It’s official – twerking for Lil Nas X is an acceptable reason to miss your World of Warcraft raid
The World of Warcraft official account thinks twerking to “Montero” is more important than raiding on time, and we agree
There are many reasons why you might be late for a World of Warcraft raid. Now, twerking to Lil Nas X is one of them, officially.
For his birthday, Lil Nas X asked everyone on the planet to stand outside and twerk to his chart-destroying number one hit “(Montero) Call Me By Your Name” simultaneously. He’s probably joking, but maybe we should do it?
for my birthday tomorrow i want everybody on the planet to walk outside at 3pm est and twerk to montero simultaneously
— nope ? (@LilNasX) April 8, 2021
One plucky fan responded “Sorry king, I have a raid in World of Warcraft at that time”. A fair and understandable excuse, to be honest.
But no, not for the official World of Warcraft account. In a tweet that was shared by none other than Lil Nas X himself, they responded: “Surely your raid leader would understand if you were a little late”.
Surely your raid leader would understand if you were a little late.— World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) April 8, 2021
And they’re right. What better excuse to be late for a raid than a quick twerk for the birthday king in honour of his number one chart-smashing bottoming anthem of a single?
We have a compromise though: what if the twerking took place in World of Warcraft? Which race would be best at twerking? And does Lil Nas X even play World of Warcraft himself?
He’s certainly no stranger to gaming. He and his label just released a Twerk Hero browser game that has you twerking on Satan’s lap in time to Montero, jiggling butt physics and all. It’s a fun distraction to accompany the single.
One fan even recreated the iconic video in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which was shared by Lil Nas X on Twitter. There might not be a never-ending stripper pole in the game, but it’s simple enough to take a flight on Dodo Airways straight to hell.
World of Warcraft isn’t known for its LGBT+ representation, but last year a transgender character was added to the game.
Pelagos, a Kyrian, was assigned female at birth but in death his spirit has taken male form and uses he/him pronouns.
Terra is another transgender character in the game, an NPC character as a tribute to a trans Blizzard employee.
