??? That can’t be it….and no that’s not what I’ve been waiting for.

either the girl is a metaphor for the paparazzi, which I guess works…, or this isn’t the real video
either way it definitely catches your attention, cuz it’s not what’d you’d ever expect in a video

Kanye is in this video, he’s the one in the trunk.

^oh

this better not be the real video. it looks like one scene that they may end up using 3 seconds of for the actual video.

probably doing what he did with “Jesus Walks,” Have like 20 versions.

This supposedly isn’t the full version. He said he was gonna premiere the video on 106 & Park today and it would hit the web after that. I’m guessing this is a teaser.

I hope it’s a teaser, because the vid is boring as hell.

…there must be 2 versions, because the first still that he leaked (http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=191972_-1__0_~0_-1_2_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281=)…never shows up

that was awful

I dont care i just wanna know who that girl is

HORRIBLE!!! DAT CHICK IS A TRANSEXUAL.

Ummmmmm, I reallly hope that this is not the Actually Video….A really good song…and that video, just dont make it!

IF u dont get this video u must not b a real kanye west fan…The meaning of the video is that she dont care about nothing that he has …so cause he cheated on her she killed him..cause she dont care no more…wow this video is hot that only if u get it

Im not a big fan of it but i see where he’s going wit hit. you gotta listen to the hook

“but i never thought that you would take it this far, what do i know…”

i think the video is him cheating on his girl, or forgets about her(”I know its ben a while sweetheart,we hardly talk ,i’ve been doing my thing, I know it was foul baby but lately you been all on my brain..”) and she catches him. and this is what happens.

he took it in a different direction. and Riz, she stabbed him to death. he aint alive no more. lol

oh yea

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Totally dissapointed…the vid sucks ass…and im a BIG Ye’ fan….wow ive been waiting for this video fro a week and i get this pff it’s gay!..smh @ the same can tell me nothing desert

guess only two ppl got the entire point of the vid. I read somewhere they are going to have more scenes added on..if I were Yeezy I might do the same thing, keep on teasing ppl. lol

shit didnt teased me just made me not excited for the rest of it.. if there even is more

metaphorical video. It’s for the art/hipster crowd, which, if you visit kanye’s blog you’ll see is becoming his fan base. not for the knuckle heads who grew up on lil jon videos.

I’d actually like to see the whole thing now.

Love the video. I don’t think anything more needs to be added. It is perfect the way it is. At least the video is a little bit original unlike 95% of all other rap videos.

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Vid is about paparazzi peoples, and how they get in the way of his relationships twisting it with gossips and lies and dragging him away from her.

so i love the video you people are not kanye west fans if you dont get the video is about papparatzy and how they twist everything she doset care about anyting any more so she kill him

lol you guys need know what this is about, kanye loves porn too much and it found its way onto this influencing the video, what he is saying is, SEX+VIOLENCE= FUCKED UP WORLD, which could mean the video being fucken up too.

I believe this vid is really artistic and creative…so far. I’m anxious to see the rest. It’s good to see an original video with an actual plot, and still have the ability to have a pretty face in the picture….one with a damn purpose.

i thimk it was good my girl friend thinks its a good video and the beat was hot lol.

I think the video is aight. The girl definitely has a banging body, I am pretty sure that her name is Rita G. and she does porn (I never forget an ass). Plus the city in the background is my home town, Las Vegas so he got props from me.

The video is hot!! The simplicity of it makes it so good. I’m not a big Kanye West fan but I have a lot more respect for him because of the way he shot it. It makes you focus on the lyrics. It might be too “artsy” for most people but I think it’s the best video I’ve seen in years. The Vegas background represents excess in life and how we indulge in things with no substance while the desert represents the consequences and the reality of the choices we make. It kind of makes me think of the movie Casino.

idk why some many people hate this video. u gotta really focus on the song and realize that this video goes perfect with the song. yes i wont lie i was like “where the hell is the rest of it”. but u gotta notice that it deff caught ur attention ntill the end. i couldnt stop watching after the first couple of seconds. its a great video, i deff holds something behined it. what that may be we may never no. but i love it

It is a metaphor…I believe the woman is America/the music industry and on the surface it seems all she wants is cars and clothes, the thrill, the flashing lights….Kanye is expressing his frustration with the industry/America. It is apparent he enjoys these things but he wants to rap about much more and clearly saying he is not backing down and for that he is murdered. This video adds an unexpected twist to the song. If you ask me, personally I think the nigga’s genius..lol.

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How come he couldnt get a sista for this video and where in the hell is Dwele who sings the hook, thats all I want to see anyway.

um… just a note that several companys probably pitched for this video and he would’ve chosen this concept. the video is the agencys concept of the song… not the other way round. its not like a literal translation of the song.

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holy shit… that woman need mi dick!!!

Kanye, with the help of model Rita-G, delivered with a video that both amazed and confused simultaneously. Breaking away from the normal ˜bottle-popping’ club scenes, the Louis Vuitton Don chose to use his music video as an aid to further tell the story his lyrics first introduced to us.

I know that a lot of people were quite stumped trying to figure out the meaning of the video.

kanye West’s ˜Flashing Lights’ is about a superstar who is caught cheating with another woman while traveling on business. He tries to apologize to his girlfriend by telling her how much he cares about her, but is unsuccessful.

The video shows us just how unsuccessful the superstar was as we see his girlfriend killing him in the trunk of her car.

Kanye begins the song by saying: “She don’t believe in shooting stars.”

This shows that the woman does not care if her man is a superstar or not, and that nothing will excuse his actions.

He goes on to say, “but she believes in shoes and cars.”

Her belief in shoes and cars is shown by her stripping down and burning her clothing, but never taking off her shoes. Also, rather than turning some of the gasoline she possessed on the car, and burning her boyfriend alive inside, she chose to kill in the trunk and keep her car intact.

Later in the song, Kanye spits: “I get a call like where are you Yeezy Try to hit you with a ‘Oeur de Whopee’ Till I get flashed by the paparazzi Damn, these niggas got me,”

The superstar receives an ˜I miss you’ call from his girlfriend only for her to later see paparazzi photos of him and an unknown woman canoodled together.

Even though he is still away on business, Kanye shows us that the boyfriend of the story feels bad for what he has done, and wants her to know that as well; hoping they can rekindle when he returns, and pick up where they left off (”I know it’s been a while, sweetheart, we hard-ly talk, I was doing my thing. I know I was
foul bay-bay, a-bay late-ly you been all on my brain”).

“If somebody would’ve told me a year ago it’d go, get this difficult. Feeling like Katrina
with no FEMA Like Martin with no Gina. Like a flight with no visa”

These lyrics show just how ineffective the superstar’s apology was. In regards to the video, the ˜difficult’ feeling is literally the uncomfortable position he is in while positioned in the trunk of her car-a place he would have never guessed he would be in a year ago.

Furthermore, in the chorus, Dwele sings “But I never thought that you would take it this far. What do I know?”

The boyfriend, or ex-boyfriend, of this story did not know that the love of his life would go as far as to actually kill him for a mistake he has made. But then again, what does he know.

And lastly, the final thing he saw before he was killed by his partner was the fire she started some feet away from the car, which are the flashing lights that are also being reference to in the chorus.

And there you have “Flashing Lights”