Kanye West Releases Barely Watchable “All of the Lights” Video

Kanye's "Runaway" short movie definitley had it's down moments, but the unofficial video for the hyper posse cut "All of the Lights" wasn't one of them. So when Yeezy released the official version my expectations were high - and then those expectations were immediately shattered. This is so barely watchable I had to give it a Video Breakdown.



1) What makes this video so frustrating is how dope the opening is with the girl walking through the snow. It's beautiful, and I've never seen anything like it. In all honesty I was one minute in thinking "goddamn, Kanye's done it again. This video's going to be a classic." And then I had my retinas seared off in a blitzkreig of flashing lights. Good times.

2) On the surface all those different lights aren't a bad idea, but talk about going overboard. By "barely watchable" I literally mean I was barely able to watch it without going into an epileptic seizure. Then again, I guess I shouldn't be surprised Hype Williams went ridiculously overboard. At least he Kanye's not driving a speedboat under a helicopter.

3) Is there are particular reason Rihanna's dressed like that chick from "The Fifth Element"? It's like she has a stipulation in her contract that she must be dressed as slutty as possible at all times.

4) You know what's complicated? Getting all those guests into a video. Solution? Forget it - we'll just briefly acknowledge they exists in text. Wait, what's that? Kid Cudi will show up to anything Kanye tells him to? In that case we'll throw him in too.

5) As much as his previous videos (like "Runaway", "Monster" and "Power") tried a little too hard, at least I found myself wanting to watch them a few times. This? This is a mess. It's going to take me the rest of the day of the just to work off the temporary blindness. If there was a way to travel back to a time before I watched this, I'd use it.