Kanye West Took a Break From The Nitrous Tank to Ride a White Horse, Start a "Fuck Adidas" Chant, and Perform a 74-Song Setlist in Front of 41,000 People in South Korea
Nice to see Kanye West is still alive and capable of holding a microphone. Based on the recent news, I wasn't sure he'd have it in him to spend any more than 30 minutes at a time away from his big strong dentist pumping gas into his face.
Let alone jockey a horse.
And perform a 74-song set in front of 41,000 people in South Korea.
To call that a 74-song set is a bit of a stretch. But he at least played portions of 74 different songs. And he even managed to string a few verses together without taking a breather, or going off script and screaming some sort of nonsense while his vocals play over the speakers.
We also can't rule out that the smoke machines were not actually pumping the entire stadium full of nitrous. Which actually sounds like a pretty awesome experience for the fans. But I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say it was harmless fog. He did bring his children out after all.
It was very kind of him to dedicate a song to Drake as well. At a time where the entire world is clowning you for pedophilia, it's always nice to know you have the support of the craziest narcissist in all of music.
And in a touching tribute to Kobe Bryant, on what would have been his 46th birthday, he ended his concert with the song 24.
Which reminds me of my favorite Kobe Bryant quote.
Because that quote sounds more like something that would come out of Kanye's mouth in the middle of one of his halfway coherent ramblings, than something out the mouth of Kobe Bryant.
All things considered, that was a pretty good showing from Kanye. He's still got the juice. It looks like all the fans came away happy. There's not a lot of people who can draw a crowd like that using only themselves standing in the middle of an arena stripped completely bare. Not many people can get a reaction like this from playing a single note on the piano.
So well done Kanye. Now go get some rest. You've earned yourself a nice, long 14-hour anesthesia fueled nap.