Kanye West releases the first trailer for his new IMAX film 'Jesus is King'
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Kanye West has delayed his album again, apparently to add final touches to mixes on specific songs.
The rapper’s new record Jesus is King Kim Kardashian-West . This was then pushed back to 29 September with no explanation, but the album never arrived.
It was later announced that Jesus is King would be released at midnight Pacific time on 25 October. However, fans who stayed up for the release were disappointed again.
West has now tweeted that he is working on the mixes of tracks including “Everything We Need” and “Follow God”.
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“To my fans,” he wrote. “Thank you for being loyal and patient. We are specifically fixing mixes on “Everything We Need” “Follow God” & “Water”. We not going to sleep until this album is out!”
Earlier West shared the full tracklist for the album, below:
West recently appeared on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show, where he made a number of controversial statements, including that his support of US president Donald Trump was “God’s practical joke to all liberals” .
He also deemed himself “the greatest human artist of all time”.
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roisin.oconnor 25 October 2019 12:14
1572002454 I've actually forgotten what it was like to not be waiting for a Kanye West album.
roisin.oconnor 25 October 2019 12:20
1572003759 A reminder that this is by no means the first time Kanye has failed to produce the goods when it comes to new music. His album Yandhi, which was supposed to be released last year, never appeared and there has been no indication that he intends on dropping it anytime soon.
For Jesus is King, the original release date was 27 September, then 29 September, and most recently 25 October. We're about halfway into the day (at least in the UK) and there's still no sign of it.
roisin.oconnor 25 October 2019 12:42
1572004359 roisin.oconnor 25 October 2019 12:52
1572004398 The greatest artist of all time would release his albums... on time.
roisin.oconnor 25 October 2019 12:53
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1572006738 roisin.oconnor 25 October 2019 13:32
1572007835 ↵There is only so much 'loyal and patient' one person can be, Kanye
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