Last night Kanye West "performed" on American Idol.
It wasn't good.
When I first heard that Ye was performing on the music reality series, my first question was why?
His latest album "808 & Heartbreak" has performed well despite mixed reviews from fans and critics alike and his recent tour has garnered raves.
So why would the arguably best selling artist in music today, perform on a show right after Simon Cowell and somewhat lucid Paula Abdul crew booted off southern belle Jasmine Murray.
Who knows? I don't even think he does.
You knew Kanye wssn't into it becuase after he performed (or did he lip sync )"Heartless", he simply walked off the stage without talking to Mr Bright Smile, Ryan Seacrest.
It's not so much that West didn't talk to Seacrest, but the fact he usually gives his all on stage.
This night he didn't.
It's as if Kanye's manager pushed him on stage and told him that he had to perform American Idol to boost album sales....I think the plan backfired.
Interestingly enough, later in the show, the original American Idol (and a thicker looking) Kelly Clarkson popped up, bantered with Seacrest for few minutes and belted out her latest hit "My Life Would Suck Without You".
I'm sure Clarkson would rather not return to the show after achieving post-Idol success, but its the #1 show on television. Why wouldn't she take the opportunity to schmooze a little with Seacrest, perform a song for about three minutes, then reap the benefits on ITunes?
I guess the usually calculating Mr. West didn't figure that out....but at the end of the day did he really need to?
Kelly Clarkson Remixes
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Kanye On Idol
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