Just days after he stormed the Grammys stage as Beck accepted his Album of the Year award for Morning Phase, it's time for Kanye West's 2015 apology tour. Today (Feb. 11), the "Only One" rapper appeared on Ryan Seacrest's radio show for a variety of promotional reasons and to clear the air that there is no big Kanye/Beck feud. Oh, and West is also set to start recording new music with his other former awards show rival, Taylor Swift.
When speaking to Seacrest, West admitted that he misspoke in his E! News interview after the Grammys, when he called Beck out for not "respecting artistry" or giving up his award to Beyoncé.
"When I said that thing about respect artistry, I think it came off the wrong way, and that was a mis-wording on my part because obviously Beck is one the most respected artists and respects artistry," he said. "But I felt that even though the Grammys sometimes gives awards to people who you wouldn't think should win in the category, as a respect to artists, we mention the other artist's name in our speech. And that was the point I was making about it. There's like many of times I gave other people my award, literally made them come up onstage. Maroon 5, when they won best new artist, [Adam Levine] mentioned me because it was the College Dropout and [it had] 10 nominations and all that."
So, though Beck didn't mention Beyoncé by name in his acceptance speech, what was he up to pre-rant when he took the stage?
"You know, what I really wanted to do is just joke around about what had happened before, but I just really didn't want to take away from Beck's moment or the time he's having to talk because you know the Grammys, they play music really quick no matter who you are and everything. So I didn't want anything to take away from his screen time. So I just walked back down because you know, it was kind of a joke like the Grammys themselves," West explained.
So, it's all in good fun, and everyone is cool on that front.
And the West/Beck feud isn't the only thing under the water for the rapper/designer. He's also prepping to go into the studio with Taylor Swift.
"Yeah, she wants to get in the studio and we're definitely going to go in. Any artist with an amazing point of view, perspective, fan base, I'm down to get in the studio and work. I don't discriminate, I don't have an elitism of music because of like how many Grammys or you know, the amount of ratings you get on an album," he said.
Maybe a Kanye/Beck track is next?!
