--- description: The rapper revealed the brand-new video for "Fade" on Sunday night at the VMAs, featuring singer Teyana Taylor and NBA player Iman Shumpert title: Watch Kanye West's Full Steamy, Sweaty "Fade" Music Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13e24ee6ee13f261/6988a3eba988ca0ba56b9383/kanye-vmas-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Kanye West's Steamy, Sweaty, NSFW Music Video For 'Fade'  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:25 AM CUTPublished: Aug 29, 2016 2:49 AM CUT  Kanye West at the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 28, 2016 in New York City. Kanye West at the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 28, 2016 in New York City.John Shearer—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:25 AM CUTPublished: Aug 29, 2016 2:49 AM CUT Leave it to Kanye West to always up the ante. At this year’s [MTV Video Music Awards](http://time.com/4470114/vmas-2016-mtv-winners/ "undefined"), the outspoken rapper had six minutes to himself onstage, during which he sounded off on the topic of fame — and debuted a provocative new music video for his song “Fade” from _The Life of Pablo_. In the sensual _Flashdance_\-inspired video, [singer Teyana Taylor](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/09/18/g-o-o-d-musics-cruel-summer-more-like-pretty-g-o-o-d/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") dances suggestively to the driving beat of the track before joining up with her husband, [NBA player Iman Shumpert](http://time.com/4153870/nba-iman-shumpert-baby/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"), for some nude action in the shower. The video ends with the oiled-up pair reclining with a baby in a field of fluffy lambs — biblical manger reference, anyone? — and, oddly, Taylor’s face has morphed into a new, feline form. While the video may not have [the incendiary lyrics of “Famous”](http://time.com/4382876/kanye-west-famous-video-somebody-sue-me/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") or feature the naked bodies of Taylor Swift and Donald Trump, it’s still very much NSFW. It’s now on YouTube, but was initially available [only on Tidal.](http://tidal.com/#!/video/64415005 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4470155/kanye-west-fade-music-video-vmas-2016/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4470155/kanye-west-fade-music-video-vmas-2016/"},"headline":"Watch Kanye West's Steamy, Sweaty, NSFW Music Video For 'Fade'","datePublished":"2016-08-29T02:49:27.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T03:25:44.000Z","description":"The rapper debuted the video, featuring singer Teyana Taylor, at MTV's VMAs","url":"https://time.com/4470155/kanye-west-fade-music-video-vmas-2016/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Music","American Voices","VMAs 2016"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13e24ee6ee13f261/6988a3eba988ca0ba56b9383/kanye-vmas-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13e24ee6ee13f261/6988a3eba988ca0ba56b9383/kanye-vmas-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Inside","caption":"Kanye West at the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 28, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"John Shearer—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/4470155/kanye-west-fade-music-video-vmas-2016/","name":"Watch Kanye West's Steamy, Sweaty, NSFW Music Video For 'Fade'"}}]}] ```