New York Times — TikTok dances. Nine Inch Nails. Billy Ray Cyrus. How an unknown Atlanta artist and a Dutch bedroom producer joined forces online to make a record-breaking, chart-topping smash. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — It was the moment the hardiest of festivalgoers had been fantasizing about. At the end of the 2019 Stagecoach country music festival in Indio, after Sunday’s headliner Jason Aldean capped the three-day event featuring performances by nearly 75... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, Diplo has thrown his own name on a remix of the viral chart-topper. more info

USA Today Music — Lil Nas X and Cyrus, a country legend, took the stage together at Stagecoach for the first time together.             more info

Stereogum — Ah, yes. The story of "Old Town Road." I know it well— A classic underdog tale I hope to tell my children some day. It all started last month, when 19-year-old Lil Nas X's country-rap single became a viral hit, owing much of its initial success to ... more info

Stereogum — Stagecoach has become the latest stop along the ever-expanding trail that is "Old Town Road," with horse-riding rapper Lil Nas X planning his first-ever public performance of the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit at the country music festival. more info

Stereogum — Lil Nas X has climbed from the #15 spot to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with his debut viral hit "Old Town Road." The song was initially removed from Billboard's country charts, but was put back on following backlash. Last week, Billy Ray Cyrus ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Only a rube would look at this new remix of “Old Town Road” — in which Billy Ray Cyrus jumps on the controversial country-trap hit by Lil Nas X — as an act of pure altruism. But only a cynic could fail to be moved by the son... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Only a rube would look at this new remix of “Old Town Road” — in which Billy Ray Cyrus jumps on the controversial country-trap hit by Lil Nas X — as an act of pure altruism. But only a cynic could fail to be moved by the son... more info

New York Times — After a song that melds hip-hop and country was booted from the trade publication’s Hot Country chart, Lil Nas makes a countermove. more info