Just two years ago, Lil Nas X came out with the song that shook up the entire music world.
It was the most viral song of the year, and the remix that featured Billy Ray Cyrus went on to become one of the biggest music moments we’ve ever seen.
At that time, the big debate was whether or not the song was a country song (it’s decidedly NOT, but that’s an argument for another day). And these days, we’ve come a long way on the controversy scale for Lil Nas X since then.
This week, Lil Nas teamed up with MSCHF to release “Satan Shoes” which are Nike Air Max ‘97’s with a little bit of a twist.
MSCHF x Lil Nas X "Satan Shoes" 🏹
👟Nike Air Max '97
🩸Contains 60cc ink and 1 drop of human blood
🗡️666 Pairs, individually numbered
💰$1,018
🗓️March 29th, 2021 pic.twitter.com/XUMA9TKGSX— SAINT (@saint) March 26, 2021
These shoes cost $1,018, there are only 666 pairs being made and each one contains a drop of human blood. (Also, it should be noted that these are not a Nike release, so let’s hold the phone before everybody starts talking about boycotting Nike).
In his most recent music video for “Montero” there’s a scene where he gives the devil a lap dance, which I assume is where the idea for these shoes come from, and where our controversial story begins.
But as a result, the internet had a lot to say about these sneakers.
You had some resort to the joke method of coping, my personal favorite.
Anyone trying trade for the #SatanShoes ? pic.twitter.com/0NZHCjxRiT
— James Camacho (@camachbrO) March 29, 2021
NIKE POPPED OUT LIKE “JUST SO U KNOW WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS” 🤣🤣🤣🤣…U SHOULDNT BE ALLOWED TO ROCK THESE UNLESS U WENT TO A NYC PUBLIC HS AS A GOTH KID AND HUNG OUT AT THE ASTOR PLACE CUBE WEARING VERY WIDE LEG PANTS. YA REAL NAME IS ANGEL MORALES, PKA “RIZEN FENYX” https://t.co/w53wxynoKs
— THE KID MERO 🇩🇴 (@THEKIDMERO) March 28, 2021
the original satan shoes pic.twitter.com/QsQBbZImig
— tommy (@invisiblyblonde) March 29, 2021
Tell that lil satan sucker nobody wants his shoes cause the streets already dripped out in these joints here #ChildOfGod #Satandontputhisshoppingcartback pic.twitter.com/BizQuZavNU
— Grandson (@GabeLafauci3) March 29, 2021
got the satan shoes now my crocs won't stop doing this pic.twitter.com/tOF5tepHMY
— Chris DeBoli (@AvacadoRoller) March 29, 2021
Lil Nas X whenever anybody subtweets him or the shoes he just dropped that sold out in under a minute.#SatanShoes pic.twitter.com/RAjqOh4chM
— alex (@AlexUlrichh) March 29, 2021
Others were much more upset about the shoe.
A majority don’t care for it, including the likes of college football star, Trevor Lawrence and Kristi Noem who is the Governor of South Dakota.
Line has to be drawn somewhere. Smh. https://t.co/89bSqfPtyE
— Trevor Lawrence (@Trevorlawrencee) March 28, 2021
This is outrageous, disgusting and perverted and on #PalmSunday no less. Somehow @lilnasx thinks that Satanic worship should be mainstream and normal. I don’t think there have been better candidates to cancel than LilNasX and these shoes. https://t.co/yrWxjGhIGB
— Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) March 28, 2021
It wasn’t all negative though, some went as far to say that they’d rock the shoes in church. I guess some just like to see the world burn…
I’ll wear those Satan shoes.
— Foster (@BrianWFoster) March 29, 2021
I'm so tempted to buy @LilNasX satan shoes, just so I can wear them at church pic.twitter.com/yzxvJnSSna
— horny and disheveled ~doja cat (@Ayanda30465520) March 28, 2021
me dropping the #SatanShoes on the dinner table at my in laws conservative christian easter dinner. pic.twitter.com/FWgZlXNJVc
— J 🐼 (@thayer_icob) March 29, 2021
And surprising nobody…. they sold out in under a minute. A MINUTE!?
JUST IN: All 666 of Lil Nas X’s limited edition Satan shoes sold out in under a minute pic.twitter.com/PJv00vjaR5
— XXL Magazine (@XXL) March 29, 2021
Welcome to the internet in 2021.
Did I wake up today expecting to write about a new shoe containing human blood? Absolutely not, but that’s life on the internet… expect the unexpected.
