“HOLIDAY” is the first single since the January 2020 remix of “Rodeo,” featuring hip-hop legend Nas.
Nas first teased incoming new music on November 4, 2020, with an Instagram post captioned “❄️💜nasvember.” A snippet of the track and its Christmas-themed accompanying music video was then teased in...
[Intro]
T-T-Tay Keith, Took it to ten (Hey)
[Chorus]
Ayy, it's a holiday
I got hoes on hoes and they out of control, yeah
Ayy, this another one
All my niggas on go and I hope that you know it
I can't even close my eyes
And I don't know why, guess I don't like surprises
I can't even stay away from the game that I play
They gon' know us today, yeah
[Verse 1]
Ayy, can I pop shit? (Pop, pop, pop)
I might bottom on the low, but I top shit (But I top shit)
Switch the genre on you hoes, do a rock hit (Mmm)
I got the biggest damn song, fuck the charts, sis, I don't need 'em
[Pre-Chorus]
They wanna know if I'll be lastin'
Bitch, even if I started floppin', there'd be fashion
Poppin' up in movies, ain't no Nasy, bitch, it's Ashton
Hee, hee, I'm bad as Michael Jackson
Dun, dun, dun
[Chorus]
Ayy, it's a holiday
I got hoes on hoes and they out of control, yeah
Ayy, this another one
All my niggas on go and I hope that you know it
I can't even close my eyes
And I don't know why, guess I don't like surprises
I can't even stay away from the game that I play
They gon' know us today, yeah
[Verse 2]
Man, I snuck into the game, came in on a horse
I pulled a gimmick, I admit it, I got no remorse
Nobody tried to let me in, nobody opened doors
I kicked the motherfuckers down, they didn't have a choice
Dun, dun, dun
They tried to next me, ayy, but I'm blessed, see
Ayy, no flex, but my checks givin' vet tease
Ayy, and I'm sexy (Ayy), they wanna sext me
Pop star, but the rappers still respect me
[Pre-Chorus]
They wanna know if I'll be lastin'
Bitch, even if I started floppin', there'd be fashion
Poppin' up in movies, ain't no Nasy, bitch, it's Ashton
Hee, hee, I'm bad as Michael Jackson
Dun, dun, dun
[Chorus]
Ayy, it's a holiday
I got hoes on hoes and they out of control, yeah
Ayy, this another one
All my niggas on go and I hope that you know it
I can't even close my eyes
And I don't know why, guess I don't like surprises
I can't even stay away from the game that I play
They gon' know us today, yeah
[Outro]
Tay Keith, fuck these niggas up
Daytrip took it to ten (Hey)
HOLIDAY was written by skaiwater & Jozzy & Denzel Baptiste & David Biral & Tay Keith & Lil Nas X.
HOLIDAY was produced by Tay Keith & Take a Daytrip.
Actor Michael J. Fox appears as a cowboy and warns Lil Nas X not to travel through time to the year 2020.
“HOLIDAY” debuted at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the chart week of November 28, 2020.
Yes! The behind-the-scenes video was posted on November 25, 2020—twelve days after the music video was released.
Yes! YouTuber ImDontai reacted to “HOLIDAY” with Lil Nas X himself, over Discord. The reaction video was posted on ImDontai’s YouTube channel on November 14, 2020—two days after the song’s release.
“HOLIDAY” was certified platinum by the RIAA on March 25, 2021.