Your summer playlist just got a major upgrade, thanks to Lil Nas X's new single 'HERE WE GO!' for the upcoming Netflix film that brings back Eddie Murphy as Detective Axel Foley.
- June 29, 2024
AceShowbiz - Lil Nas X is ready to take over the summer with an electrifying new single! The rapper unleashed the theme song for the upcoming Netflix film "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" on Friday, June 28, titled "HERE WE GO!". The song pays homage to the 1984 "Beverly Hills Cop" film by including a sample of the original "Axel F" theme song written and performed by Harold Faltermeyer while also offering one of Lil Nas X's infectious melodies.
Throughout the track, Lil Nas X, 25, recites confidence-building lyrics such as, "Move tell them make room/ tell them make a way/ tell them make a hole/ Tell them boys they better hide/ tell them lay low/ tell them play it safe cause we don't play at all."
Lil Nas X previously called the track one of the "best" songs he's ever created. "So excited to release the best song of all time this friday! also sorry I've been so scared with my art lately. I'm coming around to myself again. I will make you guys very proud," he wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday, June 25.
The upcoming film, available to stream on Netflix on Wednesday, July 3, follows Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) "back on the beat in Beverly Hills." "After his daughter's life is threatened, she (Taylour Paige) and Foley team up with a new partner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy," a synopsis reveals.
Echoing his excitement, Lil Nas X shared in an interview with Netflix, "It was actually kind of insane. I was a bit emotional ... I'm happy to do it. I hope I'm not slaughtered by people who love the original." Eddie Murphy reassured him, stating, "Nah, your track is bananas. I'm excited to have some new music and have this brother be the one that's on it."
"HERE WE GO!" marks Lil Nas X's first solo release since January's "Where Do We Go Now?" and will both serve as the film's main theme and play over the end credits. Aside from the single, Lil Nas X has released other tracks in 2024, including the solo single "J Christ" and collaborations with Camila Cabello and Kevin Abstract.
Lil Nas X hasn't released an album since his 2021 debut LP "Montero", which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Fans of the Georgia native eagerly anticipate more music and projects from the artist, who continues to push creative boundaries and captivate audiences worldwide.
