‘Jesus,’ it’s about time!
Miracles do happen.
Kanye West finally released his new album, “Jesus is King,” at noon Friday after failing to drop his latest collectio n on several previously scheduled release dates.
The release came after West’s big night in New York Thursday. He appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in Brooklyn and made a surprise visit to the World Trade Center transit hub in lower Manhattan, filming a performance in the early morning hours Friday to the delight of fans in the Oculus, many of whom posted about the event on Twitter.
His new release, a religious-themed 11-track gospel album, features artists from rapper Ty Dolla $ign to jazz saxophonist Kenny G.
“Jesus Is King,” which was originally titled “Yandhi,” is a long time coming.
The “Gold Digger” singer’s ninth album was supposed to arrive in September 2018. Then West pushed it to two separate November 2018 release dates.
By late August of this year, an album still hadn’t hit shelves, but West’s wife,
Kim Kardashian, teased a track list and a Sept. 27 release date on social media, with West eventually also confirming that release date.
On Sept. 27, West previewed part of the album at listening events, but not the whole thing.
Two days later, on Sept. 29, Kardashian said it would be released in two weeks. It wasn’t.
The couple stayed quiet and then on Oct. 12, West said it would tentatively be released on Oct. 25, which he confirmed earlier this week.