{"id":308354,"date":"2026-01-28T17:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/308354\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:34:07","slug":"kanye-west-sets-bully-release-date-signs-with-gamma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/308354\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Sets ‘Bully’ Release Date, Signs With Gamma"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA new album from Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West<\/a>, is set to arrive on March 20. The rapper has inked a partnership deal with the independent music company Gamma for the release of Bully, his 12th studio album.<\/p>\n

\n\tYe began recording Bully more than three years ago, even going so far as to release an accompanying short film <\/a>edited by Hype Williams and starring his son, Saint West, in March 2025. The timeline for the version of the album arriving in March is unclear, but Rolling Stone has confirmed that\u00a0Bully\u00a0was completed before the publication of Ye\u2019s recent ad in the Wall Street Journal.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tIn the ad, which took the form of a page-long open letter, Ye apologized for his\u00a0many years of antisemitic<\/a> <\/a>and other controversial comments<\/a>, grappled with his bipolar disorder diagnosis, addressed selling swastika merch, and reflected on letting the Black community down. (The letter did not directly address any of the legal claims he\u2019s currently facing, including a sexual harassment, assault, and wrongful termination lawsuit that was brought by his former assistant in 2024. Through a spokesperson, West previously denied the accusations.) \u201cI\u2019m not asking for sympathy, or a free pass, though I aspire to earn your forgiveness,\u201d the letter read. \u201cI write today simply to ask for your patience and understanding as I find my way home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA press release states that Bully will capture Ye in these moments as he wrestles with \u201cremorse, memory, ego, faith, and consequence.\u201d The release also claims that while the album is meant to be a documentation of his internal experience during this time, it does not double or function as an apology or redemptive effort. With Bully, Ye is said to be \u201cusing music as storytelling rather than defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tHis previous solo full-length release, Donda 2, <\/a>was released in 2022 via the audio remix device Stem Player, then in an edited form in 2025 via Ye\u2019s brand YZY. Yeezy also paid for the WSJ ad space.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a review of the initially released version of Bully, Rolling Stone<\/a> noted that, according to Ye, half of the vocals on the album were A.I., but added that there were clear moments that showed glimmers of his past. \u201cOn \u2018Bully,\u2019 Ye sounds like he did on 808\u2019s and Heartbreak, where he used Auto-Tune to build a whining crescendo \u2014 a dramatic effect for a man at his limit emotionally,\u201d the review read, adding, \u201cBully had some juice \u2014 more life than any of his post-The Life of Pablo work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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