But just after midnight on April Fools’ Day, the rapper tried to pull a fast one on fans, tweeting, “i was never gay. i said it to build up fuel for aprils fools day. ha got u guys.”

The 20-year-old performer, who won two Grammys in January, then exchanged some cheerful banter with rapper Ka5sh, who called Lil Nas X brave for “coming out as straight.”

Lil Nas X, who topped the Billboard Hot 100 for an unprecedented 19 weeks, replied, “It’s hard but somebody has to take a stand and lead the others[sic] straight people afraid to be themselves.”

Still, Lil Nas X couldn’t keep a straight face (so to speak) for long. Just 13 minutes after his original post, he said, “ok i’m gay again,” which prompted the reply “Welcome back” from out gay “Bloom” singer Troye Sivan.

Lil Nas X’s April Fools’ Day prank was more fun than the one by K-pop star Jaejoong, who jokingly claimed to have the coronavirus in an Instagram post. The tone-deaf joke backfired and the member of Korean pop band JYJ apologized within an hour.

Lil Nas X, who has 4.3 million followers on Twitter, turns 21 on April 9 and has also been tweeting about celebrating his birthday in quarantine.