Why I bought the Lil Nas X 'Satan Shoes' - BBC News

In partnership with the art collective MSCHF, singer Lil Nas X created a pair of pricey - $1,018 (£740) - and controversial trainers.

MSCHF only produced 666 pairs of the shoes, which include a drop of human blood in the soles. Made using modified Nike Air Max 97s, they sold out in less than a minute.

The BBC spoke to two people about why they had bought these shoes.

#LilNasX #Montero #BBCNews

[mistermate.]

BBC: we asked a random dork why they bought something that immediately increases its value 20 times

[dominicgamboa]

There's nothing revolutionary about selling an expensive pair of shoes.

[jayro]

Why cant they re-customise no name brand shoes or a blank pair of trainers??? They don’t because they wanna use a brand name to fetch more money on their tacky designed re-customs.

[vvs]

Im just concerned about the fact that they taught selling a drop of human blood with a shoes was ok.
Did no one realise it was stupid.

[jobiwankenobi]

Imagine uploading this on Easter Sunday!

[theshadedshadow]

If you ever fall in them, I guess you could say you fell from grace. I'm surprised they didn't make the price $666.00. 🤷

[vnceigz]

1:24 - What a load of garbage. Nike is suing because they didn't remove the Nike branding from the shoes when they customized them, thus implying that it's an official Nike product. Remove the swoosh and Nike label from it and you won't have a problem. Duh. 🙄

[JN-wnkw]

I’m not even Christian or religious this is just really sad and extremely cringe.

[ric]

just here to ask the BBC to stop focusing on celebrity nonsense and report more on real world issues. thanks.

[ous]

We are now living in demonic world. So guys please safe your children from such calamity.

[Mahmood.]

What does his race and sexuality have to do with the shoe? There's no correlation so there's no benefit in mentioning it. People really want to find any excuse possible to justify this weird behaviour

[legacylo]

So, if we call them gay then they're offended.
If they use religion in something in their products, here will be sneaker, they expect us not to be offended.

What about... What about not provoking one another?

[Gone_Gaming]

*Nike were in on it from the start, until the backlash then they were like nothing to do with us, porn is the devil's work.*

[rajivijay.]

Jesus is coming soon
Are you ready????

[daltonmilburn]

We’re raising a generation that doesn’t know the consequences of playing with fire.

[jirikrajnak]

imagine selling $ 50 shoes made in asian sweatshops for $ 1000 and making them limited. sounds a lot like they took cues from watchmaking, except for the craftsmanship and quality. the fact that there's a market for this implies that people will buy and fall for anything.

[bricelethier]

wow posting this on easter day what a great job

[kevint]

Black, Gay and Aethiest this guy isn't in the running for the next Director General of the BBC by any chance

[JPnielsen]

"Human buys trainers" - BBC "News"

[paulgibbons]

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.