Kanye Fans Are Calling His $80 ‘Brunchella’ Fiasco The New Fyre Festival
Fans were not impressed.
Kanye West has been no stranger to backlash in the past few weeks following the late-release of his ninth-studio album, Jesus is King, and the pretty questionable merch that came along with it.
He can’t seem to catch a break either — his latest album promo rollout has been dubbed Fyre Festival 2.0 after he charged $55USD (that’s $80AUD) for a wildly lacklustre ‘Brunchella’ experience that was offered as a VIP extra to a free outdoor service in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
A ‘Brunchella’ attendee, Kimberly Kinchen, shared an image on Facebook of the abysmal offerings on the day, which included pale sausage, stiff pancakes, cold grits, eggs and bacon served on styrofoam plates.
“This is the wonderful and COLD brunch BUFFET we are being served by Boil & Roux BR,” she wrote. “I want my coins back for a general admission ticket.”
According to the event promoter, Adrian Hammond, the show was meant to start at 7pm and the brunch buffet was set to be served from 5pm, which, let’s be honest, is a very strange time for brunch.
The funds from the ‘buffet’, a term used very loosely here, was said to fundraise for the church — however, concert-goers, understandably, expected a little more bang for their buck, likening the food to THAT infamous plate from Fyre Festival.
Kanye West’s $55 Brunchella meal is making the Fyre Fest sandwich look good pic.twitter.com/PccGMXrA02
— ilana kaplan (@lanikaps) November 2, 2019
According to Hammond, 6,000 free tickets were given out and 2,000 VIP brunch tickets were sold. But with the sheer number of tickets given out, it’s really no surprise that so many ‘VIP brunch’ passes were bought for the Bethany Church event with the chance of getting closer to the stage.
But fans who attended the service shared that the supposed “VIP” part of the experience was totally misrepresented with their view being the same as those with free passes, if not worse.
It was late getting started. Then a bunch of waiting in lines no one could explain. The food was COLDER than the temp outside. Food was pancakes, eggs, bacon & grits. VIP ticket holders got scammed into thinking we’d be behind the choir… but got stopped at the gate. View: pic.twitter.com/G6ugcQQ2pe
— Dinma (@retrobeats) November 2, 2019
Predictably, the internet gleefully watched ‘Brunchella’ unfold from afar, and proceeded to go in hard.
If you paid to go to a “Kanye’s Brunchella”, you deserve it.
— Daniel SM (@dsmar1) November 2, 2019
Word on the curb is Kanye is out here selling store brand bacon & Eggo waffles for 55.00 at #Brunchella.
A preschool breakfast plate if you will, fitting for a theology that’s elementary. You literally get what you pay for, & ya ought to be sick of Kimye making an ass outta you pic.twitter.com/bIpuUJGPRh— Nivea’s Wig Cap (@Shun662) November 2, 2019
Looks like Ye’s #Brunchella turned out to be BrunchFromHella smh. They need to be ashamed. Those pale sausage patties and stiff pancakes looked like they went straight from the freezer to the microwave. Then there was the fake “VIP area”. Make it right Ye. WWJD? #YeezyFyreFest pic.twitter.com/57FkEzu4nN
— That's So Dara (@dmwlkns) November 3, 2019
Honestly, this sad, sad meal really is only made worse by Kanye’s recent revelation that he just received $68 million back on his tax return. But hey, at least it was all for charity, right?