And depending on what rumors you believe, they’ve even worked together in the past, either on Yeezy season one or Yeezy season three. With Yeezy, West has a similar mission, making “essential” items like leggings, bombers, and tees into purposeful garments with an unusual vibe, an idea he’s extending with his ongoing partnership with the Gap. The 44-year-old rapper previously held two album-themed events at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, and this time around, his listening party will take place at Soldier Field in Chicago. Even his debut couture show, the most trumpeted collection of 2021 thus far, had an eerie air about it, with the restored Balenciaga salons made intentionally dingy, with grease on the light switches and yellowed hems on the curtains. His garments are uncannily redone versions of “normal” things like tracksuits, dad jeans, and puffer jackets rendered to the most luxurious degree. Gvasalia’s visions of hell and high water, and his interest in artificial intelligence and deep fakes, are premonitions of moments that seem just about to happen. Both artists specialize in creating work that finds beauty in darkness. What in Ye’s name are Demna and Kanye doing together? As it turns out, the two share a lot of aesthetic common ground-and, apparently, the same art director, Niklas Bildstein Zaar, who made the heaven and brimstone graphics that appeared in both the fall 2020 Balenciaga show and last night’s Donda event. Getty Images for Universal Music Group UPDATE. Meanwhile, Balenciaga’s Demna Gvasalia has stepped in for the creative, directing the look and feel of the listening event and its stream. AugKanye West at the ‘DONDA by Kanye West’ listening event at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Jin Atlanta, Georgia. Some of the new aspects of the Donda 2.0 tracklist include feature spots from The Weeknd and Kid Cudi. In the two weeks since, West has been fine-tuning not only the album, but also its visuals. Kanye West’s performance is one of many examples that show that Chicago can be open and safe at the same time, Lemons told the Tribune We have worked with Soldier Field on COVID-19.
The previous event had been held in the same venue on July 22. All this was streamed in real time on Apple Music in the lead-up to West’s second Donda listening party. Throughout the day he invited Chance the Rapper and Demna Gvasalia over, parsed through merch options, tried on a Balenciaga fall 2020 jacket, and welcomed several models into the room, two in red Balenciaga robes and armor boots who sat ritualistically under lit candles, and then another with a bob and sunglasses who sat cross-legged and hunched over an iPhone. Early in the morning of August 5, 2021, Kanye West was in his bedroom at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz stadium doing push-ups.
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