Kanye West Doesn’t Think Smiling Is Cool

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Kanye West has a beautiful family and is recognized as one of music’s biggest stars, yet a smile from Yeezy is as rare as an uncooked steak. ‘Ye was a guest at The Daily Front Rows inaugural Fashion Los Angeles Awards over the weekend, and at the event he explained the reasoning behind his infamous blank facial expressions. Check out his theory below.

Back when I was working on Yeezus, I saw this book from the 1800s and it was velvet-covered with brass and everything. I looked at all these peoples photos and they look so real and their outfits were incredible and they werent smiling and people, you know the paparazzi, always come up to me, Why you not smiling? and I think, not smiling makes me smileWhen you see paintings in an old castle, people are not smiling cause it just wouldnt look as cool.

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