Ye documentary trailer stirs tension with Kardashian

A new trailer for Ye’s documentary shows Kim Kardashian in a tense moment and highlights the controversy surrounding the rapper’s public remarks.

Kim Kardashian Breaks Down in Ye Documentary Trailer

A new trailer for In Whose Name? charts six years of Ye’s life, including his bipolar diagnosis, public backlash and the end of his marriage to Kim Kardashian. The project is built from more than 3,000 hours of unseen footage and directed by Nico Ballesteros, who was 18 when filming began. In the trailer Kardashian is heard saying your personality was not like this a few years ago during a tense exchange and Ye responds with a pointed retort. The trailer also revisits 2022 moments such as his presidential bid and the White Lives Matter appearance, and notes that several brands cut ties with Ye after antisemitic remarks.

Ye says he has stopped taking medication calling it a calling by the universe, while the film documents the push and pull between fame, mental health rhetoric and responsibility. The documentary revisits 2022 moments such as his presidential bid and the White Lives Matter appearance, and notes that Adidas Balenciaga and CAA cut ties with Ye after antisemitic remarks.

The film sits at a tricky crossroads of personal narrative and public accountability. It invites viewers to weigh the line between artistic expression and responsibility, especially when harmful rhetoric has real world consequences for communities. The trailer foregrounds intimate moments that raise questions about consent and perspective and whether audiences should read private pain as part of a public life.

The project also tests the ethics of documenting a life under constant scrutiny. It may spark necessary conversation about how society treats celebrity mental health and accountability, but it also risks sensationalism if it leans into drama over context. The way the film handles sources and consent will shape whether it informs or inflames the wider debate around fame and responsibility.

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The film will push audiences to consider where art ends and harm begins.