30 Seconds To Mars Call Kanye West Collabo An 'Unexpected Surprise'

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'It's one of the strongest things that he's done,' Jared Leto tells MTV News of 'Hurricane.'

Last year, when 30 Seconds to Mars were still laboring on This Is War, more than a few eyebrows were raised when Kanye West posted a photo on his blog of him, Jared Leto and the Killers' Brandon Flowers in the studio, where the trio had apparently just finished recording a "dope-ass song."

Later, Leto explained to MTV News that the "dope-ass song" was called "Hurricane," and it featured West singing, minus the Auto-Tune he'd been dabbling with at the time (there was no mention of Flowers' involvement). It sounded like a promising collaboration, but, sadly, fans never actually got to hear it: When This Is War hit stores, "Hurricane" was on there, but West's work wasn't.

Leto explained that the band had to remove Kanye from the track at the last minute, due to some rather restrictive deadlines and a lot of back-and-forth between record labels, but he and his 30STM mates were so impressed with West's contributions that they pledged that someday, somehow, the song would see the light of day.

And, as it turns out, they kept their promise. On November 2, 30STM will release a deluxe edition of This Is War, featuring a DVD, a pair of live tracks recorded for the BBC (including a version of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance") and, at long last, the full, Kanye West-ified version of "Hurricane." It's been a long time in the making, but, as Leto told MTV News on Friday (September 24), the song is worth the wait.

"Let's put it this way: It's a collision of two worlds, and I think it's a completely unexpected surprise. He's not only on the track, but he's phenomenal on the track. ... It's one of the strongest things that he's done, in my opinion," he said. "His singing is incredible on it, and he's done a lot of really wonderful work, and I think this only adds to his work as a whole. ... Working with him was an incredible experience."

Leto said the new/old version of "Hurricane" (he prefers to call it "an alternative experience") doesn't stray all that far from the version that ended up on This Is War — they're both decidedly bleak ruminations on death and lust and sacrifice — but it does feature West getting darker than he's ever gotten before.

"It was an interesting time. ... I remember, he started here at the house, where we made the record, and then we finished in Hawaii," Leto said. "It is a song that's on the darker side of things. It's the flipside of 'Kings and Queens' — which has a through line of optimism and hope, and a really strong spirit to it — this song explores a different territory, and his lyrics do the same."

Leto added that, if it were up to him and West, the song would've ended up on the original version of This Is War, but now that 30STM are gearing up to shoot a video for the track, it does present a rather interesting opportunity — perhaps a cameo by Kanye?

"I think that would be an interesting element to add for sure," Leto laughed. "We'll just have to see."

Are you happy the Kanye/30STM collabo is finally seeing the light of day? Let us know in the comments!

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Autant je trouvais la participation de Keany West sur la reprise de Stronger, constructive et interressante, autant la je ne trouve pas l'interet sur Hurricane.
Ca reste bien evidement une question de gout et mon simple avis mais on fait la promo de 30STM ou de KW?
KW n'a pas a se plaindre quand a sa diffusion à la radio. Peut être que c'est juste un pur plan marketing??
En tout cas cette version ne m'emballe pas des masses.

Tu n'aimes pas la version de hurricane avec KW ???

Disons que je préfère l'originale. Je peux pas dire que j'aime pas, mais bon sans plus, peut etre qu'a force de l'écouter ca passera mieux

Sirius a écrit:

Disons que je préfère l'originale. Je peux pas dire que j'aime pas, mais bon sans plus, peut etre qu'a force de l'écouter ca passera mieux

Pour moi l'originale c'est celle la justement...
(non j'ai pas pécho l'album en avance )
ce qui fait la version de jared tout seul, je l'ai trouvé super plate...et pourtant dieu sait que je n'aime pas KW ni sa voix

C'est marrant j'ai l'impression que notre version préférée c'est celle que l'on a entendu en premier
Pour moi c'est la version sans KW même si je trouve la version avec intéressante mais je la connais moins et du coup elle me parle moins.

Et cette version limite boys band on en parle ou pas

merci Sirius pour le fou rire !

Oh la la je vais plus écouter Hurricane sans penser à cette version boys band !

Merci Sirius pour le traumatisme !

EDIT : j'ai oublié de donner mon avis sur la version KW ! Bon, alors perso je préfère celle sans KW, elle m'interpelle bien plus, je n'aime pas trop les petites touches électroniques mais c'est très personnel comme avis car je peux comprendre qu'inversement on le préfère à la version "plate".

Pour ma part, j'écoute très souvent la version avec K. West. Sans, ça me fait comme un vide. Ça doit être aussi, une question d'habitude. Je trouve qu'il apporte un plus.

Par contre, la version boys-band que je ne connaissais pas. J'aime beaucoup moins.

Sirius où as tu trouvé un truc pareil??? lol Franchement elle a au moins le mérite de nous faire rire!