Set Designer Defends Kanye West and Kid Cudi After Lorde Claims They Stole Her Floating Box Idea

Over the weekend, Kanye West and Kid Cudi performed in a floating glass box during their set at Camp Flog Gnaw in L.A. Shortly after footage surfaced of the hovering performance, singer Lorde took to Instagram to call out the two for stealing. 

“I’m proud of the work I do and it’s flattering when other artists feel inspired by it, to the extent that they choose to try it on themselves. But don’t steal – not from women or anyone else – not in 2018 or ever,” she wrote, with photos of her own floating box, featured in her sets from 2017. 

But now, a third party has stepped in to defend the creative men, revealing that the idea was first used in an Opera set in 2007. 

Just hours after Lorde took to Instagram to defend her artistic design, set designer, Es Devlin, who has worked with West for the last 13 years, pulled receipts to prove the idea, was, in fact, an original from 10 years prior to Lorde’s use. 

To make matters worse, according to TMZ, Lorde claimed in an interview that she came up with the concept on her own, when the timeline proves otherwise. 

As it turns out, Devlin met ‘Ye back in 2005, and from there, the two worked on set designs for his “Touch The Sky,” “Glow In The Dark,” “Watch The Throne,” “YEEZUS” and “Saint Pablo” tours. In 2016, the two introduced the floating stage design, and one year later, Lorde hired Devlin to create the suspended box for her Coachella set. 

A few months later, Lorde then used a similar design to create a floating box for her tour, which means she actually…nvm. In any case, the design predates both Lorde and ‘Ye. 

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