Kanye West Finishes ‘Dark’ New Album
Kanye West has reportedly finished recording his new album, and he has even previewed it to his record company too.
Radio station, Ho97, have declared that West, whose girlfriend Kim Kardashian is currently pregnant, recently completed his work on the record, which is his sixth solo effort and the follow-up to 2010’s, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
Def Jam, West’s record label, even hosted a listening event for the album recently, and one of the station’s DJs, Paul Rosenberg, remarked, “Everyone at the label that listened to the album loved it. I’ve heard it’s dark, but really good.”
The album also features Daft Punk, both of whom worked on the record with West, and the French duo discussed the two songs they collaborated on with the rapper. They even remarked that he was “screaming primally” for his vocals.
Thomas Bangalter stated, “It was very raw: he was rapping – kind of screaming primally, actually.” Whilst Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo added, “Kanye doesn’t give a f***.”
Michel Gondry, the world reknowned film director who has helmed the likes of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Be Kind Rewind, has also heard two of the songs and revealed that a famous figure would be directing the music video for his next release.
Gondry stated, “One of them, I told him it sounded solid and powerful – I envisioned a cube when I heard it. He told me, Chris Cunningham’s already directing the video.”
Over the past few weeks West has been hinting at his new album, telling a crowd in Zurich in March that he’ll release new music “in a couple of months,” adding that he had been working on some new material too.
West is set to appear on Saturday Night Live this coming Saturday, alongside Ben Affleck. Both are making their fifth appearances on the infamous comedy programme.
Are you looking forward to West’s new album?
