The artist formerly known as Kanye West says Bianca Censori’s Grammys red carpet appearance, featuring the debut of what’s been dubbed “the invisible dress,” marked the opening of “a whole new world.” Ye has also shared a message intended for those who opted to bring up his late mother, Donda West, amid the heightened media attention surrounding the much-debated look.
In an update to X on Wednesday, Ye, now just over two years removed from telling Alex Jones “there’s a lot of things that I love about Hitler,” reflected on Sunday’s pre-ceremony surprise and acknowledged the conversation it’s spurred, both on social media and in prominent fashion-focused publications.
“My wife’s first red carpet opened a whole new world,” Ye wrote, as seen below. “I keep staring at this photo like I was staring in admiration that night. Thinking, wow, I am so lucky to have a wife that is so smart, talented, brave, and hot. She took a break from shooting her first film to make a movie in real life. We tailored that invisible dress six times. And just like magic, poof, we disappeared.”
Ye continued, “Thank you to all the outlets who recognized us and gave us back the energy we put in. But I have to give a shoutout to the American Vogue team for writing an article that places my wife in a strong, positive light and also recognizes rightful strength. People asked, ‘how would your mother feel?’ You don’t know my mama, bitch.”
Elsewhere, Ye shared additional images from the night, at one point saying that he and Bianca “beat the video game.”
Writing for Vogue, Raven Smith argued that it shouldn’t be assumed that “because Bianca’s pretty much naked, she’s not fully in control of herself, or that she’s not thoroughly enjoying her exhibitionism.” Ye later shared a screenshot of the piece to Instagram.
Censori has long been the subject of such conversation, albeit largely in connection with paparazzi photos prior to Sunday’s brief but impactful Grammys moment. A New Yorker piece titled “The Mute Spectacle of Bianca Censori,” originally published in August of last year, again made the rounds amid red carpet commentary this week. In it, Naomi Fry writes, “If part of our fascination with celebrities hinges on the tension between their visibility and their unknowability, Censori, in her way, is pushing that tension to the limit.”
“Carnival,” off Ye and Ty Dolla Sign’s inaugural Vultures volume, ultimately lost Best Rap Song on Sunday night to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which swept all five of its nominated categories. During the ceremony, an ad for Ye’s YZY brand aired, with recent pieces from the label also prominently featured in a subsequently released Justin LaBoy interview. During their conversation, Ye touched on how he sees A.I.’s “power” in relation to music, comparing the pushback to its use in this context to the criticisms once leveled at Auto-Tune.
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