--- title: Kenny G Playing With Roses for Kim Kardashian Sparks Concern description: Kanye West wanted to do a nice thing for Kim Kardashian by getting Kenny G to play among roses but people have questions. canonical: https://time.com/5530388/kenny-g-kim-kardashian/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-15T15:38:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:30.330Z og:title: Concern Over Kenny G Trapped Amid Endless Roses Is Growing og:description: He played the sax for Kim Kardashian but people think he's trapped forever og:url: https://time.com/5530388/kenny-g-kim-kardashian/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72acf70e575966b9/69894536096a94d5156a4935/kennygkimkardashiankanye.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 16th Annual Living Legends Of Aviation Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Concern Over Kenny G Trapped Amid Endless Roses Is Growing twitter:description: He played the sax for Kim Kardashian but people think he's trapped forever twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72acf70e575966b9/69894536096a94d5156a4935/kennygkimkardashiankanye.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Concern Over Kenny G Trapped in a Massive Rose Maze for Kim Kardashian Is Growing > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 15, 2019 3:38 PM UTC  Saxophonist Kenny G attends the 16th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 18, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Saxophonist Kenny G attends the 16th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 18, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Rodin Eckenroth—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 15, 2019 3:38 PM UTC A romantic gift for Kim Kardashian has become a gift for the collective minds of the internet. To wish [Kim Kardashian](http://time.com/5296363/kim-kardashian-trump-white-house-life-sentence-prisoner/) a very happy [Valentine’s Day](http://time.com/5529914/spotify-valentines-day-playlist/), [Kenny G](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/world/asia/china-says-goodbye-in-the-key-of-g-kenny-g.html) played “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” on the saxophone amid innumerable single long-stemmed roses in glass vases. > [](https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1096130681996865536) > [](https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1096130234879889408) It appears [Kanye West](http://time.com/collection-post/3822917/kanye-west/) orchestrated the grand overture. But more to the point, people wanted to know, is Kenny G alright? Is he sentenced to play trapped among the endless roses for all eternity? Has he been watered? Has he been fed? These are the questions that kept the internet up at night. There has been a dual-faceted response to the gesture––it made hearts flutter for its grandeur and made people bristle at how over-the-top the performative stunt was. But forget that. Kenny G’s well-being matters. It’s hardly the first over-the-top display of love for Kanye West, who is a showman through and through. But of course, the visuals were ripe to be satirized. Kenny G fans have long have a love affair with the superstar’s seductive instrumental tune. According to [BookingEntertainment](https://www.bookingentertainment.com/artists/jazz/booking-kenny-g.php), it costs $150,000 to book him to play songs like “Going Home” and “Don’t Make Me Wait for Love.” So Kenny G may have been in on the whole sweet idea, but the internet would like people to check on him. > [](https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/1096133752907014146) > [](https://twitter.com/ZacharyAdamGray/status/1096135515898826753) > [](https://twitter.com/KrangTNelson/status/1096153722617581573) > [](https://twitter.com/bettiejess/status/1096276651460251648) > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/1096136029092884480) > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/1096178962605264898) > [](https://twitter.com/AbbottRabbit/status/1096393861532921856) > [](https://twitter.com/whysimonewhy/status/1096135111358251010) > [](https://twitter.com/NifMuhammad/status/1096138393585676288) > [](https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1096130681996865536) > [](https://twitter.com/Bro%5FPair/status/1096137596994875392) Even Chrissy Teigen had questions about the arrangement. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1096238948882427904) Lastly, who will sing Kenny G’s song? > [](https://twitter.com/NifMuhammad/status/1096137230459064320) Happy Valentine’s Day to us all. > [](https://twitter.com/kennyg/status/1096122203819642881) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5530388/kenny-g-kim-kardashian/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5530388/kenny-g-kim-kardashian/"},"headline":"Concern Over Kenny G Trapped in a Massive Rose Maze for Kim Kardashian Is Growing","datePublished":"2019-02-15T15:38:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:30.330Z","description":"Kanye West wanted to do a nice thing for Kim Kardashian by getting Kenny G to play among roses but people have questions.","url":"https://time.com/5530388/kenny-g-kim-kardashian/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime","holidays 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72acf70e575966b9/69894536096a94d5156a4935/kennygkimkardashiankanye.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72acf70e575966b9/69894536096a94d5156a4935/kennygkimkardashiankanye.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"16th Annual Living Legends Of Aviation Awards - Arrivals","caption":"Kenny G performs for Kim Kardashian","creditText":"Rodin Eckenroth—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5530388/kenny-g-kim-kardashian/","name":"Concern Over Kenny G Trapped in a Massive Rose Maze for Kim Kardashian Is Growing"}}]}] ```