The Making Of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" With YoungKio | Deconstructed 

this shit is inspiring. One beat can literally change your life

This man produced probably the biggest song of 2019 and even broke a record, and this is the first time I'm seeing what this man looks like. We gotta show more producers more love, but it also could be possible that dude doesn't care about being famous.

Imagine some random 12 year old bought the beat before lil nas x

I personally feel like the biggest takeaway from this is that small rappers and small producers should work together to create. Too many producers are trying to get famous rappers on their beats. And too many rappers trying to impress other famous artists or producers. Work together when you are small and make that come up together!

He needs more recognition. He’s a DIAMOND producer just from one beat he thought was a throwaway. Anything is possible

the story of this song is just crazy

He’s gonna be rich forever from this song

Litteraly Nobody: Producers on deconstructed: I actually didn't like this beat

From Bedroom Producer To Multiple Grammy Nominations.. Keep Working Kings, Your Time Is Coming.

my bro put this out and now he's grammy nominated because of it. Really goes to show anythings possible with hard work and dedication.

man, this was mad relatable. idk how many beats i have on my hard drive that i dont like the hihats, etc.... sometimes you just gotta put it online. salute to KIO!

that montage at the end was actually sick

No one : *Genius* : Welp, guess the hype is over so now is the perfect time for a Deconstructed on this one.

Nobody: YoungKio: 🥦

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Can you imagine, he wanted to take the beat down Little did he know he had a diamond song

I always tought the beat was insane, you can hate the song but can t hate on the beat

This one beat changed a lot of lives and broke a lot of records in the process. This life shit crazy bro

from being a producer nobody knew, to making the biggest song of all time. shits inspiring

It all started from this beat. Launched two careers and resurrected another. We're all just one beat or mention away from living out our dreams and desires. Never quit.

So many people hate on this song this story is incredible.

The beat is fairly simple.. the vocals and melody is what makes this song really catchy

5:25 s/o that handsome man

Imagine all of the good song that producer keep in their computers.

No one can deny that Lil Nas has talent, but he needs more time to make the most out of it.

The fact that it's a NIN sample made me respect this song despite how overhyped. Check out YoungKio on the ProducerGrind podcast if anyone wants to hear more in depth, seems like a real humble dude.

“it’s not gone go anywhere” whew boy were you wrong. it’s fire

Only one word for all of this: LEGENDARY.

it's littel late but still love it

It's crazy how none of them were famous before this song and now it's probably one of the most iconic songs of the century, things change fast man

And without this beat , 2019 would have been nothing.

That last bit at the end where they summarize everything that happened with the song is pretty cool.

Lil Nas X and the producer should get their own documentary. This is sick..

Took ya'll long enough, jesus christ...

He’s the reason we have this hit. He should be extremely proud of himself

"This is not gonna go anywhere" Oh how wrong he was

bro imagine a random beat you put out goes #1 on billboard

Crazy how this guy went from basically unknown to producing the longest #1 hit in basically no time. Very inspiring as a unknown Dutch producer myself. Nederlandse producers wya??

Anyone else think the hi hats made this even better

The spinz 808 back at it making another hit

That montage in the ending, with different versions of the song is 10/10. Props to the editor(s). Gave me chills!

Most inspirational beat breakdown.

I’m so proud that someone from The Netherlands made it so far

First time exploring Lil Nas X's hit song, and I gotta say the credit goes to all 3 of them. Trent is a musical genius but he confines himself. Kio really is the star here, and well deserved. He took Trent's genius music and translated it entirely into a different sound (modern beat). Lil Nas X is as equal a genius for recognizing, implementing, and lyrically making it come alive. Seriously impressed. Well deserved accolades to all 3 of you. Btw I am 54, white, and prefer Trent's music.

We already downloaded the remakes on youtube

3:57 "Good thing I did." Never have more truer words been spoken.

An amazing episode of Deconstructed! Great job, Young Kio, Lil Nas X, and Billy Ray Cyrus. Thanks, Genius 🙏

This dude killed the whole deconstructed, I've been waiting for this.

We live in a weird Black Mirror episode where a meme-rap song can be nominated for a grammy

This is the story all of us producers want to live in, a beat getting bought and it going viral, YoungKio killed it props to him

I love the Deconstructed series of videos, always great to see all the elements in the instrumental and to see how creative the producer is. I also produce some beats here and there, and I can definitely understand why he wanted to remove the beat because of the high-hats at one point, because I'm sure he thought they were very catchy and unique when he first made them, but after hearing the beat over and over, he began thinking that they either stand out too much, or he began feeling annoyed by the sound in general, which is a common thing to happen when you hear the same beat over and over while trying to add new elements to it, but like he said, its good that he decided to go with it anyway. And I actually hadn't heard the percussion sound at 4:06 while listening to the song until this video, so now my mind will always pay attention to that sound when I listen to the song since I love being able to hear hidden or less prominent sounds in an instrumental, so I guess thanks for that Genius! But jokes aside, another great video in the series from you guys and a huge congratulations to YoungKio for becoming a part of music history :)

got goosebumps at the end ... amazing bruh

5:17 shoutout to genius editors for making this clip right here feels emotional with the transition

this video gave me chills in the best way ever.

I’ve been waiting for this video for soo long

Been waiting on this for so long Thanks Genius

Man he is such a big inspiration as Dutch producer myself. Kio the goat 🐐🐐

Give this man some credit he made 2019 the way it turned out to be

Wow good job to the Genius crew who made this short documentary. Very good editing and the ending was very cool.

Such an uplifting video...Good for this young man...very inspiring!!

This mad inspiring especially the ending ❤️👣

The dream of every single beatmaker, really inspiring man wow

Love the editing genius 😍

This is amazing. Love these videos. All it takes is 1 song.

this is how one beat can make you proud as a producer

I didn’t think this guy would have a accent wtf

Been waiting for this yessir

been waiting for this one

He deserves it, he looks like a humble person!

anybody going to give Nine Inch Nails the respect they deserve?

I love these stories & these behind-the-scenes stuff...!!!

"Now we're here" he can be proud fr

Why did I knew it would drop one day?

i knew this beat would be on deconstructed at some point. everything just works.

Ive been waiting for thissss

Finally I was waiting for this

YoungKio the luckiest man alive

This is an amazing succes story behind the song. Thanks YoungKio, thanks Genius, thanks Lil Nas X

Truly inspiring❤️ Hope nothing but the best for these guys

I’ve actually been waiting for this video for months

Every single beatmaker : *have a huge mixing table* Also beatmakers : P U T L A P T O P O N I T

Producers should get the exposure they deserve!!

This is so amazing to see. Thank you, Genius, for sharing this!

So calm, so focused. I love him.

RU-vid recommendations can lead to greatness

The fact that he's dutch is so cool Im dutch myself

Bro now they got the genius video for it 👀🔥

This is no doubt the best episode of Deconstructed. That short timeline montage at the end almost made me cry. Shit is beautiful.

4:50 Old Town Road without the 34 Ghosts IV sample

I'm a producer myself. I don't think producers are getting enough love when they are the ones who create the beat. If it wasn't for producers, rap wouldn't be as big as it is now.

Great work kio! Can’t wait for the world to hear what we have next!

That compilation at the end is such a good fucking way to wrap up the video and show how legendary this song is.

once the song dies out they release this, still love it tho

This man needs so win a Grammy A$AP

the edit at the end is really good

Imagine having to follow that. Keep it up man! Also props to NIN for making the music.

So the guy that created "Closer" (by Nine Inch Nails) created part of this song?! wow

Dude should be proud of himself, more things to come.

This is really truly a heads up to look at inspiration tbh. Thanks for letting us know brother 🎧🎹

literally crying tears I'm so inspired. this is 🔥🔥🔥 it only takes one day. one song. one moment. 🙏🏽