
The video was shot in the minimalist style that West had been continuously using.
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West tweeted a link to the full music video available to watch on his web site later the same day. On the episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show which aired January 29, 2015, West revealed a preview of the music video for "Only One", directed by Spike Jonze on his iPhone. Paul McCartney - electric piano, backing vocals.The Jonathan Ross Show (March 15, 2015).Saturday Night Live (February 15, 2015).57th Annual Grammy Awards (February 8, 2015).Kanye feels like his mom sang thru him to our daughter." Live performances West's wife Kim Kardashian tweeted upon the release of the track that it is her favorite track by West, saying, "People always ask me what my favorite Kanye song is and it's 'Only One'. A message had been passed down through generations." In the song Kanye is singing from the perspective of his mother Donda West, who died in 2007. Donda West, who was also his mentor, confidante, and best friend, had spoken through him that day. Later, West "realized that perhaps the words had never really come from him … he understood in that moment that his late mother, Dr. Kanye West is described in a press release as not being able to remember singing the words to "Only One" when he and McCartney were later reviewing the early 2014 sessions that generated the song.

"Only One" also features uncredited vocals from Ty Dolla $ign. "Only One" was the first of three McCartney–West collaborations to be released commercially, as the two would later appear on " FourFiveSeconds" alongside singer Rihanna, released just twenty-four days after "Only One", as well as on West's " All Day". The track features English musician and former member of the Beatles and Wings, Paul McCartney, and was the first of two rumored collaborations between the two artists, the other being a track called "Piss On Your Grave". The track was released on December 31, 2014, to the iTunes Store. The song was recorded over a two-day period in Mexico in September 2014 in which West and McCartney, alongside other artists, recorded upwards of nine songs.
