Famous

First radio single for The Life of Pablo, the song was criticized over it's lyrics about Taylor Swift's rise in popularity after a Kanye diss, and was even called out during a Grammys ceremony. The song's music video premiered at a Tidal exclusive event at The Forum in Inglewood, California on June 24, 2016. The video begins with a camera passing slowly over the nude, sleeping bodies of George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Anna Wintour, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Ray J., Amber Rose, Caitlyn Jenner, and Bill Cosby. At the end of the video, the camera pans out to show all of the sleeping bodies at the same time as West wakes up from his slumber. All of the celebrities are synthetic bodies. Two days prior to the video's release, West showed the video to Dirk Standen of Vanity Fair over Skype while the video was still in its final editing stages. The video was filmed over a period of three months and went through four different versions prior to the finalized version. West did not reveal which of the celebrities' bodies in the video were real and which ones were prosthetic; however he stated that the video was "not in support or [against] any of [the people in the video]" and was merely "a comment on fame". He also stated that he received his wife Kardashian's permission. Days after its release, E! Online editor Corinne Heller commented "Swift is the main reason the "Famous" video was so anticipated," however, it received "almost no reactions." Vincent Desiderio’s painting Sleep is the visual inspiration for the video. The video of the song was uploaded to YouTube on July 1, 2016. "Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1" is also featured in the video.

[Intro: Rihanna & Kanye West] Man, I can understand how it might be Kinda hard to love a girl like me I don't blame you much for wanting to be free I just wanted you to know Woo, woo Swizz told me let the beat rock (Oh) Oh [Verse 1: Kanye West & Swizz Beatz] For all my Southside niggas that know me best I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex Why? I made that bitch famous (Goddamn) I made that bitch famous For all the girls that got dick from Kanye West If you see 'em in the streets give 'em Kanye's best Why? They mad they ain't famous (Goddamn) They mad they still nameless (Talk that talk, man) Her man in the store tryna try his best But he just can't seem to get Kanye fresh But we still hood famous (Goddamn) Yeah, we still hood famous [Chorus: Rihanna & Swizz Beatz] I just wanted you to know I've loved you better than your own kin did From the very start I don't blame you much for wanting to be free Wake up, Mr. West! Oh, he's up! I just wanted you to know [Verse 2: Kanye West & Swizz Beatz] I be Puerto Rican day parade floatin' That Benz Marina Del Rey coastin' She in school to be a real estate agent Last month I helped her with the car payment Young and we alive, whoo! We never gonna die, whoo! I just copped a jet to fly over personal debt Put one up in the sky The sun is in my eyes, whoo! Woke up and felt the vibe, whoo! No matter how hard they try, whoo! We never gonna die [Chorus: Rihanna & Swizz Beatz] I just wanted you to know Get 'em! [Bridge: Sister Nancy & Swizz Beatz] Bam, 'ey 'ey 'ey Bam bam, bam, bam bam dilla Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey What a bam, bam, bam bam dilla How you feeling right now? Let me see your lighters in the air Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey What a bam Let me see your middle finger in the air Bam 'ey 'ey 'ey Bam bam, bam, bam bam dilla Let me see you act up in this motherfucker Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey What a bam, bam, bam bam dilla How you feelin', how you feelin', how you feelin' in this mother fucker, god damn Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey What a bam One thing you can't do is stop us now Bam 'ey 'ey 'ey Bam bam bam, bam bam dilla Ayy, you can't stop the thing now Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey What a bam, bam, bam bam dilla Man, it's way too late, it's way too late, it's way too late, you can't fuck with us Bam bam, 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey Bam bam, 'ey 'ey 'ey What a bam To the left, to the right Bam 'ey 'ey 'ey Bam bam bam, bam bam dilla I wanna see everybody hands in the air like this Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey What a bam, bam, bam bam dilla Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey 'ey Bam bam 'ey 'ey 'ey What a bam, bam [Outro: Nina Simone] I just wanted you to know I loved you better than your own kin did From the very start I don't blame you much for wanting to be free I just wanted you to know [Produced by Kanye West, Charlie Heat, Havoc & Noah Goldstein]