Unpacking that Kanye West and Elon Musk bromance pic – a lot of orange, swagger and Yeezy … but no social distancing or face masks

Jul 4 , 2020

Strike a pose: Elon Musk and Kanye West bring the swagger to Twitter. Photo: @ye/ Twitter

The already famous photo, posted on Twitter and clearly taken by Musk’s girlfriend Grimes, depicts the Tesla and SpaceX founder standing tall next to hip-hop trailblazer and Yeezy head honcho Kanye – but, gents, we have some questions

Kanye West has been back on social media again, and notably, he shared a photo of his long-time friend, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

On Wednesday (July 1), West tweeted a photo of himself and Musk with the caption, “When you go to your boy’s house and you're both wearing orange,” followed by the orange emoji.

The photo gives us a lot to unpack, including:

A rare peek inside one of Musk's homes, which appears to be stylish yet sparsely decorated. It's not clear which house the photo was taken in – Musk recently said he would “own no house” and has since reportedly sold his Bel-Air home for US$29 million.

Attendees interact with the Aibo robotic companion dog at the Sony booth during CES 2019 consumer electronics show, in Las Vegas, US, Nevada. Photo: AFP

A life-size replica of a robot, which can be viewed in the glass case behind West. It looks similar to the work of Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama, who also designed the Sony Aibo robot dog. (Singer The Weeknd has a similar statue.)

Grimes, left, and Elon Musk attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in 2018 in New York. Photo: AP

Musk's girlfriend, the musician Grimes, appears to have taken the photo – you can see her in the reflection on the glass between the two men.