Kanye West has revealed the tracklist for his new album Bully forward of its long-awaited arrival later this week.
In a uncommon publish on X (former Twitter) on Wednesday (March 25), the rap icon shared an image of a handwritten tracklist for his upcoming twelfth studio effort which is about to drop this Friday (March 27) through Gamma.
Ye’s first correct solo mission since 2021’s Donda, Bully clocks in at 18 tracks and consists of quite a lot of beforehand launched songs together with “Preacher Man,” “Magnificence and the Beast” and “Rattling.”
A closing listing of producers and potential visitor options have but to be revealed, but it surely’s rumored that Travis Scott seems on the observe “Father.” Ye has beforehand stated that longtime collaborator Mike Dean is concerned within the mission, too.
BULLY ON THE WAY NO AI pic.twitter.com/LJFUAczgSl
— ye (@kanyewest) March 25, 2026
In his tweet, Kanye West additionally clarified that Bully will function “no AI,” contradicting a earlier assertion that he used synthetic intelligence in writing and recording the album — particularly to recreate his personal voice.
Throughout a 2025 interview with Justin Laboy which confirmed him experimenting with an AI program, he stated: “It’s time for me to elucidate to folks the ability of AI in music.
“You possibly can take any music and separate it — simply get the vocals, the bassline, the drums. So once I ship a music for a pattern to my engineers, I simply say, ‘JS, AI.’ Me and my engineer, John Scott, we’re talking in, like, digital THX [language].”
Regardless of flirting with cutting-edge (and controversial) expertise, West additionally revealed that he “chopp[ed] up all of the samples by hand” and described Bully as a extra “optimistic” document.
“That is extra the way in which I bear in mind Lauryn Hill’s album. I really feel like [Bully] is my Miseducation, my Gnarls Barkley album,” he stated. “I do know the title Bully has a connotation that lots of people are anti-bully, however we are able to deliver it… I’m simply hyper-next-level frequency proper now”
Bully marks Ye’s first album since he apologized for his antisemitic habits, a years-long sample of controversy that terminated quite a lot of profitable enterprise partnerships, together with with adidas and Hole; eradicated his standing as a billionaire; and has threatened to tarnish his legacy.
In a full-length letter revealed in The Wall Avenue Journal earlier this month, the Chicago native expressed “deep remorse” over his actions and blamed them on undiagnosed mind accidents from his notorious 2002 automobile accident.
“In that fractured state, I gravitated towards essentially the most damaging image I may discover, the swastika, and even offered T-shirts bearing it,” he wrote. “I remorse and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am dedicated to accountability, remedy, and significant change.
“It doesn’t excuse what I did although. I’m not a Nazi or an antisemite. I really like Jewish folks.”
Bully might be supported by a run of tour dates which can see Kanye carry out at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium on April 1 and three, in addition to in India, Turkey, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain between June and August.
