Kanye West Removes Graphic Spike Jonze-Directed Video From His Blog
Kanye West has been forced to pull his new video from his own website.
The rapper had posted an 11-minute film called We Were Once A Fairytale directed by Spike Jonze on his blog on Monday.
The video follows West on a night out. He is seen having sex with a stranger and projectile-vomiting blood, then stabbing himself in the stomach. At this point a demon that resembles a tiny rat emerges from his stomach and stabs itself with a miniscule sword. The rat looks a lot like the monsters from Jonze's current hit movie, Where The Wild Things Are.
West took down the video yesterday but did not explain why.
"Sorry I had to take it down," is all he wrote on a statement on his blog.
The video is still widely available on YouTube and will soon be available to buy on iTunes.
West has struggled to rebuild his reputation after a controversial appearance at the MTV Music Video Awards last month. He recently cancelled a tour with Lady Gaga and did not appear at a recent awards show.
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I just seen that damn video on youtube &I think he needs help and if hes using this as a outlet for what is really going on in his head & heart but he seriously needs to get help ASAP, becuz this is quite disturbing
It is all about the money - what sells, promotional gimmicks as well as competing with thousands of other musicians to stay in the lime light.
As long as the musician’s CDs are selling, it doesn’t matter whether the singer is a man or a mouse.
Or was that a rat in the video clip?
:-)