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Father John Misty — a provocateur rock musician with a random Beyoncé writing credit and a friend in Lana Del Rey — has released some merch cheekily nodding to Kanye West's Cali DeWitt-designed The Life of Pablo pieces. And Kanye fans may very well be pissed.
Misty has uploaded a T-shirt, a short sleeve, and a sweatshirt to his site, all in a shade of electric blue, all featuring "The Life of Padre" scrawled across the front in a variation on DeWitt's signature gothic font. It's unclear at this point whether the pieces are a collaboration with DeWitt, or simply a playful spoof on TLOP's aesthetic, but either way — why? See some of Twitter's best reactions, below.
The FADER has reached out to Father John Misty and will update with comment.
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"father john misty is not particularly funny or good at music" is the hill i'm dying on https://t.co/o0oSgavWpB
— David Grossman (@davidgross_man) August 23, 2016
I have 0 time for that Father John Misty merch. Can white people stop blatantly plagiarising POC 'ironically' soon, that'd be nice
— Marty Hill (@Martyjhill1) August 23, 2016
i would like to apologize for showing any affection towards Father John Misty on this Web Site in the past. i have dishonored my family
— green (@rymgreeen) August 23, 2016
