Kanye West announced a new album this weekend and debuted a new song during his show at Wuyuan River Stadium in Haikou, China.
The new album – which follows his two Vultures releases earlier this year – is called Bully.
The new song is called Beauty and the Beast and he sang it in China, rapping over an instrumental background.
“I still think about it every day and night to try to stay away, to keep my audience / Don’t accept this disrespect, I’m sitting here trying to give a different direction.”
Kanye – who recently sold his Malibu mansion – had not performed in China in the 16 years leading up to his first listening event in the country on September 15.
Kanye West announced a new album today and debuted a new song during his show at Wuyuan River Stadium in Haikou, China. Seen here in December 2021
During the concert, West also debuted a new version of 530, a song from Vultures 2, which fans call a finished version because it included a second verse.
You haven’t given the public any idea when the Bully album would be released, but if it follows the same route as the two Vultures projects, it will be plagued with delays.
Vultures was delayed for months before finally being released on February 10. The second Vultures project was initially scheduled for release on March 8, but was pushed back to August 3.
The first was pushed back months before its inevitable release on February 10, while the second was initially set to release on March 8 before finally hitting streaming services on August 3.
Yeezy has announced a number of albums that never saw the light of day, including Good A** Job, TurboGrafx 16, Yandhi and Love Everyone.
Furthermore, the Vultures project was conceived as a trilogy and the third album has not yet been released.
Last month, the Gold Digger rapper settled with Adidas, which cut ties with the rapper in 2022 after Ye made several anti-Semitic comments.
He sang ‘f**k Adidas’ and encouraged the crowd to join him before playing Can’t Tell Me Nothing, another hit from his third studio album, Graduation.
The new album – which follows his two Vultures releases earlier this year – is called Bully. Seen here arriving in China on September 27, 2024
The new song is called Beauty and the Beast and he sang it in China, rapping over an instrumental background. Seen at Rolling Loud Festival in 2024
“I still think about it every day and night to try to stay away, to keep my audience / Don’t accept this disrespect, I’m sitting here trying to give a different direction.” Seen in 2024
He also recently gave Drake a shoutout during one of his recent shows.
Before performing his 2007 song, I Wonder, the father of four declared, “This one for Drake.”
According to The sunSeveral K-pop artists were seen attending his August 23 performance.
This included Aespa members Giselle and Winter, both 23.