The accompanying album cover displays hand-drawn artwork by Waterford artist Aaron Fahy. The creation depicts Lil Nas X — draped in a white robe and a pair of matching boots — holding the hand of a child, also dressed in white, while standing in a green field.  Fahy is still trying to process it all.

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In an appearance on Newstalk Breakfast, Fahy remarked: “Last week on Instagram, I got a message from [Lil Nas X’s] creative director asking would I be interested in doing the artwork for this song.”

He continued: “I didn’t realise it was going to be a single and I thought it was something to do with his promotion work…I’m still trying to process it really.”

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Speaking about his artistic experience, Fahy mentioned that he had been drawing for a long as he could remember. The artwork was created on an A4 sheet of paper using a crayon. With vibrant re-imaginings of past album covers and other music-centric art, Fahy had already drawn immense attraction on Instagram and from previous collaborations with music label 0207 Def Jam and The BBC.

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The Waterford artist took to Instagram soon after Lil Nas X dropped the single to express his gratitude for the newfound exposure: “The last 24 hours have been wild! Thank you so much for all of the nice messages and comments, it’s been so overwhelming and heartwarming.

I honestly cannot thank you enough. It still feels really surreal now that it’s out, I made it in my bedroom in Ireland and it’s being seen all over the world which is mindblowing!”