Gay marriage was still a distant pipe dream. California had just become the first state in the U.S. The Daily Show was barely a year old, and Craig Kilborn was the host. There are lots of other details about Apple's video ambitions in the article over at Businessweek.Let’s take a moment to fully appreciate how much the world has changed since South Park first premiered in 1997: Bill Clinton was still president, and his sex life had not yet become an object of national fascination. Kelly's music is sexual, frequently not politically correct, and Kelly has been accused of raping underage girls as young as 15. It's also a good fit as each song has its own video, and the most recent chapters aired on IFC.īut it could also be a risk for Apple, which has cultivated a family-friendly image and bans apps and media that "contains content that many users would find objectionable." R. Kelly narrates the entire story in song and every track ends in a cliffhanger. "Trapped in the Closet" is a 33-part song cycle that is basically a soap opera: It follows certain characters following a one-night stand as the situation gets progressively crazier.
It's an example of the "music-related video" that Apple considers the best way for Apple Music to break into TV. Kelly's hip-hop opera "Trapped in the Closet," according to Businessweek. Iovine has been working on a follow up to R. Apple has started to bankroll video and TV shows - so far, it's announced a handful of shows, including a version of "Carpool Karaoke," and a reality TV show called "Planet of the Apps."īut it's got lots of new video projects in the works, Apple exec Jimmy Iovine tells Businessweek, and one will be welcome news to R.
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