Chris Molanphy

Old Town Road

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Chris Molanphy considers Lil Nas X’s debut single “Old Town Road” as pop artifact, chart phenomenon, and cultural watershed that channeled decades of Americana into a pop moment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 184mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781478020738
• ISBN-10: 1478020733
• Artikelnr.: 67522676

Autorenporträt

Chris Molanphy is a columnist for Slate and the host of the Hit Parade podcast. He has written for publications including Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, New York Magazine, NPR Music, the Village Voice, and others. He is author of Kurt Cobain: Voice of a Generation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. BONAFIDE ’til I Can’t No More: “Old Town Road” as the
Endpoint of a Century of Genre and Chat Evolution  1
1. WIDE-EYED ’til I Can’t No More: The Maker of “Old Town Road” and the
Elements of Its Creation  7
2. HIED ’til I Can’t No More: A Brief History of Country and Race  17
3. FLY ’til I Can’t No More: The Collision and Cross-Pollination of Rap and
Country  29
4. REIFIED ’til I Can’t No More: What a No. 1 Hit Meant as the Hot 100
Evolved  41
5. DIVIDE ’til I Can’t No More: Genre Charts, Data, and Identity  51
6. WORLD WIDE ’til I Can’t No More: How Technology and Internet Culture
Built “Old Town Road”  69
7. BESTRIDE ’til I Can’t No More: How Lil Nas X Dominated 2019  87
Epilogue. PRIDE ’til I Can’t No More: How Lil Nas X Became a Multihit
Wonder  121
Acknowledgments  127
Bibliography  129
Index  133