Kanye West’s new album ‘Jesus is King’ will drop on October 25th, as the rapper and fashion designer turned born again Christian, revealed to fans on his social media page on Monday.
“JESUS IS KING OCT 25th,” the rapper tweeted, along with an image of a blue vinyl record stamped with his name and the album title.
This news comes after he missed its earlier promised debut date of September 27, as he explained to fans at the Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience event at George Washington University on October 12 that the album would come out October 25, according to Forbes.
Entertainment Weekly reported that West told the audience that the album was delayed because he was “making it better for y’all.”
West’s IMAX film, also titled Jesus Is King, is scheduled for release the same day. The film promises to bring his famous Sunday Service to theatregoers.
The report also added that in September, the rapper’s wife Kim Kardashian West tweeted that the album would be out on September 27 and feature 12 songs with Christian-themed titles.
When the album never arrived, fans had flashbacks to last year, when West promised to release the album (titled Yandhi at the time) coinciding with his Saturday Night Live appearance in September 2018. That date got pushed to Black Friday, but again wasn’t released. In the interim, West released a solo album titled Ye and a Kid Cudi collaboration, Kids See Ghosts.
He is also confirming the new date a few days after his attempt to trademark the name ‘Sunday service’ was thrown out by the US trademark agency, as somebody else already has a right and title to the name. But he intends to push forward to trademark the name, as he is already using the name and will do anything to trademark it.