a two-time Grammy winner

兩屆格萊美獎得主

and the record holder

和記錄持有人

for the longest-running

為歷史最悠久的

number 1 song in Billboard history.

美國公告牌歷史上排名第一的歌曲。

He now has a new children's book,

他現在有了一本新的童書。

called "C is for Country," which is available now

名為 "C代表國家"，現已上市。

and, weirdly enough, this is also number 1 right now.

而且，奇怪的是，這也是現在的第一名。

Here is Lil Nas X!

這是Lil Nas X!

Hey, hey. You have the same book.

嘿，嘿，你有同樣的書。你有同樣的書。

-What's up? Yes, I have the exact same book as you.

怎麼了？ - 是的，我有一本和你一模一樣的書是的，我有和你一模一樣的書。

-This is a great one, man.

-這是一個偉大的人，男人。

-Great. -It is so great to see you.

-很好-見到你真好

Thank you so much for coming on the show,

非常感謝你能來參加這個節目。

again, I will say, because

我想說，因為

we got to do a Zoom a bit earlier,

我們得早一點做一個變焦。

but I didn't really get to meet you and talk to you.

但我並沒有真正見到你，和你說話。

But it was so much fun.

但它是如此的有趣。

You were fantastic in that.

你在裡面表現得很好

-Yeah, it was pretty fun, man.

-是的，這很有趣，夥計。

It was great talking to you through the greenscreen.

很高興通過綠屏和你哈拉。

-[ Laughs, claps ] Yeah.

-[笑，拍手] 是啊。

Hey, what should I call you, by the way?

嘿，順便問一下，我應該怎麼稱呼你？

Should I call you Lil Nas X? -You can call me Nas

我應該叫你Lil Nas X嗎？

or Montero

或蒙特羅

-Oh, yeah. -or Nas.

-哦，是的-或者納斯

-Your real name is Montero?

-你的真名是蒙特羅？

-Yeah. -Why didn't you use Montero

-你為什麼不用蒙特羅？

as a stage name?

作為藝名？

-I didn't use Montero as a stage name

-我沒有用蒙特羅這個藝名。

because like Nas was like my Internet alias

因為就像納斯就像我的網名

and then, when I started doing music,

然後，當我開始做音樂，

I was like, "I want to have fun with this,"

我當時想，"我想有樂趣與此，"

and every new rapper's name, Lil, Lil, Lil.

和每個新說唱歌手的名字，Lil，Lil，Lil。

"What if I was Lil Nas? Ha ha ha. That'd be funny."

"如果我是Lil Nas呢？"哈哈哈，那就有意思了這將是有趣的。"

So I was like, "Alright, bet.

所以我當時想，"好吧，賭。

I'll be Lil Nas.

我將是Lil Nas.

And I added the "X" on later on.

而我後來又把 "X "加了上去。

Yeah, that's how it happened.

是的，就是這樣發生的。

-Where does Montero come from?

-蒙特羅從哪裡來？

-What is Montero? Uh! Okay.

-蒙特羅是什麼？蒙特羅是什麼？蒙特羅是什麼？

It's slightly embarrassing, but I'm not embarrassed.

雖然有點尷尬，但我並不覺得尷尬。

-Tell me. -So my mom wanted like the car,

-告訴我-所以，我媽媽想要的車。

the Montero, you know,

蒙特羅，你知道的。

and she never got one. -What's a Montero?

而她從來沒有得到一個。-蒙特羅是什麼？

-It's a Mitsubishi.

-那是一輛三菱車

So, yeah, I'm named after a car.

所以，是的，我是以汽車命名的。

-Wait. This is great.

-等一下等一下，這真是太好了

So your mom -- I love that.

所以你媽媽... 我喜歡這樣

I did not know that story at all.

我根本不知道這個故事。

So she wanted the Montero, and she got you.

所以她想要蒙特羅，而她得到了你。

That's even better than a car. -Yeah.

這比汽車還好。-是啊

She was like, "I'll settle for less."

她說："我可以少吃點。"

-I want to talk about your latest single, "Holiday."

-我想談談你的最新單曲 "假日"。

Just this week, it was certified gold!

就在這個星期，它被認證為黃金！

And the music video,

還有音樂視頻。

which you co-directed, has almost --

你共同執導的，幾乎有 -

and I'm not kidding -- 100 million views on YouTube.

我不是在開玩笑--在YouTube上有一億的瀏覽量。

It's... -Insane.

這是...-瘋了

-Do you want to direct more?

-你要不要多指導一下？

I think you'd be great. -Word!

我想你會很棒的-Word！

Of course, you know.

當然，你知道。

For our next, you know, video,

對於我們下一個，你知道，視頻。

if we do the thing again next year.

如果我們明年再做這件事。

It'd be great. -[ Laughing ] Oh, yeah.

這將是偉大的。-哦，是的。

Let's do that. Please.

讓我們做到這一點。求你了

I think you have bigger things to do

我想你有更重要的事情要做

than me and you.

比我和你。

-[ Laughs ] -But talk about the new album.

-但談談新專輯吧。

Do you have one?

你有嗎？

What's happening?

發生什麼事了？

I know you were working on one.

我知道你正在研究一個。

-Yeah, I'm working on a new album.

-是的，我正在做一張新專輯。

It's all about sex and nothing else.

這就是性，而不是其他。

-Ooh! -I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

-我在開玩笑。我開玩笑的

It's a pretty great album.

這是一張相當不錯的專輯。

-[ Laughing ] -It's about all the things

-是關於所有的事情。

I've been experiencing, like pre-fame and after

我一直在經歷，就像成名前和成名後一樣

and what I expect to be experiences.

以及我所期望的經歷。

It's just a great album, overall,

總體來說，這只是一張很棒的專輯。

I've been working on for like two years.

我已經工作了兩年了。

-Is there any details you can share?

-你有什麼細節可以分享嗎？

Like maybe can you whisper

也許你可以輕聲說

when you think it might be coming out?

你覺得它什麼時候會出來？

-Yeah. This year.

-是啊，今年是的，今年。

That's a good one, you know.

這是一個很好的，你知道的。

That's a good day.

這是個好日子。

[ Drumming ] -Okay. I'll take it.

好的，我要了。

Definitely this year?

今年一定要?

-Definitely this year. [ Thump ]

-絕對是今年。[砰]

-At one point, you asked Twitter followers

-有一次，你問Twitter的追隨者們

to name your album.

為您的相冊命名。

Did anything stick?

有什麼東西粘住了嗎？

-Nothing sticks.

-什麼都不粘。

I actually don't remember any of the names they said.

其實他們說的名字我都不記得了。

I think it was because all of my followers are trolls,

我想是因為我的追隨者都是巨魔。

so it's probably just like

所以它可能就像

they were probably just trolling me back, honestly.

他們可能只是 釣我回來，說實話。

-Oh, yeah. They didn't take it serious.

-哦，是的。他們沒有認真對待。

I think they should. Let's see.

我認為他們應該。讓我們來看看。

I'm trying to think if I can name it for you.

我在想能不能給你起個名字。

Well, I mean, "Montero." That's one.

好吧，我的意思是，"蒙特羅"。這是一個。

-You know, that's actually a great name.

-你知道，這其實是一個偉大的名字。

-Not bad, right?

-還不錯，對吧？

-I think I'm gonna use that.

-我想我要用這個。

-So, do you have any idea what the album

-那麼，你知道這張專輯是什麼嗎？

will be called at this point?

此時會被稱為?

-I honestly -- I don't know.

-老實說，我不知道。

-Okay. -I don't know.

-好吧 我不知道。

-I don't want to pressure you. I don't want to pressure.

-我不想給你壓力。我不想給你壓力

I was researching before this interview,

在這次採訪之前，我正在研究。

and I saw that it's almost to the day

我看到已經快到日子了

since your huge night at the Grammys.

因為你的巨大的夜晚 在格萊美獎，

Aside from winning two Grammys and performing,

除了獲得兩座格萊美獎和表演。

what was the most memorable part of that night?

那晚最難忘的部分是什麼？

-The most memorable part of that night.

-那晚最難忘的部分。

-You crushed it.

-你把它壓碎了

-Probably when I went to the strip club with Lizzo.

-可能是我和Lizzo去脫衣舞俱樂部的時候吧.

That was a pretty great time.

這是一個相當偉大的時間。

-You went to a strip club with Lizzo after the Grammys?

-你在格萊美頒獎典禮後和Lizzo去了脫衣舞俱樂部？

-Yeah. And they were, like, playing our songs and stripping.

-是的他們就像在放我們的歌，然後脫衣服。

-Whose idea was it? Yours or Lizzo's?

-這是誰的主意？你的還是Lizzo的？

-I don't remember, actually. It was a crazy night.

-我不記得了，其實。那是個瘋狂的夜晚

-Dude, everything was crazy. It was so good.

-夥計，一切都很瘋狂。它是如此的好。

And then you performed with BTS, too, which is --

然後你也和BTS一起演出，這是 --

I love those dudes, man.

我喜歡這些傢伙，夥計。

Dude, they have the best fans, don't they?

老兄，他們有最好的粉絲，不是嗎？

The BTS Army? -They have a huge fan base.

BTS軍隊？-他們擁有龐大的粉絲群。

Yeah. -Oh, it's awesome.

是啊 哦，太讚了。

Would you ever do a song with BTS besides that?

除了這些，你還會和BTS一起做歌嗎？

-Of course. -Yeah.

-當然-是的

-Of course. -I think you should.

-當然-我想你應該這樣做

I think you guys had some good chemistry there.

我想你們在那裡有一些很好的化學反應。

Let's talk about your book, "C is for Country."

讓我們來談談你的書，"C是代表國家"。

I want to talk about this.

我想談談這個。

What inspired you to do this book?

是什麼啟發你做這本書？

-I just really wanted all the kids's money.

-我只是想把孩子們的錢都拿出來而已

I'm kidding.

我是開玩笑的

I wanted to -- I wanted to --

我想... 我想...

You know, with "Old Town Road" having such a big success

你知道嗎？"古城路 "有這麼大的成功。

and kids being a big part of that, I was like,

和孩子們是一個很大的一部分， 我很喜歡，

"This makes so much sense," when the idea to do a book

"這太有意義了"，當想到要做一本書的時候

was brought to me, to do a children's book,

被帶到我這裡來，做一本童書。

and, like, make it, like, educational for these young kids

而且，像，使它一樣，教育這些年輕的兒童

and still have, like,

而且還是有，像。

you know, some pop-culture reference within it, you know?

你知道，一些流行文化的參考 在它，你知道嗎？

-Yeah. -It's like the...

-是的 就像...

I feel like it would have even made more sense if

我覺得如果是這樣的話，就更有意義了。

I would have just named it "Old Town Road,"

我就給它起個名字叫 "古城路"

but, you know, it probably got lost in a lot of stuff.

但是，你知道，它可能得到了丟失 在很多東西。

-Well, "C is for Country" is perfect. It works.

-"C代表國家 "是完美的。它的工作原理。

And, I mean, you go through the --

而且，我的意思是，你去通過 -

It goes to the whole alphabet,

它去了整個字母表。

but I like the illustrations, as well.

但我也喜歡這些插圖。

But I like this, too.

但我也喜歡這個。

There's the illustrations there, and we can see there.

那裡有插圖，我們可以看到那裡。

And then it says, "'Y' is for 'y'all.'

然後它說，"'Y'是'你們'的意思。

We got love for everybody, no matter who you are

我們對每個人都有愛，不管你是誰。

or where you're from or what you look like."

或你來自哪裡或你的樣子。"

I think the thing I like about you --

我覺得我喜歡你的一點是...

that everyone likes about you -- is that I think the idea,

每個人都喜歡你... ... 是我認為這個想法，

the ultimate message I get from you is positivity.

我從你那裡得到的最終資訊是積極的。

-Yeah, I'm pretty positive sometimes, you know?

-是的，我有時很積極，你知道嗎？

-Sometimes. It depends. -Every now and then.

-有時候吧看情況-偶爾吧

-Well, congrats on the book, buddy, and come back again

-好吧，恭喜你的書，夥計，再來吧。

whenever you want, please.

只要你想，請。

Lil Nas X, everybody.

Lil Nas X，各位

"C is for Country" available now!

"C is for Country "現已上市!