Despite many people believing that Kanye West’s ego has no boundaries, he actually admitted that what happened at Glastonbury left him “depressed”.
Kanye was supposed to be the star performance of last year’s Worthy Farm festival, but unfortunately he had a little slip up and forgot some lyrics during his performance. This caused a relatively negative feedback from the audience as many of them expected a show of their lifetimes.
“It was incredible. I started off the show and I completely messed up the music,” West told BBC Radio One’s Annie Mac. “I’m a bit of a perfectionist so it really put me into a slightly depressed state.
“It put me back in the position of when I was in high school and I got fired from my job, or when I played my music for R Kelly and he told me he was going to sign me, and then three months later I didn't have any money, I couldn't afford a haircut, I couldn't take my girlfriend to the movies and I'm still in my momma's bedroom, working on beats and I was that close to being signed by R Kelly.”
West claims that he “doesn’t usually get nervous” since he puts a lot of effort into preparation, but the errors he made earlier during his performance caused him to loose focus. After Lee Nelson’s interruption of “Black Skinhead”, West decided to give it a retry, but the incident put him out of focus making him forget the words of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” later in the show. “When that music messed up in the beginning, it tapped into my nerves and when you’re nervous or vulnerable, something special and something different can happen,” he said.
It is interesting to note that 55.000 signatures were gathered in hope of stopping Kanye’s performance. Neil Lonsdale of Norfolk actually demanded that Eavises let a rock band perform instead of West, calling him an “egotistical, maniacal disgrace”. Interestingly enough, Mr. Lonsdale never showed up in beg Glastonbury.
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