EMO LANDSCAPES

The similarities between Kanye's new music video and Bjork's old music video are worth noting. Also interesting is the way that Hype Williams, he of the booty shakes and yacht shots, is marshaling nature (here, Hawaii; Gondry did Iceland) behind a song about an ego, no less.

There is a nice Wordsworthian intimation of mortality about it, courtesy of Young Jeezy: "standing at my podium / trying to watch my sodium / die high blood pressure / even let the feds get ya."

Could this be the first step towards a Kan-jork collaboration? I bet she could do auto tune without a computer.

Bjork: “These accidents that happen / follow the dots. Coincidence makes sense / only with you.”

Her accent makes it hard to hear, but she’s not singing “you.” She’s singing “‘Ye”

Bjork: Joga
By Michel Gondry


Kanye West feat. Young Jeezy: Amazing
By Hype Williams

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