Kanye West shared a sinister album trailer on Tuesday (Jan. 23) to tease the much-delayed Vultures collaborative undertaking with Ty Dolla $ign.
West — who now goes by Ye — tapped Jon Rafman to direct the visible, which is full of haunting scenes all through and no appearances from Kanye, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Durk and Bump J.
The spooky clip finds residents summoned by vultures as their souls are seemingly overtaken and managed by a brand new host. Heading to battle, they vanish one after the other as the town is the goal of an explosive onslaught.
The trailer ends with a reveal of Ye’s grasp plan to interrupt down Vultures into three totally different volumes, with the primary arriving on Feb. 9, as beforehand confirmed, with the others following swimsuit on March 8 and April 5. West later confirmed the dates and varied album covers in a publish to his Instagram Story.
Vultures was initially alleged to be launched in October, however continued to get pushed again, first to December, and now into the brand new yr.
Kanye might be going through sampling points contributing to the album delay. For instance, the final time Nicki Minaj spoke on “New Physique” — which was initially meant for Ye’s Yandhi album in 2018 — she didn’t have any plans on clearing her vocals for Vultures.
“Now concerning Kanye, that prepare has left the station, OK?” she mentioned in an Instagram Reside in December. “No disrespect in any method, I simply put out a model new album. Now why would I put out a track that has been out for 3 years? Come on guys. ?”
West responded to Minaj’s rejection at a December Vultures listening occasion, saying, “I made that woman rewrite her verse thrice for ‘Monster.’ I supported her profession.”
Barring one other setback or change-of-heart from Ye, quantity certainly one of Vultures will arrive on Feb. 9.
Watch the trailer beneath.