The lyrics have moved away from sappy family stuff and are now squarely in tabloid catfight zone.Ĥ:54pm: Drama alert! Kanye just rapped: "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex, I made that bitch famous." Ouch. Feels like a performance art installation (which it basically is it was put together by conceptual artist Vanessa Beecroft).Ĥ:53pm: Now we get "Famous," feat. The models are moving occasionally - it's kind of like a very slow-moving statue. I think some of the models have tears in their eyes? The color palate is lots of red, orange and burgundy, and it has a kind of scorched desert vibe to it. Some are on the ground, while others are atop two raised pedestals draped in cloth. There are tons of models standing dead still and looking very serious.
Lots of gospel choruses and Kanye getting deep with lines like "deliver us liberty, deliver us peace, deliver us love," plus a hot-as-fire verse by Chance The Rapper.Ĥ:40pm: The dome has lifted! I am not a fashion person (again, why am I here?!) but it looks very cool. How much did I spend on this again?Ĥ:39pm: "Ultra Light Beam" sounds awesome. So, yep, Kanye is just gonna play the album from his computer while he dances and chills with his friends.
It's called "Ultra Light Beam." "Feel free to dance, move, whatever y'all want to do," Kanye says. Pretty sure Kanye is going to control MSG's entire speaker system for a sold-out audience with an aux cord.Ĥ:38pm: The first track plays. Also lots of people screaming for Kylie.Ĥ:37pm: Kanye just asked for the aux cord and you could hear the static when it's plugged in. They are wearing lots of diamonds, feathers and white fur. I let out an audible squeal, which I did not see coming, but that is apparently the effect that real-life Kardashians have on me. I briefly entertain the idea of waiting and getting awesome TLOP tees for all my family and friends, but the line's not moving, so I give up and go inside.Ĥ:30pm: THE KARDASHIANS ARE HERE.
People are walking around with bags and bags full of swag like they're at a sample sale and/or stockpiling warm clothes for an upcoming thermonuclear winter.
What's under there!?Ĥ:20pm: The show has still not started - which I imagine is way more annoying for the people watching the livestream in 700 movie theaters around the world - so I go out to check on the merch line. The ushers are shaking the edges like they're trying to ventilate something underneath, or else they're about to play a big MSG-wide game of parachute. West went on one of his infamous Twitter rants back in February 2016 - the same day he dropped his “The Life of Pablo” album - where he posted about his supposed financial issues.4:00pm: I have reached my seat! There is a giant orb made of some sort of shimmering fabric. The “Jesus Walks” crooner had previously claimed that he was $53 million in debt.
Kanye West at the July 22 “Donda” listening party in Atlanta. About $7 million came cashing in from in-person merchandise sales, and Billboard estimated that both parties in Atlanta grossed between $1.5 million and $2.7 million each for the record producer. The second one broke Apple Music livestream records and had 5.4 million viewers.
Apple Music livestreamed the bash for free with the promise that his album would be launched the next day.īut alas, that didn’t happen and he hosted another listening party later that same month.
In July, over 42,000 fans filed into Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz stadium. So how much money in total has he made from his previous album listening soirées?Īpparently, they’re worth a pretty penny.Īccording to Billboard, Ye has already made $12.75 million from his past two “Donda” parties in Atlanta. The 44-year-old “Power” rapper is set to debut his newest album, “Donda,” on Thursday with a listening party - his third event overall - in Chicago’s Soldier Field. Kanye West is going to have millions pouring out from his ears. Kanye West goes off on cancel culture and #MeToo: 1984-style ‘mob mentality’ Is Kanye West losing it? Or misunderstood? No, just an extreme Gemini Rapper Roddy Rich pledges earnings from Astroworld to families of victims
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