ohnotheydidnt: Kanye West Says 'Love Lockdown' Video Was Inspired By 'American Psycho'

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@ 2008-10-07 22:10:00

Kanye West Says 'Love Lockdown' Video Was Inspired By 'American Psycho'

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After Kanye West unveiled the new video for his single "Love Lockdown" on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Tuesday (October 7), he admitted that the clip's modern look was inspired by a chainsaw-wielding maniac.

"On this album, I kind of embody Patrick Bateman from 'American Psycho,'" he joked on the show, adding, "You know at the end of the movie [that] he didn't really kill anyone. [I just liked] the clean aesthetic and the way he was all about labels. I wanted to express all of that in the video."

The rapper, who sings on the single, explained that he was ready to try a different direction on the upcoming album 808s and Heartbreak, which was recently slated for a November 25 release. "I had all these ideas and I just needed to get it out as an artistic vision," he said. "I don't have a rapper's name, [but] I have really good taste and anyone who likes it probably has really good taste too."

In addition to opening up about his late mother, Donda West, the rapper also talked a bit about his unlikely turn as an author and the philosophy behind his book, "Thank You and You're Welcome."

"I wanted to come up with a theory that applies to my life in 2008, not someone else's thousands of years ago. I wanted to make a book for non-readers, like myself," he said. "I only read when necessary, so me and my friend designed this book."

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	jessography 2008-10-08 02:13 am UTC (link)
	One of my favorite movies ever. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	obviously_not 2008-10-08 02:40 am UTC (link)
	agreed. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	e_colberto 2008-10-08 02:13 am UTC (link)
	Kanye should star in the musical. (Reply to this)

	kitkatisinhell 2008-10-08 02:13 am UTC (link)
	sure you can try to copy Bale but no one ever succeeds :D (Reply to this)

	oxyj3nn 2008-10-08 02:14 am UTC (link)
	i knew that video looked kinda familiar. which reminds me, i should buy this song on itunes. (Reply to this)

	ecctv 2008-10-08 02:14 am UTC (link)
	Kanye is amazing, I really think he's interesting and an amazing guy. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	divaty 2008-10-08 02:21 am UTC (link)
	pretty much. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	likebadmath 2008-10-08 02:15 am UTC (link)
	the video was terrible. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dane_hurt 2008-10-08 04:40 am UTC (link)
	say it ain't so joe it was NOT! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jessography 2008-10-08 02:15 am UTC (link)
	My boyfriend might dress up in a suit with a poncho over it for Halloween. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	black_swan87 2008-10-08 02:21 am UTC (link)
	make sure he has the ax too (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jennyherself 2008-10-08 02:15 am UTC (link)
	I don't like Kanye but I will admit he has a great artistic eye. He would be a good visual artist. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	winterwooskie2 2008-10-08 02:18 am UTC (link)
	Well he's big on Murakami, there's that. There's even a Murakami LV bag! I feel like it's ~the Kanye bag. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	SCARY britbritspears 2008-10-08 02:15 am UTC (link)
	OMG please someone DO NOT post the gif of the middle picture of Christian Bale dancing, it freaks me out. .....post please.. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	let's do this. fix_id 2008-10-08 02:23 am UTC (link)
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	lindsey_naegle 2008-10-08 02:15 am UTC (link)
	Good for him? (Reply to this)

	dennisaurus 2008-10-08 02:15 am UTC (link)
	what is your favorite american psycho line? go: "don't just stare at it, eat it" (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	gogetemcowboy 2008-10-08 02:17 am UTC (link)
	NOT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR SPLEEN. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	k_hate 2008-10-08 02:16 am UTC (link)
	my other choco bear (Reply to this)

	gogetemcowboy 2008-10-08 02:16 am UTC (link)
	fuck Kanye. i heard he's a douche. (Reply to this)

	peopleareshapes 2008-10-08 02:16 am UTC (link)
	He has impeccable taste. (Reply to this)

	winterwooskie2 2008-10-08 02:16 am UTC (link)
	That's cool, but lulz at liking Bateman's aesthetic and obsession with luxury items. (Reply to this)

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	punnky_kitty 2008-10-08 02:17 am UTC (link)
	A damn good mash-up of two things I love. (Reply to this)

	stewiegilligan 2008-10-08 02:17 am UTC (link)
	Inspired? It's like the same thing... (Reply to this)

	likegunfire 2008-10-08 02:18 am UTC (link)
	yeah but there was no jared leto or chloe in the video, so i don't care. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	horizonsunset2c 2008-10-08 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	lol Jared did a cover of "stronger" so he was paying him back haha (Reply to this) (Parent)

	stuckmodebabe 2008-10-08 02:19 am UTC (link)
	I kind of embody Patrick Bateman from 'American Psycho' you can try, but there's only one Patrick "I HAVE TO RETURN SOME VIDEOTAPES" Bateman. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	suckyfucky 2008-10-08 02:49 am UTC (link)
	Bateman is a terrifying mother fucker. Do children run from you on the street? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	lovemusicbaby 2008-10-08 02:21 am UTC (link)
	Ive been trying for weeks to get my friends to watch American Psycho & they're chicken shits. Theres nothing graphic, at least imo (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	choose 2008-10-08 02:25 am UTC (link)
	I want to see it but I hear there's blood and chainsaws and I'm like "FUCK NO". I am a giant vagina. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

	reiband 2008-10-08 02:22 am UTC (link)
	Ugh, I really hate Kanye. He needs to go away. (Reply to this)

	lovemusicbaby 2008-10-08 02:22 am UTC (link)
	brb trying to make reservations at Dorsia (Reply to this)