Dreamboy (album)

Dreamboy
Studio album by Lil Nas X
Recorded	2022–2025
Genre	Pop, Hip-hop
Label	Columbia
Producer	Take a Daytrip Omer Fedi Lil Nas X Jasper Harris Thomas Bangalter
Lil Nas X chronology
Montero (2021) Dreamboy (2025)
Singles from Dreamboy
"Light Again!" Released: November 15, 2024 "Hotbox" Released: March 14, 2025 "Lean On My Body" Released: March 21, 2025

Dreamboy (stylized in all caps) is the upcoming second studio album by American rapper, singer, and songwriter Lil Nas X, expected to be released through Columbia Records sometime in 2025.

The production of the album will be primarily helmed by frequent collaborators of Lil Nas X: Take A Daytrip, Omer Fedi and Jasper Harris as well as Lil Nas X himself, Thomas Bangalter and possibly Ojivolta, Twisco and many others.

Background

Following the release of his debut album, Montero, in 2021, Nas X started his Long Live Montero Tour which was followed by a documentary. This tour acted as a goodbye to his previous Montero era and a welcome into his new "Dreamboy" era.

Release

Following the release of lead single "Light Again!", Lil Nas X announced the title for his sophomore album Dreamboy on Twitter. 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." 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. 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.

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".

Track listing

Dreamboy track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Sadly Im Still Human"	Montero Hill
5.	"Hotbox"	Hill	David Biral Denzel Baptiste Mark Williams Raul Cubina Omer Fedi	Take a Daytrip Ojivolta Fedi	3:02
9.	"Percocet Lovers"	Hill
13.	"Light Again!"	Hill	Biral Baptiste Hill Thomas Bangalter Fedi Jasper Harris	Take a Daytrip Fedi Bangalter Hill	2:57

Alongside these tracks, the songs "Dreamboy", "Big Dummy", "Swish!", and "Right There!" were released as promotional singles for the album, and will also be included in it, but their place on the track listing of the album is currently unknown. The singles "Late to da Party" and "Star Walkin'" also preceded the album in 2022, but it is unknown where they will be on the album, if put on.

Personnel

Musicians

• Montero Hill – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals, production
• Take A Daytrip – production, writing (5, 13)
• Omer Fedi - production, writing (13)
• Thomas Bangalter - production, writing (13)
• Jasper Harris - production, writing (13)
• Nija - writing (13)
• Jermaine Dupri - writing (13)
• Brandon Casey - writing (13)
• Brian Casey - writing (13)
• Bryan Cox - writing (13)
• Randy Merrill - mastering engineer (13)
• Bryce Bordone - assistant engineer (13)
• Șerban Ghenea - mixing engineer (13)