Music star Lil Nas X's work is some of the most audacious, ear-wormy stuff out there nowadays... but it's not exactly what you'd call "family-friendly."
Enter Kidz Bop, the long-running series of popular music covers "for and by kids," who just dropped their version of Lil Nas X's hit "Montero."
But how do you even make a song as, um, adult as "Montero" kid-friendly?
Well Kidz Bop certainly tried.
The results have the internet screaming with laughter.
Hear the revised tune below.
Montero (Call Me By Your Name)youtu.be
Kidz Bop's take on "Montero" has been hotly anticipated by people eager to see how on Earth they would tackle a song about cocaine and gay sex—including Lil Nas X himself who had a good laugh on Twitter about Kidz Bop's announcement of the song earlier this month.
But no one was prepared for how hilarious the finished product would be.
Not even their overhaul of Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda"—hilariously rewritten to be about actual snakes—holds a candle to it.
Take for instance, Lil Nas X's fairly graphic verse:
"I wanna sell what you're buying / I wanna feel on yo' ass in Hawaii / I want that jet lag from f*cking and flying / Shoot a child in your mouth while I'm riding."
Where to even begin?
Well, if you're Kidz Bop, you just make it about having dinner on vacation.
Or something?
"I wanna sell what you're buyin' / I wanna lie on the beach in Hawaii / I want that jet lag from livin' and flyin' / Put a smile on your face while we're dining'."
Okay, sure...
Hats off, Kidz Bop.
The Kidz Bop version is so deliciously ludicrous from start to finish that when Lil Nas X himself posted about it on Twitter, he just posted a screenshot of the lyrics with no comment whatsoever.
pic.twitter.com/U2vQeahTv4— MONTERO \ud83e\udd8b (@MONTERO \ud83e\udd8b) 1635305125
There's not really much else to say, is there.
Of course, Twitter being Twitter, they found the words and people roasted Kidz Bop to a hilarious crisp.
kidz bop writers trying to clean this song: pic.twitter.com/jZlJqZkKYQ
— contagonist (@lewdtagonist) October 27, 2021
kidz bop makes a song about gay sex into a whole vacation family friendly dining experience wow
— ❤️🩹raven❤️🩹 (@frankenraven) October 27, 2021
listened to kidz bop montero pic.twitter.com/eE2Vtg2WyW
— leox 😵💫 2 (@redecoratedloki) October 26, 2021
can you perform the kidz bop version at your concerts i want to bring my toddlers thanks
— moop (@moopwt) October 27, 2021
I have been informed that Kidz Bop made a cover of "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" and it is extremely cursed.
— 🎃Just 💀 Nix🎃 (@justnick1996) October 27, 2021
the kidz bop version of montero counts as a hate crime
— Alice Vaughn (@RationalBlonde) October 27, 2021
pic.twitter.com/jlKG4lTuoz
— Spooky Star-Lord ∞ (@Star_Lord78) October 27, 2021
I have now listened to it. Who let this happen? I mean it's a good joke, a great joke even, but we need to stop.
— Bubble Bitch (@BubbleT_Draws) October 22, 2021
“Whilst" lmao are we little lads from like 1876😭
— Katelyn 🏳️🌈 (@KatelynSue_) October 27, 2021
Bro I'm a nanny and you know I'll be blasting this all day
— lauren (@lauren_sil) October 22, 2021
The Kidz Bop "Montero" fun doesn't stop here.
There's also a music video coming soon as well.
It'll be interesting to see their take on that whole having-gay-sex-with-Satan part.