Lil Nas X says he’s “doing much better” while working to “ground myself down to Earth and get out of my head” after entering a mental health program.
The “Old Town Road” artist and two-time Grammy winner faced felony charges in connection with an August 2025 incident during which he was said to have been “strolling naked along Ventura Avenue in Studio City when police were called to the scene,” per a previous news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
“I’ve been in rehab for a few months and since then I've been back at home, whether it's in Atlanta with my family or in Los Angeles with myself and friends and whatnot, trying to ground myself down to Earth and get out of my head,” X told fans in a video shared to Instagram on Wednesday (June 17). “I have a therapist now and a psychiatrist which has been really helpful.”
Turning to his initial reluctance to accept his assumption that he had bipolar disorder, which has since been confirmed through a diagnosis, X exhibited his signature charm and humor.
“When I got my bipolar disorder diagnosis, I felt like I had known for the past few years but I didn't wanna admit to it because I didn't wanna have to take medication and have people think different of me,” he said. “I mean, I'm already, like, Black and gay. Damn, God. Come on. Black, gay, bipolar. I’m, like, living life on extreme hard mode.”
Returning to a more serious tone, X expressed gratitude for the support he’s received from fans since his arrest, noting that he does indeed have new music on the way.
“I’m doing much better,” he said. “I’m doing better, I’m feeling better, I’m creating freely, and there’s less fear in my heart. I’m just smelling the roses. It’s been seven years. I’ve been doing music for seven years now. That’s crazy. … I’m excited to go on this journey with you guys, this next chapter.”
In August 2025, X was charged with three felony counts of battery with injury on a police officer, plus one felony count of resisting an executive officer. He pleaded not guilty and was held on $75,000 bail.
“Upon arrival, he is accused of assaulting the responding officers trying to take him into custody, injuring at least three of them,” the LA County DA’s Office said at the time.
By April of this year, however, news had broken of X entering a mental health diversion program, with a judge saying that successful completion of the program, in tandem with no additional infractions, would lead to a dismissal of the charges against him. Treatment of this nature was previously alluded to by attorney Drew Findling back in September.
