Í laginu segist West telja líkur á að hann og Swift eigi eftir að stunda kynlíf því hann gerði hana fræga: „I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. /Why? I made that bitch famous.“
Lagið var ný orðið opinbert þegar gagnrýnisraddir tóku að heyrast.
Bróðir Taylor Swift, Austin Swift, birti myndband á samfélagsmiðlinum Instagram þar sem hann hendir Yeezy-strigaskóm frá Kanye West í ruslið.
My attendance somewhere does not mean I agree with everything being said in the music playing there. My friends know of my loyalty.
— Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) February 12, 2016
Uppfært klukkan 15:15
Kanye West hefur tjáð sig um þetta allt saman á Twitter en þar segir hann hafa spjallað við Swift fyrir útgáfu lagsins og fengið hennar leyfi. Talsmaður Taylor Swift hefur tjáð fjölmiðlum vestanhafs að þetta sé hálfur sannleikur hjá Kanye, hann hefði vissulega spjallað við Swift og hún hefði vitað af laginu, en ekki hvert innihald textans var og alls ekki lagt blessun sína á hann.
I did not diss Taylor Swift and I've never dissed her…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
First thing is I'm an artist and as an artist I will express how I feel with no censorship
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
3rd thing I called Taylor and had a hour long convo with her about the line and she thought it was funny and gave her blessings
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
4th Bitch is an endearing term in hip hop like the word Nigga
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
She was having dinner with one of our friends who's name I will keep out of this and she told him
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
I can't be mad at Kanye because he made me famous! #FACTS
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
6th Stop trying to demonize real artist Stop trying to compromise art
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
That's why music is so fucking watered down right now I miss that DMX feeling
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
7th I miss that feeling so that's what I want to help restore
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
8th They want to control us with money and perception and mute the culture
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
but you can see at Madison Square Garden that you can stop us
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
9th It felt like a seen from The Warriors ALL GODS ALL GODS ALL GODS in the buildin
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016
not just the famous people there but the kids the moms the dads the families that came to share this moment with us
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 12, 2016