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Kanye West is coming back with a vengeance, and two new albums
Rapper Kanye West, who had been largely quiet in public since a dramatic spiral near the end of 2016, reemerged recently on Twitter and in photos with his most frequent musical collaborators, stoking anticipation for a new release.
Before going dark, West cancelled a major tour, was hospitalised for a “psychiatric emergency” and angered some fans by meeting with then-US President-elect Donald Trump.
On Thursday, the 40-yearold musician, known for songs such as Love Lockdown, Heartless and Famous confirmed the whispers in his trademark off-the-cuff fashion. “my album is 7 songs (sic),” he posted on Twitter, followed two minutes later by a date: June 1.
West also announced a second album in collaboration with his on-off associate Kid Cudi due out June 8, according to his tweets: “it’s called Kids See Ghost,” West wrote. “That’s the name of our group.”
The new music would be the rapper’s much-anticipated follow-up to his seventh solo album, The Life of Pablo, which was released in February 2016. That body of work, too, had a less-than-traditional release: West debuted the songs during a fashion show at Madison Square Garden, released it a few days later as an exclusive on Jay-Z’s streaming service and then continued to ‘futz’ with the tracks, updating the music as he pleased.
Things took a stranger turn during his subsequent Saint Pablo tour, which attempted to redefine the arena show. The tour was abruptly halted, and later cancelled, after West began cutting concerts short to express his grievances with the likes of Hillary Clinton, Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Mark Zuckerberg. He had barely uttered a peep to his followers — even after his never-explained hospitalisation — until surfacing last week with a barrage of social media content.
ON THURSDAY, THE AMERICAN RAPPER POSTED ON TWITTER, ‘MY ALBUM IS 7 SONGS’, FOLLOWED BY A DATE: JUNE 1. HE ALSO ANNOUNCED AN ALBUM IN COLLABORATION WITH KID CUDI DUE OUT JUNE 8