Balmain Overdose in Kanye’s Latest Video

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In true Kanye fashion, Mr. West dropped yet another video that glued us to the screens for good 7 minutes. His new hit Wolves features Sia and Vic Mensa from his album The Life of Pablo.

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“This is definitely one of the most incredible campaigns I’ve ever done. When I saw Kanye singing, Kim moving, the models walking and crying, the tears on Kanye, the tears on Kim, I was just like, WOW ” – said Balmain’s creative director, Olivier Rousteing, who has raised the bar on his seasonal campaigns since taking the reins of the French house in 2011.

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Shot by Steven Klein, with creative direction from Pascal Dangin, the clip is essentially an extensive Balmain commercial featuring a bevy of models: Alessandra Ambrosio, Joan Smalls, Jourdan Dunn, Josephine Skriver, Sasha Luss, Riley Montana, Ronald Epps and Jon Kortajarena, crying and strutting about in Balmain.

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Of course, the rapper himself and Kim Kardashian West appear, dressed in their shimmering Met Gala outfits, with their faces painted with glossy tears.

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In the party footage interspersed throughout the short film, Kylie Jenner, Cindy Crawford, Anna Cleveland, Maria Borges, Sara Sampaio and Romee Strijd also make appearances.

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The video is an artful marriage between the glossy world of Balmain and the grungy aesthetic West favors.

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“Kanye has a really strong and incredible vision and I will say it is a vision of art…I called and I said: I would love to create a campaign around your music, your lyrics, and your aesthetic”- Rousteing explained. – “I think that’s what is interesting: It is a campaign based on music. That was really important for me.”