{"id":567304,"date":"2026-03-27T07:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/567304\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T07:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:04:12","slug":"bully-kanye-west-confirms-release-date-and-track-list-for-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/567304\/","title":{"rendered":"Bully: Kanye West confirms release date and track list for new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Kanye West has revealed the track list for his highly anticipated new album Bully that is set to release late on Friday, while knocking back rumours the project had been made with AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The controversial rapper sent fans into a frenzy on Friday morning after West broke his online silence to announce the upcoming album\u2019s release on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">He revealed the 13-song track list in a hand written note posted online, captioned \u201cBULLY ON THE WAY NO AI\u201d to quash any previous rumour the production being AI-assisted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Eagle eye fans would be quick to notice so familiar titles from a version of Bully that had previously been leaked or released as singles, including Preacher Man, Beauty and the Beast, Last Breath and Father (featuring Travis Scott).<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A showman and headline generator on past projects, the 48-year-old announced listening parties for the upcoming album around the world in various locations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/42d5e1c7594577ed005884ddeed53b23bdbd8e88.jpg\" alt=\"The handwritten track list for Bully that Kanye West posted to social media.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThe handwritten track list for Bully that Kanye West posted to social media. Credit: Instagram \/ ye\/ye<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">While there is no party kicking off in Australia, fans in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Korea, Netherlands, Turkey and Chicago will be treated to a early listen of the highly anticipated release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Although many are sceptical that the album will actually be out by Saturday, West has famously been coy in the past with release dates and frequently postpones releases for months.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The rappers 12th studio album had originally been slated to drop on June 15, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">West had teased fans with work-in-progress releases on his X account last year, snippets released with vocals recorded entirely with AI audio deepfakes &#8211; which is why the rapper has promised \u201cNO AI\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e46b088268c5abd218ae1d2cef6ea2e906db64e6.jpg\" alt=\"Kanye West's twelth studio album Bully.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconKanye West&#8217;s twelth studio album Bully. Credit: x<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Fans who hold faith that the rapper will stick to his word went crazy online, sending prayers that the sudden announcement would not be followed by more delays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cMr Ye please bro I need you to please drop this album please, don\u2019t cancel,\u201d one said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI need you to drop Bully!\u201d another eager commentor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">While a third excited fan simply said, \u201cFINALLY\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kanye West has revealed the track list for his highly anticipated new album Bully that is set to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-567304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}