Kanye West has unveiled the cover art for his new album Bully, which features a photo of someone who appears to be his son Saint.
Yeezy took to Instagram on Wednesday (October 23) to share the photo, which is a black and white photo of the subject rocking something similar to Ye’s signature grills, which involved him remodeling his teeth with titanium, and apparently cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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West captioned the photo: “BULLY cover by Daidō Moriyama.”
Daidō Moriyama is a celebrated Japanese photographer, known for his black and white street photos. He is 86 years old.
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Check out the post below.
Earlier this month, West shared what appeared to be a taste of the upcoming album, and also gave a teaser about the highly anticipated project’s progress.
The controversial superstar posted to Instagram, and shared audio of a new song called “Beauty and the Beast.”
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He billed the song as “live from Haikou,” meaning his Vultures Listening Experience performance last month at Wuyuan River Stadium in Haikou, Hainan Province of China. He noted that the track was “updated in Tokyo.”
In his post, West said that Bully, which he announced at the aforementioned China performance, is “on the way.”
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Ye is is reportedly going to be the sole producer on the project, marking the first time he’s handled all (if not the vast majority) of the beats on a project since his 2004 debut The College Dropout.
According to journalist and podcaster Touré, Ye is now living in Japan and hard at work on his first solo album since 2020’s Donda.
Touré said in a video posted on Instagram: “Kanye is now living in Tokyo and living in a hotel hard at work on his next album Bully. He’s recording the album in the hotel room. Like, all the machines are set up in the hotel room.”
He then shared more details about the project, saying: “It’s a concept album and he plans to be the only producer on it. Traditionally, Kanye is the product of a team, there are producers helping him, there are writers helping him, he comes with the big ideas but there’s others in.
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“Not this time. This time, Kanye is gonna make this pretty much by himself. A fresh chapter in his life because in Tokyo he can be who he wants to be.”
