The rapper will debut the video at an 'exclusive premiere event' this Friday, June 24, which fans can attend in person or watch live via Tidal.
- Jun 23, 2016
AceShowbiz - Kanye West is giving "Famous", the first single off his latest album, a music video treatment. Months after the song was first debuted at last February's Yeezy fashion show, the official visuals is debuting at an "exclusive premiere event" set to take place this Friday, June 24 at the Forum in Los Angeles.
In a statement released by Tidal, the event will be held at 7 P.M. PST and fans can be part of it by purchasing $25 tickets that will go on sale on Thursday morning through Ticketmaster. Those who won't be able to attend the premiere can watch the whole thing on Tidal, where 'Ye's new music video will be available exclusively for one week.
"Famous" appears on "The Life of Pablo", which came out on Tidal earlier this year and landed at No. 1 on Billboard 200 after it was made available on other streaming services back in April. Upon its arrival, the song caused controversy because of its Taylor Swift-related lyrics.
West, who calls his on-and-off nemesis "b***h" on the song and says that he's the one making her famous, claimed that the 26-year-old diva gave him approval to include the lyrics. The rapper's wife Kim Kardashian also said last week that Swift knew about the lines and that she could prove it.
Swift has denied the couple's allegations, though. Recently, her camp said that she and West did have a conversation about the song in a phone call, but at the time he only asked her if he could release it via her Twitter account.
"Kanye West never told Taylor he was going to use the term, 'that b***h,' in referencing her," her rep explained. "A song cannot be approved if it was never heard. Kanye West never played the song for Taylor Swift. Taylor heard it for the first time when everyone else did and was humiliated. Kim Kardashian's claim that Taylor and her team were aware of being recorded is not true, and Taylor cannot understand why Kanye West, and now Kim Kardashian, will not just leave her alone."
