Lil Nas has baffled fans after claiming his controversial song Montero (Call Me By Your Name) has been removed from streaming services but is available on Pornhub.
A week after debuting at the top of the Billboard singles charts and a day after becoming the biggest single in the world, the rapper, 22, and his label Columbia Records gave a stark warning to download the track before its departure.
Despite this, at the time of publication, Montero remained available on both Apple Music and Spotify in the UK, while Billboard also echoed the falsehood, stating that the song would not be taken down at all.
Pulled: Lil Nas has baffled fans after claiming his controversial song Montero (Call Me By Your Name) has been removed from streaming services but is available on Pornhub
The controversial artist released Montero (Call Me By Your Name) on March 26, where it debuted atop the Billboard 200 singles charts.
He revealed on Twitter that the song topped the chart success, but fans started tweeting on Tuesday that Montero was no longer available.
The rapper then tweeted on Tuesday afternoon: ‘Go to apple music and click on call me by your name to see if it’s still available in your country.
He went on to retweet a number of posts from fans proving that the song wasn’t working on several streaming services, though Billboard contends the song isn’t being taken down at all.
Number one: He revealed on Twitter that it topped the Billboard global charts as well, but fans started tweeting on Tuesday that Montero was no longer available
Not available: The rapper then tweeted on Tuesday afternoon, ‘go to apple music and click on call me by your name to see if it’s still available in your country
Fans in Brazil, Mexico and other locales reported the song wasn’t working for them, which lead him to take a rather surprising approach on Tuesday morning.
‘Since Call Me By Your Name is no longer working on many streaming services i will be uploading the audio to pornhub at 3pm est,’ he said.
He also quote-retweeted a fan who couldn’t get the song to play on Spotify, adding: ‘It’s happening on all the streaming services,’ though this fact has been disproved by the presence of the track on two of the leading streaming presence.
Reported: Fans in Brazil, Mexico and other locales reported the song wasn’t working for them, which lead him to take a rather surprising approach on Tuesday morning
Upload: ‘Since Call Me By Your Name is no longer working on many streaming services i will be uploading the audio to pornhub at 3pm est,’ he said
All streaming: He also quote-retweeted a fan who couldn’t get the song to play on Spotify, adding, ‘it’s happening on all the streaming services,’ though there is still no indication exactly why it’s happening, and why, apparently, only for this song
Nas X added in another tweet, ‘Not even joking. Everybody stream call me by your name hard today because it may no longer be available tomorrow and there’s nothing i can really do about it. Thanks for all the support tho!’
He added that fans should take additional measures, stating, ‘Everybody screen record the audio/video on youtube so you will have the song in your gallery worst case scenario.’
The artist’s label, Columbia Records, added their own statement on Twitter, though they said they couldn’t really do anything about it.
Not joking: Nas X added in another tweet, ‘Not even joking. Everybody stream call me by your name hard today because it may no longer be available tomorrow and there’s nothing i can really do about it. Thanks for all the support tho!’
Record: He added that fans should take additional measures, stating, ‘Everybody screen record the audio/video on youtube so you will have the song in your gallery worst case scenario’
Statement: ‘Thanks for all your comments regarding Montero (Call Me By Your Name). It’s unfortunately out of our control but we are doing everything possible to keep the song up on streaming services. We will keep you up to date as we hear more. Thank you for understanding’
‘Thanks for all your comments regarding Montero (Call Me By Your Name). It’s unfortunately out of our control but we are doing everything possible to keep the song up on streaming services. We will keep you up to date as we hear more…
While Billboard confirmed the song wasn’t being removed from streaming services, they didn’t provide any other details.
Montero (Call Me By Your Name) amassed 109.3 million global streams, becoming the first to have over 100 million global streams in two months.
Streaming hit: Montero (Call Me By Your Name) amassed 109.3 million global streams, becoming the first to have over 100 million global streams in two months