"Dark Fantasy", opened by rapper Nicki Minaj narrating a rework of Roald Dahl's 1982 poem Cinderella,^[34] followed by a chorus including Auto-Tuned "oohs" and "ah-ah-ah-aahs".^[37] The song introduces the themes of decadence and hedonism,^[42] with West musing how it had been planned "to drink until the pain was over/But what's worse, the pain or the hangover?"^[43] The track's lyrics contain musical and popular culture references, including fellow rapper Nas, the 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", British singer Leona Lewis, and the song "Sex on Fire" by Tennessee rock band Kings of Leon. - Wikipedia