Kanye West changes title of SWISH to Waves, shares updated tracklist
Kanye West is still tinkering with his upcoming record it seems, and has ditched the long-standing working title of SWISH.
Now going by the name Waves, Kanye's seventh studio release has also been given an updated tracklist with an extra track called "Ultra Light Beams" - plus hints that A$AP Rocky, Swizz Beatz, and The-Dream are set to appear as 11th hour special guests.
Kanye has also doubled down on his claims that this is the "best album of all time".
This is not album of the year. This is album of the life.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 26, 2016
Included on the LP are "Real Friends" and "No More Parties In LA", Kanye's collab with Madlib and Kendrick Lamar. Recent cut "Facts" - along with the gigantic "All Day" and tender "Only One" - don't appear to be on the album.
"Fade" - which features Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign - was teased last year during a DJ set. "Wolves", Kanye's Sia and Vic Mensa team up, was debuted at his Yeezy Season 1 launch show.
Hudson Mohawke has claimed responsibility for this latest name change:
I'm partially responsible here, sorry heh. #waves
— Hudson Mohawke (@HudMo) January 27, 2016
Kanye's new album Waves (FKA SWISH, FKA So Help Me God) is set to be released on 11 February. It will follow 2013's Yeezus.
Yesterday (26 January) it was revealed that Kanye's new album and Yeezy Season 3, his latest fashion line, would be broadcast live from Madison Square Garden at cinemas worldwide.
#waves pic.twitter.com/fyER7NH8DC
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
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