See Me Now: Difference between revisions

In October 2010, the song "Never See Me Again" by West leaked. Described as a "a nine-minute melancholy demo song", it was supposedly recorded while West was in a self-imposed exile to [[Japan]] due to the backlash he received after [[2009 MTV Video Music Awards#Kanye_West–Taylor_Swift_incident|interrupting Taylor Swift]] at the [[2009 MTV Video Music Awards]]. Online speculation later formed the theory "Never See Me Again" was to be West's final song before retiring or committing [[suicide]]; West went public with [[suicidal ideation]] during this time.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-says-he-had-considered-suicide-953402/ | title=Kanye West Says He Had Considered Suicide | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> The song actually samplesamples I Never Want To See You Again by Qausi, but was rumored to be "Futari Dake no Ceremony" by [[Yukiko Okada]]; Okada committed suicide in 1986, with her [[suicide note]] ending with the phrase, "I want to see him again". Okada and [[Donny Hathaway]]'s [[suicide by jumping from height]] has been interpreted as being influences on the lyrics on the original song and remix of "[[Power (Kanye West song)|Power]]". "See Me Now" has been viewed as the triumphant, louder spiritual successor to "Never See Me Again".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIIgOmlQdx8 | title=The ULTIMATE Kanye West Iceberg Explained: PART 2 | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>