Kanye West has released a video for his new song 'Power', and in true kanye west style that we have grown to love (or hate in some cases) before the release he initially stated that 'it's not a video, it's a painting'.
Oh Kanye, you innovative, creative rapper you. So we all whiled away the time staring longingly at http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/, twidling our thumbs and generally neglecting our personal wellbeing waiting for the unveiling of the 'masterpiece'. Oh you didn't? .... neither did I.
The music video was directed by Marco Brambilla who also directed Demoliton Man, kanye apparently approached him after seeing an installation by Marco at the Standard hotel. Brambilla says the video has an renaissance, roman feel and after watching the video kanye's recent tweets showing photos of goblets with roman symbols on them make a lot more sense ...
The video is visually very nice to watch and you kind of end up wishing it was longer, as it is only 1.42 minutes long.
The overall theme is decadence and judging by the lyrics this is Kanyes' attempt at tackling the fickle world of fame and his place within it. After the whole Taylor Swift fandango you would assume he would release a more neutral song. Infact if he really wanted to do it correctly he'd have actually collaborated with her, possibly set the music video in a meadow somewhere, where Taylor could play her guitar and they could hold hands. But not Kanye.
The overall theme is decadence and judging by the lyrics this is Kanyes' attempt at tackling the fickle world of fame and his place within it. After the whole Taylor Swift fandango you would assume he would release a more neutral song. Infact if he really wanted to do it correctly he'd have actually collaborated with her, possibly set the music video in a meadow somewhere, where Taylor could play her guitar and they could hold hands. But not Kanye.
Image: www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog
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