'Old Town Road' Becomes Even More Invincible With New Young Thug, Mason Ramsey Remix

Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" has been at No. 1 for so long — it recently reached 14 weeks at the best of the Billboard Hot 100 — that it's key to remember the song started as a complete underdog. However its narrative changed from "chart-jilted outsider viral hit" to "unbeatable juggernaut" so quickly (with a little bit help from Billy Ray Cyrus) that the song's ultimate destiny because the Hot 100's longest-leading No. 1 ever seems very possible.


Will "Old Town Road" stay on top for another three weeks, locking in the milestone? Or will a challenger ascend the ranks to knock it off its throne? That second alternative looks plausible in the wake of Billie Eilish's recent dream-making team-up with Justin Bieber for her "Bad Guy" remix. Immediately considering that, "Bad Guy" has hovered just under Lil Nas X's opus for nearly long because the latter has reigned.


Yet, "Old Town Road" has a number of more surprises left — namely, another new remix that dropped on Friday (June 12) featuring Young Thug and Mason Ramsey, better referred to as the yodeling kid.


If you're keeping track, this is actually the third "Old Town Road" remix, soon following the well-known Cyrus cut and the lesser-known Diplo version that circulated in late April. On the newest rendition, Thugger adopts a panoply of voices to rap about cars and being a back-door man, while Ramsey delivers a twangy hook near the end, punctuated by his signature yodel.


Any time MTV News discussed to Lil Nas X earlier this year, he revealed the reasons beyond grabbing Cyrus to lend the song more mass appeal. "Who else however this nation legend to hop on this country-trap song who's loved and known by everybody?" he said.


With its newest additions, "Old Town Road" seems primed to appeal to a somehow even broader audience, which, with addition of both Thugger and Ramsey, right now likely includes both snake enthusiasts and folks who share memes exclusively on Facebook. A smart play!


Listen to the newest "Old Town Road" version by way of the the lyric video — which is so built around Memoji animations that it may actually be a Apple commercial? — Above. Then visualize his conversation with MTV News below.