Chronicling trends in entertainment, pop culture, politics, the arts, and the uncategorized et cetera.

Shallow Nation

September 8th, 2008 at 1:08 am

Video & Photos: Kanye West “Love Lockdown” MTV VMAs 2008 9-7-08 (Live Performance)

Kanye West performs Love Lockdown at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards - MTV VMAs, September 7, 2008

Kanye West not only performed at the 25th annual MTV Video Music Awards (MTV VMAs 2008) on September 7, 2008, he debuted a brilliant, exciting new single, “Love Lockdown” from his upcoming untitled fourth studio album.

Though he vowed to never return to the VMAs last year, Kanye West broke that promise in dramatic fashion to end Sunday’s show, debuting a new song, “Love Lockdown,” which showed off his considerable singing chops and a new, next-level sound.

Kanye West performs Love Lockdown at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards - MTV VMAs, September 7, 2008

Taking the stage alone in a gray suit accented by a glowing red heart, ‘Ye sang the spare, rock-tinged tune — which featured an insistent piano riff and thundering Taiko-style Japanese drum breaks from a mysterious group of masked drummers behind a screen — while holding on to the microphone stand like a 1950s crooner. Swaying side to side, he sang the pleading lyrics “Keep your love locked down/ So keep your love locked down,” ending the performance under a shower of sparks as he stared out into the crowd as if to say, “Now what?”

Source: It’s Britney Spears’ Night At The VMAs, While Kanye West Ends The Show With A Bang

Photo credit: Photo 1: WireImage; Photo 2: Ferrari Murakami via Kanye West’s blog (One of several photos)