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Lil Nas X Opens Up About 'Needing Everybody to Like Me Before' — and Feeling 'Free' to Stand in His 'Power' (Exclusive)

Lil Nas X opens up to PEOPLE about no longer feeling the need to be liked by everyone — and entering his free era at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles.

Speaking with PEOPLE on the red carpet at the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 27, the "Industry Baby" performer opened up about his new era — and why he no longer feels the need to please the masses. Since then, the singer-songwriter kept a relatively low profile and paused on releasing music — with the exception of his feature on Camila Cabello's C,XOXO track "He Knows" in May of last year,"Here We Go" in June and a series of singles that began in November. On Days Before Dreamboy, Lil Nas X collected all of his recent singles he's dropped since November, beginning with "Light Again" and "Need Dat Boy."

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