Kanye West served as the guest editor for the October issue of XXL magazine. Not only was he given the latitude to creatively direct a 40-page spread, but he also wrote his own cover story. (No one man should have that much power.)
During his cover segment, ‘Ye took the opportunity to elaborate on the Taylor Swift fiasco, and his subsequent exile. Here are a few of the excerpts:
“In a way, I had thrown a Molotov cocktail at my own career, and it gave me an opportunity, for the first time, to go away and find out who I was,” he wrote. “Because I felt very alone.
“I stress that the incident wasn’t about Taylor personally,” he explained. “And it definitely wasn’t about race. Where I messed up is, at the end of the day, it’s your show, Taylor. It’s your show, MTV.”
“The relationship with the public and with your fans is like the relationship with your girlfriend,” he wrote. “How could I not, at a certain point, be like, ‘I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have been at the awards show. I’m sorry’? Not that I don’t deserve to get beat up or change who I am inside, to make sure that that doesn’t happen again.
“I knew I wasn’t in a great spot publicly after the incident, but I would just block it out and work as hard as possible and let my work be my saving grace,” he added.
Not only is his choice of fashion on the cover borderline suspect, it’s also tiresome watching Kanye grovel to win fans back. This act is getting a bit old. It’s time for him to just focus on making music. –djr
