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As new music launches go, the arrival of Lil Nas X’s “J Christ” single and video earlier this month was hardly blessed. The artwork that adorned the single — Lil Nas X strapped to a cross and being hoisted up by five women, an apocalyptic sky behind them — led to a predictable uproar from the religious front. So much so, in fact, that Lil Nas X posted a video on his socials explaining the imagery (“It was literally me saying I’m back like Jesus”) and apologizing for offending anyone with the song’s accompanying, pretty…

Benedict Fitzgerald, the co-writer of Mel Gibson‘s The Passion of the Christ, has died. He was 74. Fitzgerald died Jan. 17 after a long illness at his home in Marsala, Sicily, his cousin Nancy Morgan Ritter told The Hollywood Reporter. Best known for his work on Gibson’s 2004 Biblical epic, the highest-grossing Christian film, as well as the highest-grossing independent film of all time, Fitzgerald’s other credits include co-writing the screenplay for John Huston’s Wise Blood (1979), the…

Lil Nas X appears to be repentant after upsetting Christian recording artists and fans with his latest song, “J Christ,” whose cover art and music video appropriated biblical imagery and themes and certainly delivered on the track’s promise: Give ’em somethin’ viral.The two-time Grammy Award winner debuted the controversial song Friday. In the accompanying video, he appeared as a devil, an angel and Jesus Christ crucified on a cross before mounting a comeback at a Met Gala-style event. He also navigates the flooded high…

He’s repenting. On Friday, Lil Nas X released his new single “J Christ” — complete with a video of him being strapped to a cross. Now, the pop star is addressing the backlash he’s faced for his Christianity-referencing rollout. In a video posted Monday, the singer apologized for some of his approach to promoting the music. “This is not to try to get everybody on my good side or whatnot. This is more so to clear my head about my own decisions. I know I messed up really bad this time,” he said in the clip. “And…

Lil Nas X set out to cause a stir with his new single ‘J Christ’ and judging from the reaction on social media he’s achieved his aim. Following the announcement that he was releasing the new song, along with the unveiling of artwork that saw the rapper posing as Jesus on a cross, the video has arrived for ‘J Christ’. The video moves between heaven and hell, and gives Lil Nas X the opportunity to sport a number of different looks. The clip was directed by the rapper and he also wrote the story for the visual.…

The video captures the artist battling the devil in a basketball game and sailing in an ark through a global flood Lil Nas X has returned after two years in between albums — surely the musical equivalent of 40 days in the desert — with his new song, “J. Christ.” The single released alongside a provocative video, marking the artist’s solo directorial debut. The visual opens with a flock of people marching up the stairway to heaven, including a bunch of berated celebrity lookalikes with a bare…

Lil Nas X is set to make a comeback with the release of his new single ‘J Christ’ on 12th January 2024. The song is Lil Nas X’s first single and video in two years. Judging by the artwork for the single, which sees the rapper dressed as Jesus and tied to a cross, is sure to cause controversy especially among religious communities. Take a look at the cover below: Credit: RCA “My new single is dedicated to the man who had the greatest comeback of all time!” comments Lil Nas X. No stranger to controversy,…

Lil Nas X‘s interpretation of religious imagery in his creative output is extending to another level with his upcoming single, “J Christ.” Set for release on Jan. 12, the record and accompanying music video were announced alongside its cover art, which portrays the rapper being raised from the ground on a cross. “My new single is dedicated to the man who had the greatest comeback of all time,” Lil Nas X wrote about the song, which marks his first lead single and video in two years. The last time Lil Nas X began…

If Exodus' words are to be believed and Jesus Christ really was a mutant with deaf-defying powers, he shares his abilities with several other powerful characters in the Marvel Universe. Over the decades, readers have seen a number of heroes — not including those involved in the X-Men's resurrection protocols — resurrect others with their incredible powers. For example, Franklin Richards once teamed up with his sister Valeria to bring Galactus back from the dead in "Fantastic Four" #49 (by Carlos Pacheco,…

I am not a believer, but long ago as a young woman I had somehow felt connected with Jesus. Not the Bible, not the priests and nuns, not the sermons, just the person. The mystique inspired curiosity. What is it about religious icons that makes us want to relate to them as real people even as we know that the world deifies them? How does it, then, make us different from a pop version of Herod who baits Christ to “walk across my swimming pool”? Would a human ‘divinity’ by its very accessibility cease to rise above such…