Kanye West says Glastonbury headline slot left him in a “depressed state”

Kanye West’s Glastonbury headline slot was a triumphant moment, but in a new interview Kanye admits it left him in a “depressed state”.

Talking to Radio 1’s Annie Mac, he blamed himself for the ‘Black Skinhead’ mishap that forced him to restart the song, claiming he “completely messed up the music. And me, as you can imagine by this phone call, I’m a bit of a perfectionist.”

Seems a bit unfair really, given that “comedian” Lee Nelson actually invaded the stage during said performance - it’s fair to say that’s likely to throw you off a little.

“So it really put me into a slightly depressed state,” Kanye continued, “and it put me back in the position of when I was in high school and I got fired from my job, or when I played my music for R. Kelly and he told me he was going to sign me and then three months later I didn’t have any money I couldn’t afford a haircut, I couldn’t take my girlfriend to the movies and I’m still in my momma’s bedroom, working on beats and I was that close to being signed by R. Kelly…I don’t usually get nervous, I prepare, I get fully prepared. When that music messed up in the beginning it tapped into my nerves and when you’re nervous or vulnerable something special and something different can happen.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Kanye shook off those nerves, instead opting to elaborate on his plan to run for President of the United States in 2020. As you do.

“We are numb, we’re numb to 500 kids getting killed in Chicago a year, we’re numb to the fact that it was seven police shootings in the beginning of July,” Kanye explained. “We’re numb to places on the Earth that we don’t live – like our life is okay but it’s okay for other people’s lives to not be okay.”

“When I talk about the idea of being president, I’m not saying I have any political views, I don’t have views on politics, I just have a view on humanity, on people, on the truth. If there is anything that I can do with my time and my day, to somehow make a difference while I’m alive I’m going to try to do it.”

The interview will be broadcast in full, tonight on Radio 1 from 7pm.