YE LIVE AT SoFI STADIUM | LOS ANGELES

No traditional stage, no catwalk, no overwrought scenography. At SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Kanye West, now known simply as Ye, returned to the American stage after five years away with a single, devastating idea: a half-sphere replicating planet Earth, planted at the center of the floor among 70,000 spectators, its summit the only place he stood for two straight hours.