Overview
- Ye’s 12th album reached Spotify and Apple Music on Saturday after a YouTube livestream that paired the music with a black‑and‑white short film starring his son Saint.
- The streaming edition runs 18 tracks and reshuffles features, adding Don Toliver on Circles and Peso Pluma on Last Breath while removing Nine Vicious and two songs from earlier versions.
- Producer James Blake asked to be taken off the credits for the closer This One Here, saying the released track no longer reflects the work he did with Ye.
- Ye also released the Father video featuring Travis Scott on Saturday, directed by his wife Bianca Censori.
- The album arrived via Ye’s YZY imprint with independent distributor Gamma following his Wall Street Journal apology and a public claim of no AI, as early listener reaction split between praise and criticism alongside strong initial streaming activity.