Westworld season 2 features Kanye West song 'Runaway' week after Trump comments

'It seemed oddly timely considering the week he had'

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Westworld season 2 featured a cover version of one of the most famous songs by Kanye West in its latest episode, leaving fans with mixed feelings following the hip-hop star's recent comments regarding Donald Trump.

The HBO series has been known to feature piano-based versions of well-known songs from groups including The Rolling Stones and Radiohead.

It's been known that this second season was to feature a version of West's track “Runaway” for some time but the accompaniment from composer Ramin Djawadi dropped in this week's episode - the timing of which many are highlighting as unfortunate considering the controversy he sparked last week.

West recently opined on a wide range of topics in a string of tweets including posts which saw him express support for Trump and unveil a signed 'Make America Great Again' cap.

While some viewers questioned the timing of the use of West's music, others praised Djawadi's work.

You can see a selection of reactions posted to Twitter below.

What's more is later on in the episode, one character - Ben Barnes' Logan - even toasts to "the assholes," a direct reference to a lyric from the song.

The latest episode of Westworld featured yet another confusion cliffhanger (find our explainer here) as well as a cameo that excited fans of Breaking Bad.