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

TMZ Hip Hop obtained this surveillance footage recorded exterior the Quick Tales Lodge round 1:30 PM Wednesday. Sources on the lodge affirm he was there, though he was not a registered visitor.

Nonetheless, the video makes it look like 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 surprising 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The “Outdated City Highway” rapper later discovered his means into the lodge’s foyer, the place he hydrated with a cup of water … after which, for some motive, determined to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.

It is nonetheless unclear what Nas was as much as in between the two incidents, his camp’s been radio silent for the reason that arrest. As we reported, he was booked for battery on an officer … after allegedly charging at cops who responded.