Listen to A$AP Rocky Read Jane Austen, Florence Read William Blake for Gucci

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Gucci has enlisted A$AP Rocky and Florence Welch (of Florence and the Machine) for the rollout of its Fall/Winter 2017 fashion show. The invite to the show (which took place earlier today and is available to watch here) was a vinyl record with Welch reading a poem on the A-side and Rocky reading another on the B-side. Welch read from William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience, and Rocky recited Jane Austen’s “A love letter from Frederic Wentworth to Anne Elliot” from the novel Persuasion. Both tracks are available to hear on the Gucci app. Check them out on iOS and Android. Below, check out images and video of the record.

The @gucci F/W 2017 invite is a vinyl featuring @asvpxrocky and @flo_tweet. ? @tinaleung pic.twitter.com/8cl25oDgF7

— Complex Style (@ComplexStyle) February 22, 2017

Script by artist @cococapitan seen on the invite’s cover of the first unified #GucciFW17 women’s and men’s fashion show by #AlessandroMichele. The collection debuts tomorrow at 3PM CET, watch it live through the link in our profile. #cococapitanwriting

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The #GucciFW17 invite: on side A of the vinyl Florence Welch (@florence) reads from “Songs of Innocence and Experience" by William Blake and, on side B, A$AP Rocky (@asaprocky) reads “A love letter from Frederic Wentworth to Anne Elliot” from Persuasion by Jane Austen. Listen to the audio tracks exclusively on the Gucci App after the show today only. Watch the show live at 3PM CET through link in bio.

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Watch A$AP Rocky perform “Pretty Flacko” at Pitchfork Music Festival 2012:

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