Kanye took provocation to another level in his latest, still-evolving opus, The Life of Pablo. Dealing with fameâespecially his ownâwas a common motif throughout the record, and that themeâs titular ode, âFamous,â became Pabloâs most infamous track (weâve all heard the Taylor Swift lyric by now).
Over the weekend, the rapper took it to yet another level when he released the songâs video, which pans over wax models of nude celebrities lying next to each other in bed. Joining Kanye is Swift, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Caitlyn Jenner, and a handful of other topical folk. Itâs bizarre and, as you might imagine, an absolute goldmine for talk show fodder.
Both Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel took aim, as Pitchfork reports, with Kimmel calling the video âexceptionally Kanye-esque.â Kimmel airs the clip and shouts out the names of each celebrity as they appear until arriving at his beloved Guillermo, whoâs lying at the end of the bed, sleepy but seemingly happy to be there.
Itâs still unclear whether the people in the video gave Kanye permission to use their likenesses, but a tweet from Saturday asking âsomeone to sue [him] alreadyâ suggests he just went for it.
In Colbertâs parody, the Late Show host claims to have been cast in the original and tells West âIâmma sue you right now for cutting me out of that video.â Colbert himself is lying at the end of the bed this time, naked except for a nasal strip. âYeah, we just had sex. All of us. At the same time,â he says before offering crackers to his bedmates. The sketch follows his best and probably most accurate line of the segment: âIf thatâs memory foam, that bed is going to have PTSD.â
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