Kanye West – Coldest Winter (Directed By Nabil Elderkin)

February 23rd, 2010 by Petar Kujundzic in Videos

Acclaimed director Nabil Elderkin helmed the visual for one of Kanye West’s most personal records “Coldest Winter” off of his 2008 effort “808s & Heartbreak”. According to Elderkin the visual has been of his greatest challenges so far since the right visual medium had to be chosen without Kanye who did not partake in the editing process. For his general approach to the concept Elderkin also had to take the artist’s emotional background into account:

“It’s pretty minimalistic. It’s slow and very visual. I just wanted to catch the vibe of the song and not get too literal. Because the lyrics are very close to Kanye and go much deeper than the video goes, obviously hearing the song you know it’s very emotional.”

‘Ye approved the result and even unleashed a revamped version of the track to accompany the “haunting” visual. Check it out.

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  1. 1 Kanye West – Coldest Winter (Directed By Nabil Elderkin) | Hypebeast said at 11:02 am on February 23rd, 2010:

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  2. 2 ›› KidduNot.com » Blog Archive » Kanye West – Coldest Winter (Directed By Nabil Elderkin) said at 12:46 pm on February 23rd, 2010:

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  6. 6 The Coldest winter, ce n'est pas que Kanye West... | Ekie Magazine said at 6:33 pm on February 24th, 2010:

    [...] Bref si  Kanye fera couler beaucoup d’encre car d’aucuns se questionneront sur l’utilité et surtout la pertinence  stratégique de cette vidéo (il faut bien entretenir le niveau de vie de miss Amber Rose, hein?), il serait juste légitime (je me répète?) que Nabil en fasse couler autant.  Because, cette vidéo est à l’initiative seule de mr Nabil Elderkin car Kanye n’a joué aucun rôle dans le process créatif, si ce n’est valider la version def et réadapter le morceau (source: Hypetrak). [...]

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