Kanye West’s latest string of attention-grabbing stunts continues. Just a week after legally changing his name to “Ye,” the mercurial producer started wearing a playful but deeply unsettling Halloween mask for public appearances, then debuted a strange, seemingly self-styled haircut — but it doesn’t stop there. As photos from Kanye’s latest Sunday Service on October 31 emerged online, fans noticed yet another new change that will certainly raise a few eyebrows. Not Kanye’s eyebrows, though… because it appears he’s shaved them completely off.
It’s as yet unclear why he would do such a thing — other than, y’know, the whole Kanye of it — but fans have already noticed and begun sharing their impressions.
https://twitter.com/steeztalksrap/status/1454927109659500546
kanye shaved his eyebrows off my mans lost it pic.twitter.com/FS7AhDN48I
— 𝑹𝒖𝒓𝒖 🇦🇱 (@P4ERU) November 2, 2021
man why tf kanye out here shaving his eyebrows pic.twitter.com/85ZipvZ74G
— turbo (@tturbboo) October 31, 2021
kanye really shaved his eyebrows what the pic.twitter.com/GfrTZzuf1S
— cass 💋🧛🏿♀️ (@ScrewCass) October 31, 2021
https://twitter.com/yesvaleriamelo/status/1455564249095417860
Kanye’s thought process: “maybe if I shave my eyebrows, I’ll be cool like Goku when he was a super saiyan 3” pic.twitter.com/nPPvRaSwoU
— Ry🇵🇸 ~ ROAD TO 10K (@RyloKen67) November 2, 2021
The move certainly appears to have been inspired in part by the controversial guest Kanye brought to the latest edition of Sunday Service, Marilyn Manson. Kanye seems to have developed a soft spot for the disgraced rocker over the past few months. After Manson was accused of sexual assault and several other musicians distanced themselves from him in the wake of his arrest for that assault, Kanye brought him out to the third Donda listening event in Chicago along with DaBaby, who was also under fire for making homophobic comments at Rolling Loud in Miami. Ye even added Manson to the final version of his album, and now, it looks like he’s even starting to take on some of Manson’s styling tips — for better or worse.