SHOCKING: Kanye West Doesn’t Release An Album When He Said He Would

After more than a year of hype, an unsuccessful presidental run, and a notable divorce, it seems rap legend and purveyor of shoes that look like avant-garde football stadiums, Kanye West, has outdone himself, pulling a stunt so shocking, uncharacteristic, and unexpected that fans have found themselves questioning everything they once thought they knew. In an entirely unprecedented move that is absolutely not similar to the Kanye album roll-outs in, say, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2016, or 2019, the artist did not release his highly-anticipated 10th album, Donda, when he said he would. 

Take a moment and process, reader — this is truly one of the most shocking music stories of the year. 

On Thursday night, the rapper premiered the new album to a packed crowd of eager fans at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia in a performance best described as quintessentially Kanye. After arriving nearly two hours late to the venue, West, decked out in a monochromatic red outfit complete with the very 2021 accessory of a face mask, didn’t utter a single word as he stood on the field, the album playing loudly over the arena’s speakers. 

“For much of the night, Mr. West remained relatively still atop a white tarp in the venue, though he also kneeled at times and danced at others,” the Wall Street Journal wrote of the affair. Although West’s performance was anticlimactic by some accounts, it seems the listening party was an emotional experience for the artist. Named after his late mother, Donda West, the album featured not only a snippet of her voice saying “No matter what, you never abandon your family,” but also a song discussing his heartbreaking split from his now ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. “I’m losing my family / I’m losing my family,” West said on the track, allegedly called “Love Unconditionally” as he fell to his knees and appeared to cry. 

SHOCKING: Kanye West Doesn’t Release An Album When He Said He Would
Source: Pinoy Daily News