Kanye West Admits He Did not Write Any Lyrics On New Album
Kanye West has confirmed he didn’t pen a single lyric on his upcoming album, as a substitute crediting each phrase to Dave Blunts.
Blunts publicly claimed full authorship in a video, saying, “Each track on that album… I wrote that s###, me.”
The rapper and singer, whose uncooked and emotionally charged writing has drawn consideration, described the undertaking as “one man going between harm, betrayal and ache and he’s placing that s### down.” He additionally claimed the album carries no antisemitic intent.
West backed Blunts’ declare on X, previously Twitter, writing, “That is true. We’d speak for hours. Then he’d write three songs in a day.”
Kanye West Modifications Album Title
West renamed the album, initially titled WW3, to Cuck earlier this month. West beforehand described the style mashup as “CUCK. Assume Punk Prog Rock Rap Digital Berlin College Synth” and mentioned the brand new title displays “my entire fashion.”
Some of the controversial tracks on the document is “Cousins,” which particulars West’s alleged childhood sexual experiences with a male cousin. The lyrics, written by Blunts, embody graphic strains comparable to:
“Hanging with my cousin studying soiled magazines / We seen some n##### kiss and we ain’t know what that s### imply.”
“Then we begin reenacting all the pieces that we had seen / That’s once I gave my cousin head,” a line repeated all through the observe.
West expanded on the track’s which means in a sequence of posts on X, writing, “This track is known as COUSINS about my cousin that’s locked in jail for all times for killing a pregnant girl a couple of years after I informed him we wouldn’t ‘have a look at soiled magazines collectively’ anymore.”
He added, “My identify is Ye and I sucked my cousins dick until I used to be 14.”
The cousin referenced is presently serving a life sentence for homicide
Blunts acknowledged that his label won’t be thrilled along with his transparency, saying, “I do know my label goes to be mad as hell as a result of I informed you I wrote that s###, however no matter.”
As for when Cuck will likely be launched, Blunts mentioned, “It’s coming quickly. I do know it’s coming quickly. And I do know that it’ll drop, however I don’t know when it’s.”
The collaboration started after mutual acquaintances launched Blunts’ music to West, who was impressed sufficient to ask him to the studio. Their first session concerned West crafting beats whereas Blunts noticed, later describing the second as emotionally overwhelming.
Cuck stays with out a confirmed launch date as of April 2025.
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