 at what point does it stop being a spectacle and it's more about the music? That's what I'm trying to figure out. What's good, Joshua Baras, back again with another video. So, for those who may not know, the BET Awards was this past weekend and all the stars came out in their fancy dresses and suits and whatever they had on, you know, all the entertainers, you know, majority of the entertainers was out to, you know, be in attendance at the BET Awards. And Lil Nas X had his very interesting choice, very, you know, flamboyant dress on, you know, showing his pride and then, you know, who he is, his inner self, you know, that's cool, do what you do or whatever. And then he performed later on that night and at the end of the performance, he started making out with one of the background dancers as you see in the intro clip of this video. Look, I'm not here to hate. I'm not. I have talked about Lil Nas X on my channel for those who don't know or if you can't tell behind me, I'm a sneakerhead. I love shoes, I love kicks and he recently had dropped a pair of Air Max 97s like Satan inspired kicks. And, you know, there was a whole little situation about that Nike was trying to sue the company that made it. But, you know, it was, it was, he had a lot of people in the uproar about those shoes. And, you know, also in the fact that he was grinding on the devil in the little video he was promoting. So when I seen this, him kissing, tongue kissing his background dancer, who was happens to be another guy, I just started really thinking like, yo, we get it, you're gay. I don't think anyone, well, I can't say, let me not say that, I'm sure there's a lot of people, you know, whose very opinionated on him coming out as gay or whatever. And that's fine, you know, people are entitled to their opinions, but I didn't really care. You know, my group of, you know, friends in my circle, they didn't really care, it's just one of those things, like, oh, okay, cool, whatever. You know what I'm saying? It wasn't like, oh, I can't never listen to Old Town Road anymore, I don't care. Like, it's not that big of a deal. You coming out as gay, it's like, all right, what else? You know what I'm saying? All right, cool. But I think it starts becoming an issue when it's like, you're throwing it in people's faces like, hey guys, I like guys. And once again, I have to say this because there probably gonna be some, like, why he can't express himself? He can't express himself. But at what point does it become just expressing yourself and then just really pushing down the message that I am gay, except me, for me being me and enjoy it and brace it. And it's like, I'm gonna be honest with you and you can call me a homophobe, I'm definitely not. I don't have a problem with anyone's sexual preferences unless you want some weird stuff. You know, if you want some EDP 445 stuff, that's a no go. But outside of that, you know, hey, do what you do. But me personally, I'm not just really wanting to see another guy tongue down another guy for the sake of just doing it because he knows he's gonna get attention. He knows people are gonna talk about it. He knows that's what's going to drive a lot of the narratives. Is, you know, man, he's really being, you know, putting himself in the limelight of, you know, who he is. And like I said, there's nothing wrong with embracing who you are. I think everyone should embrace who they are. But at some point it's like, is it more about embracing who you are or is it more about the intention that comes with it? You know, is it more to help someone that's feeling like that at a young age? Like they're not sure if they want to come out and express who they truly are or is it more about, you know, just the spectacle of it? You know, and that's kind of where I've been like feeling lately. Like, and not just with him, with any other person that feels some type of way about who they are and they want to express it. That's fine, that's cool, you know what I'm saying? That's dope to have that courage to, you know, come out and say, hey, this is who I am and I'm proud to be this way. That's awesome. But when you just start exploiting that, that's how I kind of see it, this exploitation. Because you know, me tongue kissing a guy at the end is going to cause some uproar. It's going to cause some good uproar and then it's going to cause a lot of people to be like, what the f is this? What are we doing now? That's why I said at the beginning of the video, is it about the music or is it about the spectacle? Because I don't feel like it's about the music anymore. His antics this past year have not really been more so about the music in my personal opinion. But I could be wrong on this, maybe this is just how he wants to express himself. Cool, me personally, it's just like, ah, all right, man. I just feel like you're doing too much, bro. I feel like we get it. You like guys, congratulations, like, come on, bro. Like, ooh, I guess, I guess. So this is going to be a potentially controversial video on my channel. You know, I would like to get your guys thoughts and opinions on this. Like I said, I'm definitely not homophobic. It's crazy I got to keep reiterating that for someone that may think, oh, well, you didn't like it. So you got to be homophobic. No, if I don't want to see another guy tongueing down another guy at the end of his performance, it's not something I care to see. If it's there, it's like, whatever, cool. But I, like I said, I just don't feel like it's, that's a genuine thing. You know what I'm saying? I feel like that's more of a, just a publicity stunt. Not saying that he's not actually gay, I'm sure he is, but it's more about the spectacle than the actual message behind it. Because he's been promoting that. So we get it, you know what I'm saying? I don't think anyone's questioning who, what type of, you know, who you're into. I just think when you started doing the extra, the most to get a little bit more of that attention, it just doesn't seem genuine. It just, it seems very staged and pre-planned. So comment down below. Let me know. Do you guys agree with me? Do you guys think he's doing this really just for extra attention? Or do you guys feel like that was just, just the heat of the moment and that background dancer was just, you know, just calling his name. He was killing it on the moves and, you know, he had to show his passion and affection in front of millions. Yeah. I want to know. Appreciate all the love and support for all the 250K. I hope I don't get canceled with a miss. I probably won't. It is what it is.