![]() But this kind of display was typical of Kanye West. If anything, he knew it too well.īefore that night, I’d never even heard of a music-video premiere event. I went because Kanye West was, at that moment, the most interesting person in all of popular music. I wanted to see the video, but that wasn’t why I devoted my night to this display of indulgence. ![]() I got the email invite a few hours before the event was set to kick off, and I cancelled whatever plans I had that night and headed out to take in this cinematic vision. In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.īefore “Stronger” reached MTV and YouTube, Kanye West rented out a Manhattan movie theater and held a glitzy premiere for the song’s video. ![]()
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