The most gripping musical video spectacle of the week did not actually feature any music at all. It was Kanye West, thoughts clearly spinning out faster than his mouth could relay them, using the platform of Jimmy Kimmel Live to get some things off his chest: The closed ranks of the fashion world, the scourge of paparazzi disrespect, the fallacy of false humility, his endless need to share his ideas about awesome things, all while Kimmel constantly scanned for punchline opportunities. It’s never comfortable to watch Kanye when he’s talking, but there’s nobody, in or out of music, who commands quite that level of attention in what could be a routine talk-show appearance. But there were some actual music videos this week, too, and here are five of them.
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