

Spray painted hues of green and soft orange are splattered in the background, heavily contrasted by the sun/moon’s purple and black shadow.ĭONDA ALBM CVR /Wb9Ql1mSri The cover features an infrared scheme of orange and red that take the shape of the people and sun/moon in the sky, highlighted by green mountains and purple and white clouds. Two days after missing its original release date of July 24, the artist shared an image of what was supposed to be DONDA’s album art. Clocking in at 39 minutes and comprised of 12 tracks, the list no longer includes “Wash Us in the Blood” and its titles seemingly have a gospel tone.ĭONDA coming this Friday /HGibF3PHYf Kanye’s deleted album announcement: DONDA /gn538VM7vgĪ few days after the initial tracklist, Ye released a completely different DONDA tracklist while retaining the July 24 release date. He also revealed a release date of July 24 with the hashtag #2020VISION. It also arrived with a visual showing behind-the-scenes footage of the two having a good time together and honoring her memory before the preview abruptly cuts.Ībout a week after previewing the “DONDA” track, he shared a hand-written list of 20 songs, including the Travis Scott-featured single “Wash Us in the Blood,” and confirmed that his upcoming album will be called DONDA rather than the previously-announced God’s Country. In the now-deleted tweet, the song hears his late mother reciting lines from the first and second verses of the KRS-One hit, “Sound of da Police,” over a choir-based sonic backdrop. The beginning of the DONDA album essentially began with a track of the same name, which West previewed on Twitter on July 12, 2020. “Wash Us in the Blood” initially served as the debut single from the upcoming record, with the track featuring an appearance from Travis Scott and additional mixing from Dr. J– Kanye Releases “Wash Us in the Blood” With Travis Scott He added that the accompanying song is from Kanye’s forthcoming album. I may just be spilling the beans.”Ĭinematographer Arthur Jafa tells Michèle Lamy that he’s been working with Kanye on a new video possibly dropping next week. “I don’t know if I’m ’posed to not be announcing it or whatever.

“It’s called God’s Country and this will be, like, the first single, I guess, off of it,” he shared. Renowned artist Arthur Jafa shared in a conversation with Michèle Lamy that West was working on a new record. – Kanye Reportedly Releasing God’s Country Album

It remains to be seen whether the record will actually release after the Chicago listening party, but while you hold your breath, take a look back at the long journey of DONDA in HYPEBEAST’s detailed timeline.

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New release dates were scheduled a full year after it was first announced to drop, listening events were held and tracks were teased in advertisements, but when the album failed to materialize on those dates, some began to wonder if DONDA, much like YANDHI, will just be another Kanye West pipe dream.
