Kanye and T. Swift to Make Sweet, Sweet Music Together

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You heard it here first: @kanyewest and @taylorswift13 are going into the studio together!

— On Air/Ryan Seacrest (@OnAirWithRyan) February 11, 2015

Celebrity wrangler Ryan Seacrest landed Kanye West's first interview since his Grammys stagebomb and subsequent weird Beck sass at the E! afterparty. During their chat, the rapper managed to apologize to both Beck and Taylor Swift in one, congenial quote:

Yeah, she wants to get in the studio and we’re definitely going to go in. Any artist with an amazing point of view, perspective, fan base, I’m down to get in the studio and work. I don’t discriminate, I don’t have an elitism of music because of like how many Grammys or you know, the amount of ratings you get on an album. I that think everyone loves music whether they love hip-hop, alternative, country, and if I could be involved in giving people any type of energy, advice in the studio, whether you’re Beyonce, whether you’re Taylor Swift, whether you’re Jay Z, whether you’re Beck, whoever, and they can be reciprocal with that, I’d like to be involved with that.

What an economical mea culpa, both in terms of word count and future dividends.