Are we on the precipice of the most interesting collab ever?
Lil Nas Xdropped his “Old Town Road” follow-up on Thursday, a decidedlynon-country tracktitled “Panini,” one day before the release of hisfirst EP,7.
Whether or not the song is about sandwiches, Lil Nas X is interested in bringing on one of the biggest names in food to the remix:Gordon Ramsay.
Lil Nas Xtweetedout on Thursday, “tryna get gordon ramsay on this panini remix.” Just a few hours later, Ramsay, 52, quoted the rapper’s tweet, writing, “Tell me more…”
Lil Nas X’s ability to land big names for a remix shouldn’t go underestimated: he paired up with none other thanBilly Ray Cyrusfor the remix and music video of “Old Town Road.”
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Famed country singerKeith Urbanevenjoined the two on stageat CMT Fest earlier this month for a performance of the song.
Fans were excited at the mention of Ramsay, and Lil Nas X’s tweet quickly gained hundreds of responses, many of which included some hilarious GIFs from Ramsay’s many shows.
The rappercredits Kurt Cobainas a songwriter on the track because of inspiration taken from Nirvana’s “In Bloom.”
He tweeted on Thursday, “panini interpolates parts of nirvana’s ‘in bloom’. special thank you tofrances bean cobainfor this!!”
But the rapper didn’t sample the iconic rock band on purpose. In fact, he said in anApple Music interviewthat working on “Panini” is what introduced him to Nirvana.
“One of the craziest things about ‘Panini,’ is it introduced me to Nirvana’s album ‘Nevermind,'” he said. “It’s like I always seen the cover but I never actually listened to it. And people was like, ‘Wow, he sampled ‘Nirvana.” I was like, no. It’s like, I didn’t realize I was using almost the exact same melody.”
source: people.com
