become a debate about race in America? 5) How does Charlie Harding sum up the whole thing in the final part of the podcast transcript? Now read this Salon feature on Lil Nas X and LGBTQ+ identity . Answer the following questions: 1) How did Lil Nas X announce his sexuality on social media? 2) Why does the article describe Old Town Road as 'genre-blurring'? 3) How has country music demonstrated the social change taking place in American culture and society? Old Town Road textual analysis Watch the video again