# @complex on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd1kB7Jx_1P
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71048989-complex-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8f9d783159.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-28T16:01:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** COMPLEX (@Complex) — https://gondola.cc/Complex

## Caption

Kanye West’s iconic performance of “Love Lockdown” at the 2008 MTV VMAs almost never happened 👀 ⁣
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With the MTV VMAs going down this weekend, Complex’s Noah Callahan-Bever recounts how an MTV producer tried to talk Kanye into performing “Heartless” in 2008 instead of “Love Lockdown.” In typical Kanye fashion, he stuck to his vision.

#ye #lanye #kanyewest #vmas #vma

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lanye, ye, vma, vmas, kanyewest

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