UPDATE 7:57 p.m.: Kanye debuted his (very NSFW) ‘Famous’ video at 7:50 p.m. to a packed house, which features him in bed with a topless Taylor Swift, Amber Rose, Donald Trump, Bill Cosby, Kim Kardashian, Caitlyn Jenner, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Ray J, Anna Wintour, and George Bush.
Kanye West was supposed to debut his “Famous” visual (aka music video) live at 7 p.m. Friday night at The Forum in Los Angeles and on the streaming service Tidal.
The hip hop artist did appear on time and addressed the audience, flanked by his wife Kim Kardashian West and mother-in-law Kris Jenner.
Kanye announced that the premiere would be delayed 30-45 minutes to allow everyone who bought tickets and those buying merchandise to fill the noticeably empty venue. And while Kanye boasted the event “sold out in 20 minutes” — at $25 per ticket — the sparse crowd tells a different story. Several fans also tweeted they got complimentary tickets via Tidal, but 30 minutes past the scheduled premiere, The Forum still looks very empty.
Impatient fans have taken to Twitter to express their dismay. Check out some of the funniest reactions below. Several fans joke that Taylor Swift is behind the delay, since Kanye dissed her in the song.
https://twitter.com/WestsHouse/status/746519050683977728
Taylor swift waiting for this video to drop #TIDALXFAMOUS pic.twitter.com/Lo9keecoQj
— Narbeh (@NarbehKardash) June 25, 2016
The suspense Kanye is giving us right now…too real #tidalxfamous
— Angela (@_SoAngelic) June 25, 2016
#tidalxfamous WHEN THIS POPPED UP I SCREAMED BUT IT HASN'T STARTED YET pic.twitter.com/2lAq3nrNY2
— karstein (@controlIa) June 25, 2016
This is how @taylorswift13 probably looking rn. #TIDALXFAMOUS pic.twitter.com/Jj8gYzFer1
— Leslie ♥ (@rodashian) June 25, 2016
https://twitter.com/highsnobiety/status/746530697729347584
https://twitter.com/curious527/status/746532349878370304
https://twitter.com/YeezyCentral/status/746522672100696064
the scene at the forum looks positively doomsday culty #tidalxfamous
— 🦋⃤ 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘳 (@safroka) June 25, 2016
Only kanye would make people want this shirt lol #tidalxfamous pic.twitter.com/O9BzCEXM2A
— Brian Sporman (@BrianSporman) June 25, 2016
Here’s a view of The Forum at 7:30 p.m., taken from the Tidal stream.
