Kim Kardashian releases Taylor Swift, Kanye West’s phone call about ‘Famous’ line

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Kim Kardashian releases Taylor Swift, Kanye West’s phone call about ‘Famous’ line

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Kim Kardashian releases video clips on Snapchat of Kanye West and Taylor Swift's phone conversation

MANILA, Philippines – After teasing about video proof that Taylor Swift had given her blessing for Kanye’s The Life of Pablo track “Famous” – including its controversial line – Kim Kardashian releases evidence that her husband Kanye West had been telling the truth about him consulting the pop star.

She teased about the release of these videos on Twitter, which was later released through her Snapchat.

 

A video from YouTube user Vids4U compiles some of the snaps:

 

In the snap, Kanye dictates the lyrics to Taylor: “For all my Southside n*ggas that know me best / I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex.”

The line “Why? I made that b*tch famous,” however, was not seen among the clips

The pop star says in the next clip, “I’m like this close to overexposure.”

The rest of the conversation seems to show that Taylor had indeed “approved” of the line referencing her – as seen in a transcript via The Fader:

Kanye: Oh well this one is, uh — I think this is a really cool thing to have

Taylor: I know! I mean it’s like a compliment kind of.


Kanye: What I give a f*ck about is just you as a person, and as a friend.


Taylor: That’s sweet.


Kanye: I want things that make you feel good. I don’t wanna do rap that makes people feel bad. 


Taylor: Um, yeah. I mean, go with whatever line you think is better. It’s obviously very tongue-in-cheek either way. And I really appreciate you telling me about it, that’s really nice!


Kanye: Yeah. I just felt I had a responsibility to you as a friend. I mean, thanks for being like so cool about it.


Taylor: Aww, thanks! Yeah I really appreciate it. Like, the heads-up is so nice!


Taylor: […] things without like even asking or seeing if I’d be OK with it. And I just really appreciate it. I never would’ve expect you to tell me about a line in your song.

 

The conversation seemed to happen shortly after the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), when Kanye sent a gift of flowers to Taylor – which she makes a reference to in the conversation. At one point, she even said that she is “always gonna respect” the rapper.

Taylor: And then the flowers that you sent me, I Instagrammed a picture of them and it’s the most Instagram likes I’ve ever gotten. It was like 2.7…


Kanye: Relationships are more important than punchlines, you know.


Taylor: Yeah. I mean, I don’t think anybody would listen to that and be like, “Oh, that’s a real diss. Like, she must be crying about…”


Taylor: You gotta tell the story the way that it happened to you and the way you experienced it. Like you obviously didn’t know who I was before that.


Taylor: It doesn’t matter if I sold 7 million of that album before you did that, which is what happened. You didn’t know who I was before that.


Taylor: […] that I can make these things happen and I have the ideas to do it and I create these things and concepts. And, like, I’m always gonna respect you.


Taylor: And I’m really glad you had the respect to call me that and tell me that as a friend, about the song. It’s just a really cool thing to do, and a really good show of friendship. So thank you.


Kanye: Thank you, too.

 

Taylor, at one point in the phone call, also said that she would acknowledge that she was in it the whole time.

Taylor: And you know, if people ask me about it, I think it would be great for me to be like, “Look, he called me and told me about the line before it came out. Like, joke’s on you guys, we’re fine.”


Taylor: You guys wanna call this a feud, you wanna call this throwing shade. But, you know, right after the song comes out I’m gonna be on a Grammy red carpet and they’re gonna ask me about it and I’m gonna be like, “He called me.”


Taylor: […] awesome that you’re so outspoken and it’s gonna be like, Yeah, she does, it made her famous! It’s more provocative to say, Might still have sex.


Taylor: […] it’s not. It doesn’t matter to me. There’s not one that hurts my feelings and one that doesn’t.

 

In a previous cover story interview with GQ magazine,Kim Kardashian shared that the rapper likes to film whenever he creates an album – for “posterity” and possible future documentaries.

She also defended her husband in the article, saying that Taylor “totally approved” the “Famous” line. (READ: Kim Kardashian defends Kanye: Taylor Swift approved ‘Famous’ line)

“She totally knew that that was coming out. She wanted to all of a sudden act like she didn’t. I swear, my husband gets so much sh-t for things [when] he really was doing proper protocol and even called to get it approved,” Kim continued, even quoting Taylor that she would say “Joke’s on you guys,” should the song be perceived as a diss against her.

Kim added, “I’m like, wait, but [in] your Grammy speech, you completely dissed my husband just to play the victim again.” 

Observers believe that Taylor’s 2016 Grammys acceptance speech was a hit at Kanye. She said: “There are gonna be people who try to undercut your success, or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.” (READ: Here’s what Kanye West had to say about Taylor Swift after the Grammys)

She also told GQ that Taylor’s attorneys sent Kanye’s team a letter, asking them not to release the video of the phone call where she approved the lyric.

 

Taylor on the phone call

Taylor also quickly addressed the issue on her Instagram, in a post she captioned: “That moment when Kanye West secretly records your phone call, then Kim posts it on the Internet” – acknowledging that it’s truly her on the phone. (READ: Taylor Swift responds to Kim Kardashian’s phone call leak)

She argued that there is no video of Kanye telling her about the specific lyric “I made that b*tch famous.”

“You don’t get to control someone’s emotional response to being called ‘that b*tch’ in front of the entire world,” she wrote in a screencapped note. “Of course I wanted to like the song. I wanted to believe Kanye when he told me that I would love the song. I wanted us to have a friendly relationship.”

That moment when Kanye West secretly records your phone call, then Kim posts it on the Internet.

A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on

 

She later continued, “While I wanted to be supportive of Kanye on the phone call, you cannot ‘approve’ a song you haven’t heard. Being falsely painted as a liar when I was never given the full story or played any part of the song is character assassination.”

“I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that I have never asked to be a part of, since 2009,” she concluded, in reference to the 2009 “Imma let you finish” incident at the 2009 MTV VMAs. (WATCH: Kanye West performs ‘Famous’ live for the first time in PH, gives speech about it)

In a series of tweets last February, Kanye explained that he was not dissing Taylor, claiming even that she “gave her blessings,” and that the line was also “actually something Taylor came up with.”

Shortly after, Taylor’s representatives clarified the matter in a statement: “She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric, ‘I made that bitch famous.'” – Rappler.com

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