page_title: Ghost Town (Kanye West song)
section_title: Live performances
hierarchical_section_title: Ghost Town (Kanye West song) / Live performances
caption_attribution_description: English: The two members of Kids See Ghost: Kid Cudi and Kanye West
context_page_description: "Ghost Town" is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his eighth studio album, Ye. The song features vocals from PartyNextDoor, Kid Cudi and 070 Shake. It was produced by West, while co-produced by Mike Dean, and features additional production from Francis and the Lights, Benny Blanco and Noah Goldstein. 070 Shake experienced more people contacting her after contributing to the song, while she expressed strong feelings of collaborating with West. The song is a hip hop track, which features psychedelic elements. It is composed around a sample of "Take Me for a Little While", performed by the Royal Jesters, and also includes a sample of "Someday", performed by Shirley Ann Lee.
  The mind of West is demonstrated as going through the unravelling process within "Ghost Town", which is connected to mental illness, and West's verse features him gargling unfinished thoughts. The song received generally strong reviews from music critics and was mostly named by them as one of the album's highlights, with general praise from critics going towards 070 Shake's outro.
context_section_description: 070 Shake performed solely her part on the song live on June 22, 2018 for her set at Ladyland Fest in Brooklyn. The performance generated a positive reaction from the crowd and they were able to recall the words to 070 Shake's part, though it marked the first time that any portion of the song had been performed live. On August 16, 2018, West and Kid Cudi delivered a performance of a rendition of it live at a surprise show in the Los Angeles nightclub Los Candiles, as part of a private party in celebration of West's Yeezy Season 4 collaborator Willo Perron. A small room was covered in red light for the performance and the crowd joined in when the rappers shouted lyrics from the song, while this marked the first time that West had performed it live. The track was performed live by West, Kid Cudi and 070 Shake on the outro of the 44th season premier of Saturday Night Live (SNL) in September 2018, with them being accompanied by a backing band. However, the performance was cut off around the time that 070 Shake began to deliver her part of it and the song was followed by a speech from West about his support of the US president Donald Trump. Prior to West's appearance, SNL creator Lorne Michaels revealed in an interview on the Origins With James Andrew Miller podcast that West was booked for the show when he stepped up after singer Ariana Grande dropped out. For West and Kid Cudi's first performance billed as Kids See Ghosts, the duo performed the song live as the closer to their set at the 2018 Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival.
  West was joined by Kid Cudi and 070 Shake when leading his gospel group the Sunday Service Choir through a rendition of it at their first concert on January 7, 2019. Later that month, the Sunday Service Choir collaborated with West for a rendition of the song as part of a concert from the group. The performance began once West got up off a stool 36 minutes in to the concert, with the rendition including an extended outro that saw him deliver a sermon. During the sermon, West said "Don't it feel to know you can never be canceled. They say, 'You can't do this. You can't do that, you'll lose your career,' but I'm still here." Kid Cudi brought out West as a surprise during the start of his weekend two set at the 2019 Coachella Music Festival, where the two performed a rendition of "Ghost Town".
caption: West and Kid Cudi (pictured right and left, respectively) have performed the song live together on multiple occasions.
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