Kanye West has vowed—and miserably failed—to deliver Donda twice in the last month. After two dramatic listening parties at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, the album still hasn’t been uploaded to digital streaming platforms, disappointing Ye fans worldwide.
But according to Apple Music, Donda is expected to arrive on Sunday (August 22) and apparently, yet another listening event has been scheduled ahead of its impending release.
On Tuesday (August 17), Fake Shore Drive founder Andrew Barber tweeted this one will be held in Kanye’s hometown. “Donda listening party in Chicago,” he wrote alongside a pair of eyeball emojis.
But for now, Kanye West is evidently in Los Angeles where he was spotted shopping at Dover Street Market on Monday (August 16). Wearing his now-signature black face mask and all-black fit, he casually browsed the clothing racks.
The hype around Kanye West’s tenth studio album has noticeably dwindled, likely the result of broken promises. But no matter what Kanye does — including rocking a Make America Great Again hat, meeting with former president Donald Trump and shouting 400 years of slavery “sounds like a choice” on TMZ Live — it seems his fans have an endless supply of forgiveness.
As a matter of fact, the second Donda listening party on August 5 broke the record for the most-watched Apple Music event in history with over 5.4 million viewers. That figure surpasses the previous record set by Kanye’s first Donda livestream event on July 23, which pulled in 3.3. million streams. The event also produced $7 million in revenue from in-person merchandise sales.
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Kanye saw a spike in his streams, as well. Following the first listening party, his music was streamed 16 million times, an 88 percent increase from the week before. Ye’s streaming figures saw another spike following the second Donda listening party, reeling in 13.6 million on-demand spins on August 6, up 31 percent from the previous Friday.
If Donda doesn’t drop this time, there’s no telling what his fans will do. But maybe, just maybe, third time’s a charm.
Gayfish
Comment described in one word: #Lame
We’re not describing your life.
That would be: #Pathetic
Eres un pez gay, amigo.
tu es un poisson gay.
Is this fool charging for these listening parties
Yes, and people are retarded enough to pay for it
listening parties > gofundme
these listening parties are really a gofundme in disguise
Yep a divorce from a Kardashian has you going from a billionaire to asking people for $ to listen to your music
They have a prenup you idiot
This is what every artist does mate
Should’ve named his album: #Th3@$$h0l3!nTh3R3dJ@ck3t
FKN corny. Who the fk would pay 4 that garbage. N always dressing like a fkn idiot and a fkn fool. Wearing fkn bear hunting coats. I hope he himself sees this post.
bear hunting coats that cost more than your wardrobe.
Fuck around and don’t drop dat bihh up in ChiRaq! Daz dat shit they won’t like glatatatataaaah!
Some of us like Donald Trump. Kanye meeting with him gained him even more fans. Ever consider that? There’s whole lot of people in the world. It’s not just what you see on Twitter.
Greatest artist of my generation and 2nd greatest artist of all time (2nd only to MJ)!
Haters in the comments mad af lmaooo
Wow, what unnecessary hateful article ? Even got a ‘TMZ quote’ ?
Can’t wait to hear new music from one of the greastest artist ever, no matter how long it takes to create something beautifull! ??
why hateful when it’s true? he vowed and never delivered on several occasions only reminding his stans that he’s a spoilt brat narcissistic individualist that truly dispises the people that pay him
Hate him or not, he’s still making money.
Kanye style? ‘retard casual’