Kanye West has made his new album ‘Bully’ available on streaming services, after debuting it on a YouTube livestream.
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The rapper, now known as Ye, shared the tracklist for his 12th studio record on Wednesday (March 25) and on Friday, and gave fans their first chance to listen to it in full when he premiered it live on YouTube.
For a brief period, it was unclear whether ‘Bully’ would eventually be made available on regular streaming platforms, but at the time of writing on Saturday (March 28), the full 18-track album is streaming in full on Spotify and Apple Music, among other streamers.
Ye has also shared the video for the single ‘Father’, which features a verse from Travis Scott. The clip is directed by Ye’s wife Bianca Censori and it features a church setting populated by aliens and knights, with an unexplained Michael Jackson sitting in the background.
Check the video out below, as well as the Spotify link to the album.
As well as Scott, ‘Bully’ features contributions from CeeLo Green, Don Toliver, Peso Pluma and Andre Troutman, with production coming from James Blake, 88-Keys, The Legendary Traxster and others.
Announcing the tracklist earlier this week, Ye said there was no AI used in its creation, contradicting what he had said last year when he claimed that he had incorporated the technology into his writing process in “the same way I incorporated Auto-Tune”.
‘BULLY’ was first announced by West two years ago, and has seen a number of expected release dates come and go. Last June, he previewed it with the singles ‘Preacher Man’, ‘Beauty And The Beast’, ‘Damn’ and ‘Last Breath’.
Ye has also announced an album launch show in Los Angeles, set for April 3, and confirmed more European dates for this year, marking his first headline dates on the continent in 12 years. He is yet to announce any UK shows for this year.
He last performed a full live show in Los Angeles in 2021, when he took to the stage with Drake in aid of the Free Larry Hoover cause. In 2024, he was criticised for “barely performing” when he appeared with Ty Dolla $ign to open LA’s Rolling Loud Festival.
Father featuring Travis Scott directed by Bianca Censori
— ye (@kanyewest) March 28, 2026
Ye shared numerous highly controversial posts in early 2025, when he took back an apology to the Jewish community for his previous anti-semitic remarks, and declared himself “a Nazi”. He later said on X/Twitter that, “after further reflection”, he’d “come to the realisation that I’m not a Nazi”. But this was followed only a few days later by yet more swastika apparel appearing on his X page.
Last November, West held a meeting with a rabbi and apologised for his anti-Semitic comments.
Then, in January, Ye claimed that his recent apology for his past anti-Semitic comments was not about his forthcoming new album or an attempt to “revive” his career. He also shared details of his bipolar type-1 diagnosis, which he’d dismissed early last year.
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