So Kanye West is in the Short Music Film Business – very MJesque

So we are having a little Kanye West moment

Kanye West showcased his new music video, ‘Runaway’, at BAFTA in London’s Piccadilly on Oct 6th.

The rapper-producer took to the stage to introduce the 40-minute long music video in front of a packed, invite-only room that included the likes Lemar and Marina And The Diamonds.

He described the movie, due for worldwide release in a fortnight, as “an overall representation of what I dream”, telling the audience it’s “a modern-day version of ‘The Wall’ or ‘Thriller’”.

The film is a colour-saturated tale of a phoenix, played by model and actress Selita Ebanks, that falls to earth and becomes the girlfriend of West’s character Griffin. In a series of dreamlike sequences that feature ballerinas and banquets she suffers discrimination from those around her and eventually has to burn herself alive. The film was written by Hype Williams and directed by West.

He added: “With everything I’ve been through in the past year it was divine intervention that helped the making of this. God has prepped me to be a soldier and to fight for my art.”

At a press junket following the London screening of Kanye West’s short film Runaway, the controversial rapper half-jokingly compared a meeting he had with Michael Jackson to the scene in Iron Man 2 when the father passes his power down to Tony Stark.

West added that he “had to keep this thing going” now that Michael’s gone. “I feel extra convicted with the passing of Michael Jackson.”

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Kanye, MJ has inspired many people and if this is how he has influenced you, then do your thing. We are rooting for you – we love that you keep his memory alive by acknowledging the KING! Runaway with your dreams and continue to make them happen.

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