We Were Once A Fairy Tale – A Short Film by Spike Jonze

by Staff, October 19, 2009

Kanye West is the star of this latest Spike Jonze-directed short film. Featuring a series of cameo appearances, the short film revolves around Yeezy’s We Were Once A Fairy Tale track. Watch the 11-minute movie to see how things play out.

44 Responses

  1. Posted by: Alex in Malabar on October 24, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    The song at the end is “Moonlight Sonata” composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven.

    Pick your favorite version!

    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=moonlight+sonata&x=0&y=0

  2. Posted by: Eugene on October 21, 2009 at 10:16 am

    anyone know what the song at the end is?

  3. Posted by: Dennis on October 20, 2009 at 12:46 am

    i think, it was just about his perception on himself.
    he knows how he is when he is acting like abitch, and it looks like he wants to kill that side of him, but all in all it’s apart of him.
    i think it was a work of art.

  4. Posted by: Dope Sir on October 20, 2009 at 12:04 am

    This is crazy awesome son.

  5. Posted by: thebrick on October 19, 2009 at 11:47 pm

    Dumbest shit ever. Spike has just sullied his name with this crap.

    The asian chick that look like Alba is smokin though!

  6. Posted by: kiwan on October 19, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    baron davis is an underrated actor

  7. Posted by: JFrade on October 19, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    This was filmed before the MTV awards and the tour cancellation.

  8. Posted by: dedleg on October 19, 2009 at 10:19 am

    The funny thing is, this was filmed way before the whole Taylor Swift incident.

    Also, that’s Mike Carroll not Steve Berra! YEESH, educate yourself.

  9. Posted by: earl jones on October 19, 2009 at 10:17 am

    this video had to be filmed a long time ago when kanyes hair was longer so i doubt it has anything to do with recent messups

  10. Posted by: gillis hill on October 19, 2009 at 10:11 am

    brilliant!

  11. Posted by: ShredGnar on October 19, 2009 at 10:03 am

    That was terrible until the little bathroom scene at the end, but making a video about him killing a little gremlin thing that lives inside him isn’t gonna change shit about his ego

  12. Posted by: TannerxD on October 19, 2009 at 9:43 am

    This was obv filmed awhile ago, because Kanye hasnt had that mullet hair since late last year – early 2009.

  13. Posted by: FishTako on October 19, 2009 at 9:38 am

    Awwww i want one of those little hamsters!!

  14. Posted by: Boyjordy on October 19, 2009 at 9:23 am

    I loved this, Spike and Kanye are a perfect match. Everything was on point.

  15. Posted by: greg on October 19, 2009 at 8:22 am

    Its true he is killing a part of himself, but it goes much further than just his ego. I went into a deeper analysis here: http://nicolasheller.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/1828/
    hopefully this comment wont be deleted and people will get a chance to see how I saw the film.

  16. Posted by: Emily on October 19, 2009 at 8:15 am

    so dope – steve berra knows how to take a beating hahaha.

  17. Posted by: galaxy-ryder on October 19, 2009 at 7:58 am

    how could this be marketing? this was shot months ago lol! all of a sudden everybody is a swift fan…fuck outta here with that madness lol

  18. Posted by: galaxy-ryder on October 19, 2009 at 7:56 am

    wow!!!! love it love it love it! art yo…..muthafuckin art! genius work!

  19. Posted by: stu on October 19, 2009 at 7:34 am

    ERIC KOSTON & MIKE CAROLL! Thats what made this film worth while…..

  20. Posted by: johnson on October 19, 2009 at 6:28 am

    Loved it……………..Absolutely Loved it

  21. Posted by: Nada on October 19, 2009 at 6:19 am

    decent.

  22. Posted by: spike on October 19, 2009 at 6:19 am

    god, fucking sucked. Just shows how unpleasant Kanye is.

  23. Posted by: Fez on October 19, 2009 at 5:36 am

    He killed his ego at the end.

  24. Posted by: jc on October 19, 2009 at 5:32 am

    yea it looks like so, shotin with a DSLR … and focus give this kind of feeling ..

  25. Posted by: Jeroen on October 19, 2009 at 5:18 am

    psych…..?

  26. Posted by: Peter on October 19, 2009 at 4:04 am

    so he killed his arrogance in the end???

    kinda confusing/weird but overall very interesting

  27. Posted by: Paul "Bono" on October 19, 2009 at 4:04 am

    wtf… pretty cool, i liked it.

  28. Posted by: Nicholas-t on October 19, 2009 at 3:55 am

    Real dope!

  29. Posted by: YOOKNIGHTEDNYC on October 19, 2009 at 3:35 am

    Cool. Looks like they shot it on the Canon 5D/7D Mark II.

  30. Posted by: Steph on October 19, 2009 at 3:27 am

    Cool

  31. Posted by: FamousAudio on October 19, 2009 at 3:14 am

    i have to pay for this lol i like this imagery was on point

  32. Posted by: Hooked on October 19, 2009 at 3:12 am

    This is this sad and disturbing.

  33. Posted by: freeworld on October 19, 2009 at 2:48 am

    i enjoyed the start and finish. he needs and needed to be ride of his inner demons (drinking addiction) i like it!.. all tho it was hard to relate because i choose not to drink

    i hated how spike shot kanyes close ups. and the sex scene was tasteless imo (maybe im bias because i dont feed into ye’s attention needs hah)

  34. Posted by: dc on October 19, 2009 at 2:48 am

    11 minutes of my life…wasted

  35. Posted by: papa ra on October 19, 2009 at 2:47 am

    i know a few people who go out and do this on the regular.

  36. Posted by: Mikei on October 19, 2009 at 2:41 am

    tied into where the wild things are?

    what was it all about?

  37. Posted by: p on October 19, 2009 at 2:38 am

    i dont get it…

    also, i wonder when this was filmed because it comes at an odd point in kanye’s career what with him canceling his tour with lady gaga and his clothing line.

  38. Posted by: kenj on October 19, 2009 at 2:31 am

    holy sheit

  39. Posted by: drew on October 19, 2009 at 2:28 am

    damn. what the hell is going on. haha kanye is out here man hes on one!

  40. Posted by: mybeatrocks on October 19, 2009 at 2:16 am

    amazing.

  41. Posted by: zakir on October 19, 2009 at 2:05 am

    whoa tht freaked my shit out

  42. Posted by: Michael on October 19, 2009 at 2:01 am

    I think its his little marketing thing to recover from what he did to Taylor Swift ( ;

  43. Posted by: andy on October 19, 2009 at 1:59 am

    SMH

  44. Posted by: wordspit on October 19, 2009 at 1:52 am

    dam this shit was cold dope