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Monday 09 August 3:24 p.m.
By Kooge
Kanye West is back and he's not afraid to let the world know... in his brand new video for 'Power' - Kanye is literally a bold work of art. The new video (which is only 90 seconds in length) is described as a "moving painting" rather than a traditional music video, and it is awesome! (check it out below).
Artist/Director Marco Brambilla descibed the video to The Wall Street Journal: "This video is almost like a portrait, a video portrait of Kanye as this symbol of power. The video is actually one continuous shot – it comes out from a close up of Kanye and gradually reveals this decadence and sexuality around him. Once we come to the wide shot, we challenge that position of power."
"The narrative within it is a moment of transition. It’s almost like the precarious nature of power, the epic portrait of power. In one sense it’s both the rise and fall of a celebrity in a way and that’s one of the things that interested me about working with Kanye. I wanted to use some of his baggage in terms of the year he’s had coming into this and releasing his first single in a long time. I wanted to use the kind of public perception of him and have fun with that and the concept of him being a celebrity and what he’s gone through recently." (Read more from the interview here.)
Rumour has it, Marco is making an album length movie to accompany Kanye's new album, in the same style as the "Power" video.
Watch "Power" on the right.