“You don’t know, it’s really overwhelming to me to perform that song for the first time and for y’all to react to it in that way”.
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After finishing with “Famous”, Kanye went on to serve the crowd at the Paradise International Music Festival with a long rant about his controversial song, excusing the lyric by affirming: “I just said what everybody else was thinking”.
Watch Kanye West’s speech in the video below.
In the latest incident, West took time out during his concert Saturday in Manila to talk about the story behind his song “Famous”, which includes lyrics inspired by the Taylor Swift incident.
“So if I get in trouble for saying the truth, what’s being said the rest of the time?” he said.
Kanye West made history this past week when The Life of Pablo became the first ever album reach number one on the Billboard charts exclusively off streaming.
According to Buzzfeed, he cited Lady Gaga’s decision to cancel her Fame Kills tour with him as one of the ways in which he was punished for saying said truth. You know what night I’m talking about – when I just said what everybody else was thinking. The Chicago rapper declared that Beyonce had made “one of the best videos of all time”. The song that was twice performed was ” Famous”, off of TLOP.
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What about his reference to Swift as a “bitch” and to how he made her “famous” and to how he thinks the two “might still have sex”, all of which he sings on the track “Famous?“. “First thing is I’m an artist and as an artist I will express how I feel with no censorship”. The lyrics were criticized for being offensive and misogynistic, because, well, they are. Kanye is an artist, and while creativity should never be limited, it seems he doesn’t see the difference between “speaking the truth” and “speaking your opinion – which happens to come at the expense of another person”. From siding with Bill Cosby, to his incessant rants about anything and everything, right through to his pretty atrocious treatment of his ex Amber Rose, it’s pretty hard being both a feminist and a Kanye fan.
