Kanye West Premieres 'New Slaves' Song On Brooklyn Video; Kanye West Premiere On 66 Buildings Around The World [Video, Vine & Map of All Premiere Locations]

Kanye West premiered the "New Slaves" music video on random building in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood last night. The Kanye West premiere of "New Slaves" launched simultaneously on 66 buildings around the world in anticipation of his new album.

Instead of premiering his new song, "New Slaves," in the usual manner, YouTube, an official release party, etc, Kanye West premiered "New Slaves" on 66 buildings around the world including the random Williamsburg Brooklyn building video below.

On Kanye West's website, he's got a world map detailing where exactly the premiere launched. He gave fans little warning of the secretive premiere of "New Slaves," which is the new song from his eagerly anticipated follow-up to his Grammy-nominated masterpiece My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

But a few minutes before the premiere, Kanye West tweeted out the link to his site, which mapped the whole incredible premiere out world-wide.

The premiere was an hour late, but when the truck projecting Kanye West's face on the buildings around New York, and the world, appeared and the performance concluded fans and random pedestrians in the 66 areas, let out a cheer as they were awestruck by the internationally famous Yeezy.

The Kanye West premiere of "New Slaves" was a success, at least by the fan reactions. The impromptu Kanye West premiere of "New Slaves" comes the night before he's set to perform new material from his as-yet-unnamed sixth studio album, but the visualizations of his face onto buildings around the world cast the whole "New Slaves" song in a somber tone.

Kanye West Raps on "New Slaves": "My mama was raised in the era when/ Clean water was only served to the fairer skin/ Threw on clothes, you would've thought I had help/ But they wasn't satisfied unless I picked the cotton myself."

But then Kanye West made an overt challenge to African-Americans materialism in his next verse from "New Slaves": "What you want a Bentley, fur coat, a diamond chain/ All you blacks want all the same things," he rhymes with bravado and humility mixing equally.

Most of the attendees around the world cheered the 4-minute performance if they were lucky enough to catch the spectacle that was the Kanye West "New Slaves" premiere. Kanye West will probably perform "New Slaves" on Saturday Night Live tonight, as well as other unreleased tracks from his sixth studio album, which has been shrouded in mystery as he prepares for his girlfriend Kim Kardashian, to welcome their child into the world. Here's video of the Williamsburg Brooklyn Kanye West "New Slaves" premiere:

And here's a Vine shot at the NYC borough of the Kanye West "New Slaves" premiere:

Tags
world news
Kanye West
Join the Discussion

Latest Photo Gallery

Real Time Analytics