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Dissect

S8E7 - I’m In It by Kanye West

Dissect

Cole Cuchna

Music, Society & Culture, Arts

4.910.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Our serialized analysis of Yeezus continues with “I’m In It.” After being rejected by an ex-girlfriend, Yeezus uses his celebrity status and escapes into a world of sex to mend his bruised ego. He conflates his political ambitions with sexual dominance before the song’s final verse reveals that Yeezus is reaching his breaking point. Limited Season 8 merchandise is available at shop.dissectpodcast.com. Follow @dissectpodcast on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, do you like Kanye West?

0:05.0

He's okay, I guess.

0:08.0

Four days before the release of Yezes,

0:10.0

Kone West tell the listening party for his new album at Milk Studios in Los Angeles.

0:15.0

It was here that he also premiered a short promotional film he made for the album.

0:19.0

Well, the early work was a little too, hip-hop for me in my case, but when Dark Twisted Fantasy came out in 2010,

0:27.6

I think he really came into his own, both musically and lyrically.

0:31.7

The two-minute film is a parody of one of the most infamous scenes from the film American

0:35.6

Psycho.

0:36.6

Courtney Kardashian's then boyfriend, Scott Disick, plays Christian Bale's character, Patrick

0:41.4

Bateman, a rich materialistic investment banker who

0:44.8

secretly lives a double life as a serial killer. Dizik works himself up by

0:49.1

talking about Yizis and how it's misunderstood by the media. He then gruesomely slays Kim Kardashian's friend Jonathan Chayman with an axe.

0:57.0

Hey Jonathan!

0:58.0

A!

1:00.0

Try getting the use this albumus album now motherfucker.

1:05.0

Justin Vernon, an artist who appears three times on Yizas,

1:11.0

said the American psycho tribute perfectly captured

1:14.0

Connie's dedication to recreating film narratives in album form.

1:17.5

Quote, I love that little American psycho clip he did. It puts things into context because Kanya feels like a director and I don't think everything he sang in songs is actually him saying it every time. It's like a movie or a concept. On the song I'm in it, it seems like I'm playing a character in the song,

1:35.4

but I'm not necessarily guiding who that character is.

1:38.2

Conney's editing creates the character, unquote. Throughout the course of Yiz's, the main character Konek created experiences a daunting level of twists, turns, hardship, and heartache.

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