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Everyone's talking about Kanye West's new music video with a raft of naked 'celebs'
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BACK IN FEBRUARY, Kanye West caused controversy with his new song Famous, which contained the line:
The lyric was obviously referring to Taylor Swift, who condemned it immediately – but if you thought Kanye would leave well alone, you were wrong.
He’s gone and poked the bear again with the video for the song, released last night via live stream.
What’s going on in the video?
The video features Kanye and wife Kim Kardashian sleeping in a massive bed with a naked ‘Taylor Swift’ as well as several other nude celebrities and public figures, including:
The video is heavily inspired by the American artist Vincent Desiderio, who worked with Kanye to create it. It’s unknown whether the creepily realistic figures are digitally created, wax sculptures, actors wearing prostheses, or the celebrities themselves.
What does it all meeeaaan?
Kanye told Vanity Fair that the video is “not in support or anti” any of the people featured, but a “comment on fame”. Zach Frydenlund of Complex Magazine suggests that he’s going for a ‘celebrities – they’re just like us’ message:
Why is everyone focusing on Taylor Swift here?
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Well, because of the aforementioned line, which was brought up again earlier this month when Kim Kardashian claimed that Taylor approved the lyric beforehand.
Taylor’s people released a statement refuting Kim’s comments, and asked why Kanye and Kim would “not just leave her alone”. This video is pretty much the opposite of that. So…
Is the sh*t going to hit the fan?
That’s what people seem to think:
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While some fans are lauding the video as ‘art’, others are just like, “FFS Kanye.”
Swift has been too busy meeting new beau Tom Hiddleston’s parents to comment, but rest assured – this is just the beginning.
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