Kanye West at Glastonbury 2015: 'He raps' - BBC subtitles team upstages Yeezy with hilarious description of lyrics
Kanye proved a total headache for the poor people in charge of subtitling
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Your support makes all the difference.Kanye West's Glastonbury headline set was always going to be a nightmare for the BBC's subtitles team, but no-one expected quite so much hilarity to ensue from the words running across our tellys.
The US rapper took to the Pyramid Stage on Saturday night for a two-hour showcase of his biggest hits and a dubious cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody".
BBC bosses had been stressing about the gig after ITV was forced to mute much of Kanye's Brits performance of "All Day" because of all the N-words.
But instead of censoring profanities, the broadcaster simply decided to issue a warning on-screen and alter lyrics in the subtitles instead, so that "motherf**ker" became "motherducker" and "n***er" became "ligger".
The best moment came when the poor people responsible for deciphering Kanye's words gave up and simply wrote "He raps". Naturally this caused widespread hysteria on social media:
Kanye's set divided viewers watching at home with some Twitter users outraged by his constant swearing at what is "meant to be a music festival".
But overall, the "greatest living rockstar on the planet" won over many of his doubters to prove that despite a 134,000-strong petition against his booking, he was more than capable of putting on a memorable show.
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