Dreamboy (album)

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Dreamboy
Studio album by
Lil Nas X
Released2025
Recorded2022–2025
Label Columbia
Producer
Lil Nas X chronology
Days Before Dreamboy
(2025)		Dreamboy
(2025)
Singles from Dreamboy
  1. "Light Again!"
    Released: November 15, 2024
  2. "Hotbox"
    Released: March 14, 2025

Dreamboy (stylized in all caps) is the upcoming second studio album by American rapper Lil Nas X, set to be released through Columbia Records in 2025. [1] [2] The album was recorded from 2022 to 2025, and the production will be primarily handled by Lil Nas X's frequent collaborators Take A Daytrip, Omer Fedi, and Jasper Harris as well as Lil Nas X himself, Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, Ojivolta, Twisco, Solomonophonic, Jahnei Clarke, Roy Lenzo, and Amanda Wong, alongside many others. Before the album's release, an extended play (EP) was released, entitled Days Before Dreamboy, on the 28th of March, 2025.

Contents

The album was promoted by four singles and four promotional singles. The lead single, "Light Again!" was released on the 15th of November, 2024, and was soon followed by "Need Dat Boy" on the 22nd of November. "Hotbox" was released as the third single on the 14th of March, 2025, and "Lean on My Body" was soon released as the fourth single on the 21st of March. [3] The title track was released as the lead promotional single on the 10th of March, 2025, and was followed by "Big Dummy" on the 11th, "Swish" on the 12th, and "Right There!". The tracks "Sadly I'm Still Human" and "Percocet Lovers" were also revealed as tracks for the album.

Background

Following the release of his debut album, Montero, in 2021, Nas X started his Long Live Montero Tour, which ran from the 6th of September, 2022, to the 26th of March, 2023. This tour acted as a goodbye to his previous Montero era and a welcome into his new "Dreamboy" era. The tour was followed by a documentary, Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero, [4] which was promoted with the single "Where Do We Go Now?". In February 2025, he signed to management company Crush Management for his upcoming ventures. [5] The single "J Christ" preceded the film on the 12th of January, 2024, and the film was followed by "Here We Go!", which was released on the 27th of June. [6]

Release and promotion

Lil Nas X (pictured) promoting the single "Hotbox" at Hot 107.9 Lil Nas X Talks About Gaining His Father's Acceptance, Growing Up in Atlanta, & FINDING HIMSELF 7-32 screenshot (headshot).jpg
Lil Nas X (pictured) promoting the single "Hotbox" at Hot 107.9

Following the release of lead single "Light Again!", Lil Nas X announced the title for his sophomore album Dreamboy on Twitter. [7] On November 10, 2024, a promotional video for Dreamboy: Phase 1 featuring the beat of the single "Light Again!" was posted on his social media pages. On November 12, 2024, Lil Nas X uploaded a trailer for phase 1 titled "DREAMBOY." [8] on his YouTube channel. where he was stranded out of sea before being met by his Dreamboy alter ego who opened a portal and rescued him. This trailer featured an upbeat sound that could possibly be the beat to one of the tracks on the album, this lead into a black screen teasing "Phase 1: Ep.1: Let There Be Light", before displaying a "To Be Continued" text followed by the Dreamboy logo.

The next day, Nas uploaded a continued version of this on his YouTube channel titled "YOU ARE EVERYTHING!" Starting in the same way the previous trailer ended, Lil Nas X falls through the same portal before a somber piano ballad begins with him rising from the ground in a white suit, referencing his "Sun Goes Down" music video. [9] This is then followed by a narrative by his Dreamboy alter ego walking over towards Nas in a suit, who is looking at his previous stories, worlds he has created and dreams. The beat for "Light Again!" then begins as a screen of Dreamboy emailing his contacts about a party at his house that night, teasing the "Light Again!" music video.

From the 10th to the 13th of March of 2025, a series of promotional singles were released for the album, alongside accompanying music videos, which were released on YouTube. The series was started with the title track, and was followed by "Big Dummy", "Swish", and "Right There!". On the 15th, the third single to the album, "Hotbox" was released alongside its music video. The song peaked at number 33 on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart, although it failed to make any other chart, including the Billboard Hot 100. The song was followed by the album's fourth single, "Lean on My Body", alongside the song's lyric video.

Some tracks were teased through a secret Twitter account called "dreamboy2006". This included Track 9. "Percocet Lovers", Track 13. "Light Again!" and Track 5. "Hotbox".

Days Before Dreamboy

An eight-track extended play (EP), titled Days Before Dreamboy, was released on March 28, 2025, consisting of songs that Lil Nas X released from November 2024 to March 2025, including the four singles and four promotional singles released for the album. [10] It served as Nas X's first EP since his major-label debut, 7, and is his most recent release.

Track listing

Dreamboy track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Sadly I'm Still Human" Montero Hill    
5."Hotbox"Hill
  • David Biral
  • Denzel Baptiste
  • Mark Williams
  • Raul Cubina
  • Omer Fedi
3:02
9."Percocet Lovers"Hill   
13."Light Again!"Hill
  • Take a Daytrip
  • Fedi
  • Bangalter
  • Hill
2:57

Personnel

Musicians

References

  1. ↑ "Lil Nas X's "Light Again" Sparks Comeback And Controversy With New Album Dreamboy | Hit Channel". November 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ Velasquez, Angelina. "Lil Nas X is in his 'DREAMBOY' era but can still tap into his Atlanta roots". REVOLT.
  3. ↑ LEAN ON MY BODY - Single by Lil Nas X on Apple Music, March 21, 2025, retrieved August 26, 2025
  4. ↑ Yossman, K. J. (February 27, 2024). "Lil Nas X Documentary 'Long Live Montero' Acquired by Universal Pictures Content Group for International Release (EXCLUSIVE)".
  5. ↑ Fell, Nicole (February 3, 2025). "Lil Nas X Joins Crush Music Management Roster". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. ↑ HERE WE GO! (from the Netflix film "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F") - Single by Lil Nas X on Apple Music, June 27, 2024, retrieved August 26, 2025
  7. ↑ Daw, Stephen (November 11, 2024). "Lil Nas X Enters 'Phase One' of His 'Dreamboy' Era With New Teaser Trailer: 'He's Back & Better'". Billboard .
  8. ↑ "Lil Nas X Starts His New Album Rollout With The 'Dreamboy' Trailer". November 12, 2024.
  9. ↑ Tabberer, Jamie (May 21, 2021). "Lil Nas X drops video for new single Sun Goes Down and it's stunning once again". Attitude.
  10. ↑ "Days Before Dreamboy by Lil Nas X". Apple Music . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
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