There’s a new Kanye West album, Yeezus, and that means that a short-film to celebrate wouldn’t be far off. Made with E! stars and affiliates of West’s wife Kim Kardashian, Jonathan Cheban and Scott Disick, the video is inspired by the movie American Psycho.
In the film, Disick plays Christian Bale’s character, and Cheban sits in for Jared Leto reports Pitchfork.
Yeezus is Kanye West’s first official solo release since 2010′s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and his 2011 team-up with Jay-Z, Watch The Throne as well as his 2012 GOOD Music release Cruel Summer.
Originally set to drop on June 18th, somebody managed to get their hands of a copy of Yeezus and leaked it a few days early. It isn’t immediately clear who leaked the album online yet, but Def Jam – Kanye West’s record label – are said to be furious. The label even have an entire division for leaks management and they’ve whipped into overdrive with damage control.
Of course, the album is still expected to sell by the bucket load, but the leak is especially damaging given the extraordinary lengths Def Jam went to to keep the album out of the prying hands of fans.
According to sources, West’s camp took notes from leaks of tracks off his previous album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, in 2010, and used that information to try and keep the album in lock down.
Almost unviersally the album has been praised by critics and fans, with Tone Deaf’s Francis Vinall saying that the album “feels like running over barbed wire: it’s a shock to the system, an assault of jarring tones, urgent rhythms, and the constant, snarling presence of West’s vocals. “
“You’ll hear beats that sound like they’ve been forcefully removed from an 80s dance track, next to slices of industrial grind and ethereal choral lines. Lyrically it isn’t as sharp as it could be, but that’s the point. This isn’t the sophisticated My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy or the celebratory Late Registration. It’s an embodiment of blunt anger.”
You can watch the short film below.
