Eminem performs “Venom” from Empire State Building on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
After teasing it earlier today, the new Eminem performance for “Venom” has been released in full which he did for Jimmy Kimmel Live. The performance is special as he performed it from top of the Empire State Building in New York.
Kimmel had been wanting to do something atop the Empire State Building, and sources close to the production said the idea came up because Kimmel enjoys a good pun. Kimmel and Eminem, who have a good relationship, have done a few stunts together in the past for Kimmel’s show. A source who was at the shoot says once Eminem was on board, the Empire State Realty Trust was, too, and did not push back at the prospect of filming a music video on top of the skyscraper.
The video was pre-taped and was shot around a week ago. The Detroit rapper makes his way from bottom to the top of the iconic New York building to perform the title track of the Marvel’s new Tom Hardy starrer movie ‘Venom‘. It also appeared on Eminem’s latest album ‘Kamikaze‘ and he has already released the music video for it.
On the weekend of the shoot, Oct. 5 and 6, New Yorkers (including this reporter) were perplexed as to why two helicopters were circling the Empire State Building with the infamous colorful lights atop the skyscraper flashing out of control, something that had never been done before for a music video shoot. Users flocked to Twitter to try to figure out what was going on, as crowds gathered beneath the structure.
Watch Eminem’s performance below.
