Kanye West has just premiered – or, more accurately, previewed – the music video for his collaboration with Paul McCartney, ‘Only One’ on The Ellen Degeneres Show.
Directed by Spike Jonze, it’s a deservingly humble visual accompaniment considering the autotune ballad’s subject matter – written as it is from the perspective of West’s mother Donda, who died in 2007 from complications arising during surgery. West also spoke in depth about the impact marriage and fatherhood has had on his life:
“I’ve learned how to shut up more. I think I’m a better human being because of her [Kim Kardashian] and because of my daughter, and I have always someone to think about going home to: something for me to not only to be brave for what I want to do for humanity, but also to be more protective of myself for my family, because there’s things I’ve done in the past that were considered negative, but I was really jumping in front of the tank for other people, or for culture, in a way. So now, I always have to have that in my mind that I have a family that I have to protect, too.”
Just like the mornin’ sun, the full version will no doubt rise tomorrow, or the day after, or the day after.
