Kanye West Is Releasing New Album Jesus Is King on Sunday, Kim Says - Pitchfork, Pitchfork.com

Kanye West‘s new studio albumJesus Is Kingwas originally slated for release today (September 27), however the album has yet to materialize. After hosting a Sunday Service performance in Detroit, as well asa listening event at the city’s Fox Theater, Kanye’s wife Kim Kardashian West has announced that the new album will arrive Sunday (September 29). “Kanye is doing a listening session in Chicago tomorrow, then NYC Sunday” Kim wrote in anInstagramstory (viewed by Pitchfork). “He’s dropping the album Sunday. Just a few final tweaks to the mixes. ”

In the same Instagram story, Kim also mentioned that during the event in Detroit (titled “Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience” Kanye showed “a small clip” of the making of his IMAX filmJesus Is Lord. ”I can’t wait for you guys to see this @imax film in October,” she added.

Jesus Is Kingwas initially teased back in August, when Kanye’s wife Kim Kardashian Westhinted at its releaseby tweeting a photo of a handwritten tracklist and the date September 27. Tonight, Kimtweeted a new handwritten tracklist, featuring a track called “New Body,” which Kanye has reportedly been working for some time.

Roughly a year before teasingJesus Is King, Kanye announced that his next album would be titledYandhi. The project was originally slated for a release date ofSeptember 29, 2018. The album did not arrive on that date, and was subsequentlydelayed, and thenpostponed indefinitely. Ye’s last words onYandhiwere: “I’ll announce the release date once it’s done.”

In addition to droppingyein 2018, Kanye also executive produced albums forPUSHA-T,Nas, andTeyana Taylor, and releasedKids See Ghosts, his joint LP with Kid Cudi. Read “5 Takeaways from Kanye West and Kid Cudi’s New Album,Kids See Ghosts”over on the Pitch.