The 21-year-old also launched a 666″Satan Shoes” limited line in collaboration with MSCHF, a company known for its viral stunts. Each pair of shoes, which were changed by the Nike Air Max 97, supposedly contains a drop of human blood.
The shoes would have sold out in a minute for $1,000 each. Hours later, Nike filed a lawsuit to prevent MSCHF from distributing the shoes.
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Both clips show the artist starting in a heavenly position in the clouds, and even though everything falls-bar-bar-bar towards something darker.
Huang then addressed the similarities in a Twitter feed later that night, claiming he was a fan of Lil Nas X and stated that Nas had collaborated with Twigs choreographer on “Call Me By Your Name”, but accusing Nas and his Columbia Records label of “causing harm” through the “reuse” of the photographs and concepts used in “Cellophane”.
He continued: “When an artist is in a position of strength (amplified with major record labels, social media, public relations, etc. ) and reuses someone’s paintings and concepts to serve his brand, he reasons for the damage through changing efforts. who made the original paintings of the legs. “
“Intentionally or not, the paintings of other artists are copied. Making music videos is a love painting. The demand for content driven through primary labels makes our paints disposable and pits artists against each other. “
Huang concluded his line by urging those in the music industry to “respect directors, artistic duty, and honor the ingenuity of artists who devote their sweat of blood and tears to imagining a longer career in the midst of a damaged industry. “
“I didn’t know that the visual was going to motivate those who worked on the effects of my video,” Nas continued. “I need to thank Twigs for calling me and informing me of the similarities between the two videos, because I didn’t know they were so close. “
“I’m excited about the release of the video,” he said.
“I sense how hard work has been done to bring this image to life,” Nas concluded. “You deserve a lot more love and praise. “
“I think what you’ve done is amazing and I’m completely your expression and courage to promote the culture of the queer community,” Twigs said in his message. “Statut of the Legend”.
She continued: “I would like to thank @andrewthomashuang and [choreographer] @kelyvon for helping me create ‘Cellophane’ but also and above all I would like to thank sex and strippers for offering the physical language to make the videos possible. “