Kanye crosses the line in his "Monster" video.

So first of all, Kanye West, I want to tell you that I have spent so many hours defending your terrible behavior and your douchebag antics because your music is fantastic and creative and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy totally deserved the 10.0 it got from Pitchfork.

But after seeing your video for Monster, I am completely, totally, 150% done defending you.

Everyone else: not seen it yet? It hasn’t officially dropped. But it leaked to YouTube and the Internet is forever, so I, and probably hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of others, have now borne witness to this groundbreaking piece of music cinema.

If you haven’t seen it, check out this preview that dropped a while back and do a quick YouTube search for the full version. It’s rough and unfinished and will probably be pulled soon, but the official will be out soon enough.

Here’s a breakdown: the video opens by slowly panning down a dead, hanged body of a woman decked in lingerie and heels while Bon Iver warbles on in the background.

SEXY, YEAH?

It pans down and there’s Rick Ross sitting in a chair, smoking a cigar menacingly, surrounded by these hanging corpses.

EVEN SEXIER, RIGHT?

It goes on to show Kanye sitting in a bed with two young women who are either dead or extremely drugged. Neither is moving but one appears to be breathing, and Kanye picks up their arms and hands and makes them touch themselves and each other.

Let’s just be absolutely clear about what’s going on here: Kanye West is sexually assaulting two drugged women, or sexually violating two corpses. Continue reading →