This has been a busy week for original Kanye West fanclub member Kanye West, who rode his hoverboard spaceship into Madison Square Garden for two concerts at the start of the week. Things got even more hectic on Wednesday as West unveiled his Yeezy Season 4 collection outdoors at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, then followed that up with an appearance at his label G.O.O.D. Music’s pop-up event at the Highline Ballroom, where he performed a few songs and gave out pizza to lucky fans.
it's fucking lit Kanye threw pizza in the crowd #GOODMusicPopUp pic.twitter.com/fKXSqodKoT
— mario (@hisnameismario) September 8, 2016
The highlight of the show was Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert recreating their starring role in Kanye's "Fade" video live, thanks to some well-positioned workout equipment on stage. Check out some videos of that below.
FADE LIVE @ GOOD MUSIC POP UP pic.twitter.com/H84QZPl9hV
— Rebeezus (@BecahJayy) September 8, 2016
Here's the first half of @TEYANATAYLOR's live "Fade" performance at last night's GOOD Music party. pic.twitter.com/w9rfbNWnTm
— The FADER (@thefader) September 8, 2016
There was a lot of tongue action by the end:
@TEYANATAYLOR danced to Fade, did the Milly Rock and brought out @imanshumpert #GOODMusicPopUp pic.twitter.com/XKFyTUkxxC
— Nigel Int'l D. (@Nigel_D) September 8, 2016
Here are a few more vids of the concert, during which West got the crowd moshing to "Freestyle 4" and announced Tyga and Migos were the latest signed to the label.
Kanye orchestrated a mosh for "Freestyle 4" pic.twitter.com/b6zsNH0ZMg
— The FADER (@thefader) September 8, 2016
THAT PART pic.twitter.com/MblN4kgQfB
— jon wexler (@wex1200) September 8, 2016
While everyone seemed pretty pleased with the pop-up show, the Yeezy Season 4 event earlier in the day was more of a mixed bag, marred by long delays, the hot weather, and a seeming lack of care for the models on the part of organizers (not to mention an overabundance of nude body wear).
God show her the way because the devil's tryna break her down. #YeezySeason4 pic.twitter.com/A6g2H5IuaJ
— Someone actually (@imanilindsay) September 7, 2016
Model undone by the heat at Yeezy. pic.twitter.com/vaZlisrMdm
— Vanessa Friedman (@VVFriedman) September 7, 2016
Even calling it a mixed bag is probably being generous: the Post called it a total disaster, USA Today called it a hot mess, Billboard also said it was a hot mess, Huffington Post said the show looked like it was hell on earth, Jezebel called it a disaster, and NY Magazine basically declared it a war crime against the models involved. Racked probably had the kindest view, calling it "mostly just Spanx."