MSCHF told CBS News that the 'Satan Shoes' are a direct follow-up to the 'Jesus Shoes. In 2019, the collective released ' Jesus Shoes,' which it said contained holy water from the River Jordan, for $4,000. It's not the first time MSCHF has released a pair of modified Nikes.
The fast-food chain has a history of financing evangelical groups that opposed LGBTQ rights. Twitter user jeremyb39, who felt the ratio, tweeted, He already sold his soul to the devil. damn y'all happy now?' he tweeted, with a picture of a pair of sneakers featuring 'John 3:16,' 'my pleasure,' and 'Chick-fil-A' on the side. The tweet came in response to Lil Nas X posting a clip from his performance of Montero (Call Me by Your Name), which carried much of the same Satan ‘n’ steaminess motifs of the video that nearly broke the internet back in March. 'We have decided to drop these to even the score. The rapper also jokingly tweeted another shoe design for people who were offended by the Satan shoes.
He said he hoped the song and video would 'open doors for many other queer people to simply exist.' 'So I hope u are mad, stay mad, feel the same anger you teach us to have towards ourselves.' 'I spent my entire teenage years hating myself because of the sh** y'all preached would happen to me because I was gay,' the rapper wrote in an open letter to his younger self about coming out as gay.