Kanye West dithers over couches for 10 minutes in this “Facts” remix
Recently, on Bob’s Burgers, the Belcher clan spent an entire episode obsessing over couches, first discarding their old, smelly one in favor of a new-ish, less smelly floor model before dramatically changing their minds. Though he’s in a much, much higher tax bracket than the animated burger flippers, Kanye West can relate. In “Facts (Charlie Heat Version),” a late 2015 single included on the much-hyped album The Life Of Pablo, West ponders this pressing question: “Couches, couches, couches, couches, which one should I pick?” That was all the inspiration Ian T. McFarland, a Los Angeles-dwelling internet funster, needed to create his own, extremely minimalist remix called “Couches Couches Couches Couches.” McFarland’s version skips the beginning of the song entirely and gets right to the good part—the lyrics about couch shopping. In this rendition of the song, West spends a headache-inducing 10 minutes just repeating the word “couches.” In the accompanying video, the same four couches flash on the screen again and again, so it’s not like West has a wide selection from which to choose.