The rapper and fashion designer who together with Kim stunned on the cover of the magazine's September edition also revealed his best part of Kim is her heart and they both talked on a lot of things ranging from his debt, to Taylor Swift, to their biggest insecurities and annoying habits. Read the full interview after the cut.
Harper's BAZAAR's Laura Brown: Okay! So, this is in no particular order. Kanye, your favorite body part—your own or Kim's.
KW: Is the face a body part? My favorite body part of Kim's: heart.
KKW: Awww, now I have to say the same. But of my own, I like my upper stomach. I just seem to always have abs.When I'm not really pregnant, I have a great two-pack. [Laughs.] And of Kanye's? I have to say his heart. And I've always loved his legs.
LB: Favorite song of all time?
KW:"All Along the Watchtower." The Jimi Hendrix cover.
KKW: I really like the song "Only One" [West with Paul McCartney].
LB: Favorite Taylor Swift song?
KW: For me? I don't have one.
KKW: I was such a fan of hers.
LB: Favorite book?
KKW: Embraced by the Light. It's about a woman who passed away during surgery, and she went to heaven, had her experience, and then came back. My dad [Robert Kardashian] would try to get me to read it, and I wouldn't. Then when he passed away, I was cleaning out my room in his house, and I found it. I read it, and it helped me. I felt like my dad was okay.
KW: Yeah, I don't have an answer for that.
KKW: Your mom's book or your book?
KW: Yeah, but that's like, you know...
KKW: Too self-promotional?
KW: Yeah, too promotional.
LB: Celebrity crush when you were young?
KKW: I thought Johnny Depp was so cute when I was younger. Kanye, didn't you like Pam Anderson?
KW: Yeah! That's what I would say.
LB: Historical figure you identify with?
KKW: This one is hard.
KW: Us? Muhammad Ali, Marilyn Monroe—all day. Next question.
LB: Hidden talent? I don't know if you guys hide your talents, but if you do ...
KKW: I can smell when someone has a cavity. It's a very specific smell—not a bad-breath smell—but something that is really strong.
KW: I can analyze people's intentions. Immediately.That's just a warning. To everyone.
LB: Biggest insecurity?
KKW: I would say looking fat sometimes. I really do take it seriously. I try to do what I can and diet and stay in shape, and it does make me insecure when I'm heavy.
KW: I used to have insecurity about my finances, then I announced that I had debt, and now I don't have any insecurities.
KKW: Then you didn't have any debt; it seemed to all figure it out.
LB: You just put it out there, like The Secret.
KKW: Don't think that will work for everyone.
KW: People will definitely use that against you if someone knows that. But the one thing I don't have an insecurity about is public perception. I'm not going to conform to it, you know?
LB: Yes, the more attention you pay to the winds, you can overthink things.
KW: Here's something that's contrary to popular belief: I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don't. I do not like to think at all.
LB: You're an underthinker.
KW: I think about things to put them in a place where I don't have to think about them anymore. Say if I had a child with a really bad mom, I would have to think more than if I had a child with a good mom. I'm just doing my homework early. I told my trainer today, I'm a mix of a 14-year-old high schooler and a 60-year-old guy. It can never fall into the 30s or the 40s. It has to be 100 percent 60 or 100 percent 14, no in between.
LB: Can you please make that into a T-shirt? Okay, how much do you really sleep? On social media you are asleep all the time.
KKW: He can fall asleep anywhere.
KW: I can sleep. I love sleep; it's my favorite.
KKW: He took me to a fashion meeting in Paris once. I'd never met these people; I was so nervous. It was the beginning of our relationship, and I didn't know anyone in fashion. And he passed out at the table. I'm like, "I'm so sorry, we're jet-lagged." You don't know the number of times I've had to say that. I always flat-out lie that he's jet-lagged, even if we've been home for months. [Laughs.] Me? I'm up at like 6 a.m. With my trainer, running up the hill you drove up to get here.
LB: Most annoying habit?
KKW: I think he gets really annoyed because I just hate fittings. I'll just be like,"Ah, I can't find something to wear." I get so worked up every time I'm rushing; I get annoyed with rushing. Then I get in a bad mood—I'm so cranky. I hate being late.
KW: It's so hard to do fittings [for Yeezy] because we want to do things that are inspiring, that people could look at and say, "Wow, I like that color palette, I could put that together." And there are so many images of things that it's almost impossible to have your clothes go up against the amount you're seeing and carry it into one language. That's why I'm always fighting either to have a house work with us or to head a house. It's a lifestyle I can totally see: the future, modern Versailles, modern Versace, modern Calabasas, paparazzi, celebrity language. I just want to build a collection that's around me and my wife and my kids. Because Kris and the family, they have the power of communication. This is the number one communications company.
LB: You're saying you've got the power of the idea.
KW: The idea. I know I wasn't allowed to go to fashion school; I can't cut a dress like Galliano, right? But I had enough wherewithal to go to that studio on my first collection and bring Kim, [stylist] Christine Centenera, Ian Connor, Theophilus London, Virgil Abloh...they all came down to [Vetements/Balenciaga designer] Demna Gvasalia's studio that night and hung out. (And then Demna, as you probably know, he worked on Yeezy Season 1.) Anyway, I want to say a controversial thing for this article...
LB: I'm ready.
KKW: Laura's question was, What's annoying?
KW: What designer on the planet can sell, consistently, 40,000 shoes. In two minutes?
KKW: One minute.
LB: Wow. Yeezy does it. Okay, change of subject. Favorite selfie pose?
KKW: I love a selfie in the mirror.
KW: I love her nude selfies. Like, I love the ones from the side, the back ones, and the front. I just love seeing her naked; I love nudity. And I love beautiful shapes. I feel like it's almost a Renaissance thing, a painting, a modern version of a painting. I think it's important for Kim to have her figure. To not show it would be like Adele not singing.
LB: Kanye, nude selfies?
KW: I used to do nude selfies in my single days.You'd get a good cock shot here and there. [Laughs.] Gotta keep it rock 'n' roll.
LB: I'd assume scale is important.
KW: Yeah, it's all about scale. You don't become a rock star for no reason.
LB: Who's more vain?
KKW: I mean, me.
KW: Yeah, I think she has vanity. And with me, I don't give a fuck, bro; it is what it is. I'm the best—now what? I don't know if that's a vain statement. I don't particularly like photos of myself, though.
KKW: Yeah, what is the definition of vain? I want to look up exactly what the definition is.[Googles.] Vain, definition: "having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth."
LB: Speaking of pride, tweets you're proud of and tweets you regret.
KKW: I don't regret any tweets. I'm not a tweeter and deleter. So I have no regrets.
KW: She hates tweeters and deleters.
LB: Kim, blonde or brunette?
KKW: Blonde. Brunette is who I am obviously, it's my core. Blonde Kim is this alter ego; she has a vibe to her that I love.
LB: Could you have predicted the reaction to your nude selfie with the black bars?
KKW: I was about to get in the shower; I took a nude selfie, kept it in my phone for over a year. I just liked the picture, so I was like,"Let me put censor bars on it and post it." I don't do things to be like, "This is powerful. I'm going to show you guys that this is my 'message.''' I'm not that type of person. I'm empowered by it, but I'm not doing it specifically to show power.
LB: It was a weird response because we've all seen your body before.
KKW: Yeah, that's what was so shocking. And when I put the bars on it, it was more covered up than a bikini!
LB: What was the last thing you bought yourselves and each other?
KKW: The last thing I bought was a pair of Isabel Marant sandals. I don't wear flats, so it's hard for me to buy sandals. Kanye is the hardest person to buy something for, so I bought…
KW: You extended the bathroom and bedroom on the house.
KKW: I rented an island for his birthday. A far, far away place where no one can find us.
KW: You see, those are the type of statements that make people not like us, more so than the "I'm the best" statement. It's more the "Oh, yeah, I just rented an island for his birthday ..." You know in Meet the Parents, Owen Wilson's character? All of our shit is like Owen Wilson's character; he's like, "This is when we jumped off Mount Everest, and we wore turtle flight suits or whatever."
LB: Is there anything you wish the world didn't know about you?
KKW: Definitely. I was going to say some ugly looks and stuff.
KW: Some pregnancy stuff. You killed this second pregnancy, though.Your body slammed that crap. You made that second pregnancy your bitch.
KKW: I wish I had a little bit more privacy.
LB: Okay, TV shows you binge-watch?
KW/KKW: Empire.
LB: What would you do if you were invisible?
KW: Women's locker room.
KKW: I would probably creepily follow my kids around, see how they act, see what they talk about. I record my daughter just talking because the things she says are so funny. I could watch her talk all day.
KW: Yeah, maybe. See, Kim? Yours is so much nicer than mine.
LB: What makes you both laugh?
KKW: Kanye just says the funniest analogies that are so random. I should start keeping a book—in 20 years, I'll have a big book of analogies.They always make me laugh.
KW: Kim's just a funny person in general.
KKW: But I don't get credit for being funny; it's, like, not a thing.
KW: I think my sense of humor is really dark and super twisted and stuff like that. It's like, "Is this a funny joke for real? Or am I just rich?" See? That was funny.
LB: What would you bring to a desert island?
KKW: My kids. My phone.
KW: Not me. [Laughs.] I would bring my laptop and the Internet.
LB: How would you like to be remembered?
KKW: I'd like to be remembered as someone who was smart in business, works hard, and can be sexy and a mom. A powerful but still sexy, nonconforming woman. And I would hope that Kanye would be remembered for being smart and sticking to what he believes.
KW: Determined. I would say my determination is way higher than my smartness.
KKW: A lot of people have strong beliefs, but they don't have the confidence to really stick to them. I really respect Kanye for that.
LB: I personally really enjoy your use of capital letters.
KW: Yeah, all caps. Next time I'm doing all raps in all caps.
KKW: Kanye, what do you want to be remembered for?
KW: Your answer was so much better. I was going to say the whole thing about global warming and we're all going to be gone.
Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
52 comments:
They are sooooo in tune with each other! This will definitely last! And is it me or there will be a sextape of kim and kanye soon?
The kind of man that will allow a threesome
Heavenly husband!
Una don hear am ooo.
HE LIKE SEEIN HIS BITCH KIM NAKEd FOR THE WORLD TO SEE.
YORUBA BITCH CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE A HUSBAND LIKE KANYE West MY DUDE
#sad indeed
His cup of tea
Lol... Cock selfie is actually fun when you do it with bae in private.Since Kanye and the Kardashians doesn't have problem with Kim taking nude pictures,i think world people should let her be and take their eyes off her nudies,afterall dem no dey force person look am. Besides Kim has nothing to hide cus her s*x tape is every where so?!?!
I love the way Kanye is crazily in love with Kim I no go lie,he support both the good and crazy side of his wife! He's obsess with his wife that's how it should be!
~glo rule your world~ cos I do•
Good for dem.
Good for him
Good for him. Linda take note!
Just imagine....... nyways his business. ....... love me some Beyonce and JayZ
******************************ifugonu ya nu ***********one man's meat ix another's fish*********ngwa nezienu***********na her open nyash na iim attract am **********wonders of d world **************
Wetin concern me?
Na me talk am!
Long Live Lib!!!
Their cup of burukutu. How Banky W Heartfelt Feeling Towards A Female Artiste Was Friend Zoned
good for both of them,they are compatible.
Mad man married crazy woman!!! Linda biko....
Who cares about this two douchebag..😏
Ok. Next please
Eva Da Diva...
Good for him
Okay o
...merited happiness
I don't blame you Kanye. I wish I can pluck my eyes and give you so that you can put it on any time Kim is naked.
Yeah that's one of the reasons you married her.
Perverse couple, save the world your perverse lifestyle and stupid revelations.#perverts
She's now all urs enjoy..7times a day
This guy
LWKM. Laugh at Nigeria's funniest pictures here
Wow..lovely couple. It's like they just embraced each other..flaws and all. I hope you last forever.
This is a case of acute madness. Anyone knows a good psychiatrist?
hmmmmmmmm,good for u o
Lib addict#just passing#
Yeah, you are too fuckiing vain Kim but I love you because you have a good heart and spreads love around. Kanye is right, Kim has a good heart: the way she made peace with Amber Rose, made Caitlin feel comfortable, helped her siblings come round to Bob/Chyna is just unique. She even made Kylie and Chyna get over such a powerful and dangerous enemity. She was wonderful with those.
Funny n lovely couple
A very supportive husband,lmao...
Mumu talk, end time couple.
Watch as this lady go completely naked during an audition 18+
That's nice
They are of the same kind....that's why they fit each other, regardless of how we all perceive them...e no 'çonsign' them. Her weird and his weird are alike....MARRY YOUR KIND.
B.
There already is,just waiting to be release!
Long Live LIB!!!
These two were made for each other...Who else is vain enough to keep up with these two?
My thought exactly about them being in sync. Hope they last, not a fan of theirs, but a fan of love.
Am So Wet Inside! See My Undies.
Das bad for u Kanye West
Pretender bcos d nude is paying. Anything that look una boat
Stupid people
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Is that all she has?So bad and why marry her,if you already have everything given freely.In addiction,if you love all of it shared,why not open yours publicly,guess she will love it.BLACKS,NEVER settle for left overs
Gosh you're so lame..
This interview doesn't make sense to me at all.what are they talking about
This interview doesn't make sense to me at all.what are they talking about
Kanye is intelligent but he is really sick dats d truth
Yes it's just you.
Chai, onweghi ihe mmadu na-agaghi ahu n'uwa ke.. well, na Dem Sabi sha. #DiaryOfAJoyfulGirl #SuperLady
Good for dem
I think he is blunt and sincere ...
Yeah I love both of them best couple ever..
Only God knows what they're up to. Foolish couple!
Dis is one nice and funny interview lol! Dey seem to b so into each other
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