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Lil Nas X<\/a> is back with his first new song of the year. \u201cWorld\u2019s Greatest<\/a>\u201d follows the 2025 EP Days Before Dreamboy<\/em>, and marks the latest step in a return to music following his 2025 arrest and hospitalization<\/a> after allegedly charging after police officers in Los Angeles. \u201c\u2018Walk by faith, not by sight\u2019 was my mom\u2019s favorite phrase to say,\u201d he wrote yesterday, in the caption of an Instagram post<\/a> announcing \u201cWorld\u2019s Greatest.\u201d \u201cAs I move through life it resonates with me more & more.\u201d<\/p>\n The six-minute \u201cWorld\u2019s Greatest\u201d video was directed by Phillip Youmans and shot in Lil Nas\u2019 hometown of Atlanta. It opens in a dance studio, where the \u201cOld Town Road\u201d singer is rehearsing stage choreography. His dance trainer tells him, \u201cYou keep doing the same thing. You know what the problem is; you\u2019re just not fixing it.\u201d From there, more present-day footage is intercut with dramatized scenes from Lil Nas\u2019 childhood. The video ends with a dedication to his late mother, Tamikia Hill. Watch it below.<\/p>\n Last year, Lil Nas pled not guilty<\/a> to the three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one felony count of resisting an executive officer, and faced a five-year prison sentence. In April, a judge ruled to dismiss<\/a> the felony battery charges against him if he agreed to a mandated two-year treatment program. The judge noted that the decision to offer dismissal was influenced by Lil Nas\u2019 diagnosis of bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n Prior to his arrest, Lil Nas had shared a number of one-off<\/a> singles<\/a>, including the Thomas Bangalter co-production \u201cLight Again!<\/a>” He released his first (and so far, only) studio album, Montero<\/em><\/a>, in 2021.<\/p>\n