brought his spiritual campaign to Los Angeles’ The Forum on Wednesday to preview his ninth studio albumThe arena was converted into an indoor field with tall grass as sounds of nature echoed through the speakers.
Directed by influential fashion photographer Nick Knight, the roughly 30-minute film showcased stunning cinematography of visionary artist James Turrell’s eye-catching installation, the Roden Crater. It also spotlighted the beautiful voices and melanin faces of what appeared to be the members of West’s choir, as seen and heard in his Sunday Service productions.
With attendees’ Phones tucked into Yondr bags, photographic memories snapped away at the massive visuals featuring stunning, circular shots of Turrell’s Skyspace, an art piece built on top of a dormant volcano located in the Painted Desert of Northern Arizona. Close-ups of the gospel singers, individually and as an ensemble, seemed to illuminate against a backdrop of blue skies peeking through a circular opening above their heads.
Among the devotional setlist -- which impressively carried no curses -- was “Selah,” “Perfect Praise” and “When I Think of His Goodness.” West dipped into his earlier catalog and reviseddeep cuts “Say You Will” and “Street Lights” into solemn rap hymns. While “Say You Will” played in the IMAX movie trailer, the gospel rendition of “Street Lights” was presented during a scene where West sang the hook while dressed in the same brown attire as the chorus and swept the space with a broom.
In the flesh, West joined the horde of attendees on the floor of The Forum and blasted snippets of the album, pointing out that he was using a portable player that controlled the volume of certain track details like the vocals and baseline.
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