She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message.
Bruce Barton/The Associated Pressīut Taylor wasn’t happy about the rapper taking credit for her massive success over the last decade, with her rep refuting Kanye’s claims that he had discussed the song with her beforehand: “Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single ‘Famous’ on her Twitter account. Premiering it as part of his Life of Pablo stream at Madison Square Garden, Kanye was on a career high, and not holding back, finally confessing his true thoughts on the matter. Taking a page from Taylor’s book, Kanye name-dropped the pop singer in his track “Famous”: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that b-h famous / Goddamn, I made that b-h famous.” Why not?įebruary 11, 2016: Kanye releases the incendiary lyrics to “Famous” Taylor would follow up his announcement by repeatedly joking in the media that she would love to be his running mate. Sure. Kanye’s acceptance speech was a shambolic mess at best, as he announced “I still don’t understand award shows” and informed everyone that he did what he did on that fateful 2009 night after seeing Justin Timberlake “in tears” when he lost Album of the Year at the Grammys, giving him the inspiration he needed to defend Beyoncé.Īfter which he announced his bid to run for president in 2020. During her speech, she said, “All the other winners, I’m really happy for you, I’m going to let you finish, but Kanye West has had one of the greatest careers of all time.” Taylor campaigned to be the presenter, and was ultimately given the gig (or had always been slated to have it). He made it clear he wasn’t a fan of Fearless, Taylor’s album, and on Minnesota radio station KDWB, he said what he did at the VMAs was not “arrogant” but “selfless,” and that the event actually worked out to Taylor’s advantage, as he helped her “have 100 magazine covers and sell a million (her) first week.”Īugust 2015: Taylor presents Kanye with the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awardsīack to the scene of the original crime, Taylor decided to bury the hatchet (if burying the hatchet means reminding the world of a five-year-old feud) by presenting Kanye with the esteemed Video Vanguard Award, which he was set to be honoured with at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. Tired of relentlessly saying sorry, however half-hearted or genuine his apologies may have been, Kanye finally started to loosen the pressure valve by the time “Innocent” hit the airwaves.
November 2010: Kanye backtracks on that apology
“It doesn’t really add anything good if I start victimizing myself and complaining about things,” she concluded. Performing the undeniably condescending ode to Kanye’s purity at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor later said to New York Magazine, “I think a lot of people expected me to write a song about him. But, for me, it was important to write a song to him.”īut, hey, wait, don’t think she was trying to play the victim. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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