Kanye West discussed the inspiration behind his provocative new ‘Famous’ video, which premiered at the L.A. Forum Friday night.<\/p>\n
A number of very famous figures are shown lying together naked in\u00a0Kanye West\u2019s provocative new “Famous”\u00a0video, which premiered at the L.A. Forum Friday night (June 24)\u00a0\u2013 and, according to the rapper, plenty of other celebrities told him \u201cthey want to be in the bed\u201d when he showed them a preview of the visual.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not in support or anti any of [the people in the video],\u201d West, speaking to\u00a0Vanity Fair<\/em>, said of the video, which was worked on with various collaborators and took three months to complete. \u201cIt\u2019s a comment on fame.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cFamous” video\u00a0depicts lifelike versions of George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Anna Wintour,\u00a0Rihanna,\u00a0Chris Brown,\u00a0Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian West,\u00a0Ray J, Amber Rose, Caitlyn Jenner and\u00a0Bill Cosby.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe in some alternative universe me and George Bush could have been friends,\u201d he commented. \u201cI could have been his O.J. Simpson black friend on the golf course.\u201d<\/p>\n Of the visual\u2019s artistic inspiration, West \u2013 who was inspired by American realist painter Vincent Desiderio \u2013 added: \u201cMatthew Barney is my Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n Barney is an artist known for his living sculpture work in the film series\u00a0The Cremaster Cycle<\/em>. (He has also worked with\u00a0Bjork, with whom he was in a past relationship. The former couple have a daughter together.)<\/p>\n Despite the nudity featured in his \u201cFamous\u201d video, the rapper said that he was \u201cvery careful with shots that had [something] sexual to take them out.\u201d<\/p>\n On Saturday morning, West quipped, “Can somebody sue me already\u201d along with the hashtag #I’llwait\u00a0in a since-deleted tweet.<\/p>\n \u201cFamous,\u201d a single off of West\u2019s\u00a0The Life of Pablo<\/em>\u00a0album, features a controversial reference to Taylor Swift in its lyrics: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex \/ Why? \/ I made that bitch famous.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c[I say] a lot of lines other wives would not allow a husband to say,\u201d West said to\u00a0Vanity Fair<\/em>. \u201cBut my wife also puts up photos that other husbands wouldn’t let them put up. One of the keys to happiness in our marriage is we\u2019re allowed to be ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n