Kanye West announced a new album and debuted a new song during his show at Wuyuan River Stadium in Haikou, China this weekend.
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 performed it in China rapping over an instrumental background.
‘I still think about it every night and day to try to stay away, to keep my audience / Don’t take this disrespect, I’m sitting here trying to redirect.’
Kanye – who recently sold his Malibu mansion– hadn’t performed in China in 16 years prior to his first listening event in the country on September 15.
Kanye West announced a new album and debuted a new song during his show at Wuyuan River Stadium in Haikou, China today. Seen here in December 2021
During the concert West also debuted a new version of 530, a track off Vultures 2, which fans are calling a finished version as it contained a second verse.
Ye did not give the audience any clue as to when the Bully album would be released but if it follows the same route the two Vultures projects did, it will be plagued with delays.
Vultures was delayed months before finally dropping on February 10. The second Vultures project was initially scheduled for a March 8 release but was pushed until August 3.
The first was pushed by months before its inevitable release on Feb. 10, while the second was initially slated to drop on March 8 before finally hitting streaming services on Aug. 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.
Additionally, the Vultures project was conceived of as a trilogy and the third album has not been released yet.
Last month, the Gold Digger rapper took a dig at Adidas, who severed ties with the rapper in 2022 after Ye made several anti-semitic comments.
He chanted ‘f**k Adidas’ and encouraged the audience to join him, before playing Can’t Tell Me Nothing, another hit off 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 performed it in China rapping over an instrumental background. Seen at Rolling Loud Festival in 2024
‘I still think about it every night and day to try to stay away, to keep my audience / Don’t take this disrespect, I’m sitting here trying to redirect.’ Seen in 2024
He also recently gave Drake a shoutout during one his recent shows.
Before performing his 2007 track, I Wonder, the father-of-four declared: ‘This one for Drake.’
According to The Sun, several K-pop artists were seen attending his gig on August 23.
This included Aespa members Giselle and Winter, both 23.
