Kanye West discuss the inspiration behind his provocative new 'Famous' video, which premiered at the L.A. Forum Friday night.
A number of very famous figures are shown lying together naked in Kanye West’s provocative new "Famous" video, which premiered at the L.A. Forum Friday night (June 24) – and, according to the rapper, plenty of other celebrities told him “they want to be in the bed” when he showed them a preview of the visual.
“It’s not in support or anti any of [the people in the video],” West, speaking to Vanity Fair, said of the video, which was worked on with various collaborators and took three months to complete. “It’s a comment on fame.”
The “Famous" video depicts lifelike versions of George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Anna Wintour, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West, Ray J, Amber Rose, Caitlyn Jenner and Bill Cosby.
“Maybe in some alternative universe me and George Bush could have been friends,” he commented. “I could have been his O.J. Simpson black friend on the golf course.”
Of the visual’s artistic inspiration, West – who was inspired by American realist painter Vincent Desiderio – added: “Matthew Barney is my Jesus.”
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