Before publicly coming out to the world in June 2019, Lil Nas X decided to tell his family first. His debut album Montero was met with mixed reviews due to the nature of the lead single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name).” The visual included parts of Nas performing for Satan, and it drew criticism from conservative crowds.

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Variety reports the video has amassed 315 million views on YouTube, and the project helped bring him and his father, a gospel singer, together.

“People were definitely talking to him online,” the 22-year-old said. “But I feel like after the [controversial] videos is when my dad became the most supportive of me. Before that, it was something we never really talked about. But after he gave it some time, he believed in me even more. I mean, it wasn’t that reaction when he first [saw the video]. But you know, we got there!”

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