![]() After coming off the most commercially successful album of his career in Graduation, West’s long-term relationship with his high school sweetheart turned fiancée ended. On top of it being a weird time in America’s history-the bottom had just dropped out of our nation’s economy and thousands of people lost their homes, the youth of the nation had been tricked into thinking they could Change things with a whole ‘lotta Hope, and dudes were really into wearing sweatshirts under blazers-the man who’d eventually rise as Yeezus faced the most difficult time of his life. What we won’t witness tonight is what made this record come to be. Because 808s & Heartbreak is a record about the struggle to understand imperfection-one of its best qualities is that it’s willingly bad. West will be frustrated on stage-dealing with mic issues and then, at one point, yelling at the orchestra and calling the show a “dress rehearsal,” but regardless, he will succeed with his mission to make us feel. ![]() The whole ordeal will become the definition of an ordeal-a bold attempt to make each person in the crowd understand just what the hell it means to have your heart fucking broken-and why we, as humans, care about that so much. Pallbearers will roll out a woman’s body on a slanted bed and perform a funeral. ![]() An army of shirtless men will march to “Love Lockdown.” Snow will fall and melt in the LA heat during “Coldest Winter.” Gunshots will go off multiple times. Three giant staircases will rotate around the stage before us, and West will climb up, sit on, and jump off of them. A massive bulb hanging above the stage will pulse various shades of red and white. Kanye will be dressed in clothes better suited the city of Zion in The Matrix than a live performance. What we will witness will be a strange and bizarre theatrical spectacle of a 60-person orchestra, a live band, and roughly 40 dancers that will last just over an hour. It’s a Friday night and I’m here with 17,000 other people from all over the world to see West perform his 2008 record 808s & Heartbreak for the first time ever in full at the Hollywood Bowl. ![]() ![]() Kanye West will appear to be shot on stage later tonight, but for now all I can do is sweat. ![]()
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