--- ---  # Watch Kanye West's Emotional New Music Video Starring His Daughter North by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 29, 2015 3:38 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 29, 2015 3:38 PM UTC Kanye West has a new video for his single “Only One” and its two stars are himself and his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, North. The rapper shared an exclusive first look at the video, which was directed by Spike Jonze, [on _Ellen_](http://ellentube.com/videos/0%5Fjlgg2w4s)_._ It mostly involves him and North wandering through a field and then gazing at each other in said field. Note: this [emotional ballad](http://time.com/3651636/kanye-west-mccartney-only/) features Paul McCartney on keyboard. Watch above as Ellen previews the video and then lavishes praise upon Kanye, calling him “amazing.” **Update:** You can now watch [the full video](http://www.kanyewest.com/) on Kanye’s official site. _Read Next:_ [_Kim and Kanye Working on Difficult Second Child_](http://time.com/3687493/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-second-child/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ### See Kim Kardashan and North West's Style  Kim Kardashian heads out for the airport with daughter North West in Paris, France on Oct. 1, 2014. Splash News/Corbis  Kim Kardashian and baby North West attend the Givenchy show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on September 28, 2014 in Paris, France. Dominique Charriau—WireImage/Getty Images  Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and their daughter North West walk to the Balenciaga Womenswear Spring/Summer 2015 during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on Sept. 24, 2014. Splash News/Corbis  Kim Kardashian and baby North West at the Los Angeles International Airport on Sept. 22, 2014. Splash News/Corbis  Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and baby North West at the Los Angeles International Airport on Sept. 1, 2014. Splash News/Corbis  Kim Kardashian, husband Kanye West and baby North West depart from Los Angeles International Airport on Sept. 1, 2014. Splash News/Corbis  Kim Kardashian takes baby North West on a late night flight from LAX Airport in Los Angeles, CA, on August 10, 2014. Diabolik/Splash News/Corbis  Kim Kardashian holds her 14-month-old daughter, North West as they make their way through Burbank Airport in Los Angeles on Aug. 7, 2014. Sharky—Splash News/Corbis  Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian and her baby North West arrive at the 'Givenchy' store in Paris on May 20, 2014. NYSP/Splash News/Corbis  Kim Kardashian holds baby North West while wearing a fur coat inside JFK airport in New York City on Feb. 26, 2104. Brian Prahl—Splash News/Corbis Kanye West Only One Video Stars Baby North, Directed by Spike Jonze ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3687487/kanye-west-baby-north-only-one-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3687487/kanye-west-baby-north-only-one-video/"},"headline":"Watch Kanye West's Emotional New Music Video Starring His Daughter North","datePublished":"2015-01-29T15:38:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:07.112Z","description":"The short clip was directed by Spike Jonze","url":"https://time.com/3687487/kanye-west-baby-north-only-one-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9373f09b1c622b91/69877c7c55a859e100a85845/screen-shot-2015-01-29-at-9-58-24-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9373f09b1c622b91/69877c7c55a859e100a85845/screen-shot-2015-01-29-at-9-58-24-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-01-29 at 9.58.24 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","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/3687487/kanye-west-baby-north-only-one-video/","name":"Watch Kanye West's Emotional New Music Video Starring His Daughter North"}}]}] ```