So Ye is still serious about this President thing, huh? Yesterday (Aug 1), Kanye West phoned into Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show and talked about his “depressing” Glastonbury set last summer, the impact of his “Famous” video, his plans to make $30 shoes with adidas and yes … his Presidential future.
“When I talk about the idea of being president, I’m not saying I have any political views,” he added. “I just have a view on humanity, on people, on the truth. If there is anything that I can do with my time and my day, to somehow make a difference while I’m alive I’m going to try to do it.”
In another confessional moment, Ye broke down why a misfire at the top of his 2015 Glastonbury headlining set threw him into a bit of an emotional tailspin. West described starting the show and how he “completely messed up the music.” Being a perfectionist, he told Annie that he couldn’t stop thinking about that glitch and how it took him back to his earlier musical struggles in high school.
“So it really put me into a slightly depressed state and it put me back in the position of when I was in high school and I got fired from my job, or when I played my music for R. Kelly and he told me he was going to sign me and then three months later I didn’t have any money I couldn’t afford a haircut, I couldn’t take my girlfriend to the movies and I’m still in my momma’s bedroom, working on beats and I was that close to being signed by R. Kelly,” he said. “I don’t usually get nervous, I prepare, I get fully prepared.”
Oh….and he dropped one more pearl. He announced that “Fade” is his next single off The Life of Pablo due to its stadium status appeal. Listen to Kanye’s full interview with Annie Mac below.
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