Lil Nas X‘s practically bare journey was brewing nearly 15 hours earlier than his early morning arrest … primarily based on a brand new unusual video of him wandering aimlessly round Hollywood!

TMZ Hip Hop obtained this surveillance footage recorded outdoors the Brief Tales Resort round 1:30 PM Wednesday. Sources on the lodge verify he was there, though he was not a registered visitor.

Nonetheless, the video makes it seem to be he was going by way of one thing — you see Montero all by himself strolling off the road, and into the lodge’s courtyard space.

Not like his stunning encounter with a bystander early Thursday morning, Lil Nas X was absolutely dressed on the Hollywood lodge — cowboy hat and boots, denims and a short-sleeved shirt — as he fanned himself.

The “Previous City Street” rapper later discovered his manner into the lodge’s foyer, the place he hydrated with a cup of water … after which, for some motive, determined to go shirtless as he walked again on the road.

We broke the story … Lil Nas X ended up wandering Ventura Boulevard — about 7 miles from the lodge — at 4 AM Thursday, sporting solely his tighty whitey underwear and white cowboy boots.