‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ Featured the Rare Kanye West Gem Known As ‘Awesome’

In May 2013, Kanye West did a couple of live performances of an AutoTuned piano ballad written for and about Kim Kardashian. The track was called “Awesome.” In it, Mr. West digitally emotes, at length, about the future mother of his daughter. The final cut never made it to Yeezus (can you imagine??), but the Season 9 finale of Keeping Up With the Kardashians offered a nice little taster. “Awesome” kicks in around the 30-second mark and lasts for one wonderful minute, ending with Kim walking down the aisle to marry ‘Ye.
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