Kanye West Finally Releases ‘Donda’ Album

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhile he’s still best known for his pastoral cover of the Knife’s “Heartbeats” popularized by a 2005 Sony Bravia ad (you know, the one with the balls bouncing through San Francisco), Swedish-Argentinian singer Jose Gonzales’ interpretation of that song includes all of the hallmarks of his stellar solo work.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAlthough Dua Lipa had the misfortune of dropping a party album just as the pandemic was starting, “Future Nostalgia” became one of the biggest albums of the past 18 months — and she’s finally announced North American arena tour in support of the album, for next year.The tour makes 28 stops across the U.S., including her first-ever headline show at Madison Square Garden in New York City and the Forum in Los Angeles.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorYebba — a.k.a. Abbey Smith — is a prodigiously talented 26-year-old singer who’s been buzzing for so long it’s hard to believe “Dawn” is her debut album.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLana Del Rey has announced a new release date for “Blue Bannisters,” her second album of 2021, which was originally scheduled for July 4 but abruptly bumped days before its release.

Kanye West told one of his ‘DONDA‘ engineers to “go find God” after firing him via text, according to a leaked conversation.DJ Akademiks shared a screenshot yesterday (September 7) that allegedly shows an exchange between Ye and an unnamed engineer. Akademiks said the conversation was leaked after the engineer’s iCloud was hacked.The messages begin with West texting the engineer at 9.34am: “Good morning.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRadiohead has announced the forthcoming release of “Kid A Mnesia,” a multiple format triple-album release marking the 21st anniversary of the group’s influential “Kid A” and “Amnesiac” albums, due November 5 via XL Recordings.Those two albums, the group’s fourth and fifth, found the band moving away from the rock sound that had vaulted them to stardom and exploring more experimental and electronic sounds — their influence on the “alternative” music of the past 20

Kanye West‘s latest album ‘DONDA’ has landed at the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart, marking his tenth Number One to date.The rapper released his long-awaited album late last month (August 29), which includes collaborations from Marilyn Manson, DaBaby, Playboi Carti, The Weeknd and Lil Baby, among others.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBTS are set to appear on a special episode of YouTube Originals’ weekly music series “Released” on Thursday, September 9 at 11:45 PM ET, which will lead directly into the premiere of “BTS ‘Permission to Dance’ MV (Shorts Challenge ver.)” on September 10 at Midnight ET. The band will be joined by Coldplay frontman, Chris Martin, for a conversation on what inspired the #PermissiontoDance challenge on YouTube Shorts, among other topics.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorABBA, one of the most successful music groups of all time, has announced its return nearly 40 years with a new studio album — hear two songs from it here — and a new concert that will see singers Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and instrumentalists/songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus performing digitally via avatars with a live 10-piece band in a purpose-built arena in London, beginning on May 27, 2022.The “Voyage” album will be released worldwide

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorKanye West dropped a video for the song “Come to Life” on Thursday morning, a key track from his long-awaited and controversial tenth album “Donda,” which was finally released on Sunday after four public listening events.The video, lifted directly from the livestream of the fourth and most recent such event, held in Chicago, includes two of the more remarkable scenes from the highly theatrical broadcast: The part where West was set on fire (he was wearing a

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorElton John has announced the forthcoming release of “The Lockdown Sessions,” an album of collaborations recorded remotely over the last 18 months, out October 22, featuring more than 20 collaborators, including Dua Lipa, Brandi Carlile, Charlie Puth, Eddie Vedder, Gorillaz, Lil Nas X, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Rina Sawayama, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Years & Years, Young Thug, and others — including an apparently posthumous duet with country legend Glen

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUPDATE: Spotify has corrected a statement it sent to Variety earlier on Monday that inaccurately stated that West also topped Rodrigo’s record as 2021’s most-streamed artist in 24 hours; West’s record is only for 2021’s most-streamed album in 24 hours.After several weeks of one of the most highly publicized and confusing album rollouts in history, Kanye West’s “Donda” finally was officially released to streaming services at the unusual, if not completely

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter several weeks of one of the most highly publicized and confusing album rollouts in history, Kanye West’s “Donda” finally was officially released to streaming services at the unusual, if not completely unprecedented, time of early Sunday morning. While it’s unclear exactly when the album was posted, a press release from Def Jam, West’s label, announcing it arrived at around 8:15 a.m.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJust hours after Drake finally, officially announced the release date for his long-awaited forthcoming “Certified Lover Boy” album — which apparently has a cover featuring several emoji-type images of pregnant women — Lil Nas X jumped in by posting a similar one for his long-awaited forthcoming “Montero” album… except with pregnant men.“MONTERO” THE ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 pic.twitter.com/M7qVwV1uOu— MONTERO

“Kanye [West] a whole hoe,” Chris Brown, 32, posted to his IG Story on Sunday evening, hours after the long-delayed DONDA album hit streaming services. Chris deleted that shot at Kanye, 44, but added a second IG story, per Page Six. “Nah he tweakin.” At first, it was unclear why Chris was angry at Kanye. The two worked together on “Waves,” off of The Life of Pablo, and teamed up again on DONDA’s “New Again.” Apparently, the “hoe” remark is due to Ye getting crazy with the edit.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter months of rumors and delays, one official false alarm, a strange ESPN teaser, and release-date battle with Kanye West’s “Donda” that never happened, Drake has confirmed in unambiguous terms that his long-awaited sixth full-length album “Certified Lover Boy” will finally be out on Friday.The post includes what may be the album’s cover: little cartoons of pregnant women (take it away, Internet!)…A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi)“Certified Lover Boy

Kanye West has released his long-awaited and repeatedly delayed 10th album ‘DONDA’ on streaming services.Kanye’s manager Bu Thiam posted to announce the news on Instagram today.The album is currently available on Apple Music here and on Spotify.

Kanye West‘s latest line of ‘DONDA’ merchandise appears to reference his continuing desire to run for US President in 2024.The merch went on sale at last night’s ‘DONDA’ listening event at Soldier Field stadium in Chicago (August 26) where the rapper and producer once again previewed his upcoming tenth studio album, which has still yet to be released.One of the many talking points from last night’s ‘DONDA’ event was the merchandise on offer, with prices reportedly ranging from $60 (£43) for a

DaBaby has addressed being “cancelled” in a new song that was played during Kanye West’s latest ‘DONDA’ listening event in Chicago last night (August 26).DaBaby appeared alongside West and Marilyn Manson on a structure West built in the centre of Soldier Field stadium.