[finneas] to me, the magic of billie was her ability to communicate herself. there was just this pathway of communication that felt deservedly authentic. i don t wanna be in the pop world or the hip-hop world or the r&b world or whatever [bleep] think. you know, i want it to be like, what kind of music you listen to? billie eilish kind of music. like billie eilish, i think of lil nas x as somebody who reflects that kind of post-genre sensibility of the 2010s. yeah, i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more [jason] his debut hit, old town road, is at the nexus of country and hip-hop to the extent that you can t even tell which it is. i got the horses in the back horse tack is attached hat is matte black got the boots that s black to match [steven] i came up in a world where people defined themselves in terms of the music that they listened to. you know, you d be a punk. you d be a metal head. you d be a rap fan, whatever the case
like it like that [finneas] to me, the magic of billie was her ability to communicate herself. there was just this pathway of communication that felt deservedly authentic. i don t wanna be in the pop world or the hip-hop world or the r&b world or whatever [bleep] think. you know, i want it to be like, what kind of music you listen to? billie eilish kind of music. like billie eilish, i think of lil nas x as somebody who reflects that kind of post-genre sensibility of the 2010s. yeah, i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more [jason] his debut hit, old town road, is at the nexus of country and hip-hop to the extent that you can t even tell which it is. i got the horses in the back horse tack is attached hat is matte black got the boots that s black to match [steven] i came up in a world where people defined themselves in terms of the music that they listened to. you know, you d be a punk. you d be a metal head.
oto stress, i ve been through all that i m like a marlboro man, so i kick on back wish i could roll on back to that old town road i wanna ride til i can t no more yeah, i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more [outro] [cnn original series theme] -do you wanna watch some more? -my vacation day starts now. you wanna invite me in? you ever find yourself complaining that there are too many really good shows on tv? i feel like that needs to be celebrated. -[isa] a new era in television. -[both] peak tv! you are so lucky! [gayle] broadcast and cable networks
you d be a rap fan, whatever the case may be. you can t tell me nothin [steven] once streaming platforms came into play, people really started ignoring the boundaries that used to exist between genres. [benny] social media like tiktok can really propel artists. and it s like billie eilish and lil nas x are the ultimate version of, like, what the new generation of pop stars are. now it doesn t matter what the record labels think. these artists are taking it in their own hands. can t nobody tell me nothin in the 2010s, the medium became the message. streaming and social media gave fans a more active role in hit-making than they d ever had before. yeah, i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more [chris] people still want to share their favorite music with others, and they wanna be a part of something. and the means by which we can be a part of something are just much, much bigger and much more available to us
and the means by which we can be a part of something are just much, much bigger and much more available to us than they ever have been before. got no stress, i ve been through all that i m like a marlboro man, so i kick on back wish i could roll on back to that old town road i wanna ride til i can t no more yeah, i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more i m gonna take my horse to the old town road i m gonna ride til i can t no more [outro]