Kanye West's look, wearing shutter shades in the music video, became a signature of his in the late 2000s.
The single's music video, directed by Hype Williams, features sci-fi imagery based on the 1988 anime film Akira, and was shot largely in Tokyo, Japan. West felt the result he achieved paled in comparison to the sampled original track by Daft Punk, but they were delighted by the song, leading to future collaborations. Although he worked with eight audio engineers and eleven mix engineers around the world for the track, West still felt dissatisfied with the results and decided to enlist the aid of record producer Timbaland in redoing the drum programming to "Stronger" prior to the release of Graduation. The song's production process was arduous, with West and his team reportedly mixing the track over 75 times, including after its release as a single. West has described the song as an "emancipation" as it allowed him to vent his frustration over mistakes made in the year prior. For the track, West repeats a vocal sample of " Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by French house duo Daft Punk in the background while he delivers lyrics about the resolve that comes when one is faced with adversity, paraphrasing Friedrich Nietzsche's dictum " What does not kill me makes me stronger" for the song's refrain.
Written by a four-man team, the composition is electronic in nature, employing drums and synthesizers as the most prominent instruments. The production was handled by West, with an extended outro co-produced with Mike Dean. " Stronger" is a song by American rapper Kanye West, released as the second single from his third studio album, Graduation (2007).
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