Kanye West 'Jesus Is King' Album Finally Released and Fans Appropriately Freak Out on Twitter
Twelve hours after its scheduled release, Kanye West's Jesus Is King album has finally arrived. The rapper released his ninth studio album just past noon Eastern time on Friday.
Fans who had been eagerly awaiting the album's release were initially upset when the 11-track album failed to appear on music streaming platforms and iTunes at the stroke of midnight on Friday morning. Hundreds of people, who had waited up all night, took to social media to complain about what seemed like yet another delayed album release.
After the scheduled release time had passed, West promised the album would reach listeners on the scheduled date, just not at the scheduled time. In an early morning message on Twitter on Friday, he vowed his team would not rest before the album dropped.
"To my fans. Thank you for being loyal & patient. We are specifically fixing mixes on 'Everything We Need' 'Follow God' & 'Water.' We not going to sleep until this album is out," he wrote a few minutes after 1 a.m. ET.
To my fans
— ye (@kanyewest) October 25, 2019
Thank you for being loyal & patient
We are specifically fixing mixes on “Everything We Need” “Follow God” & “Water”
We not going to sleep until this album is out!
However, fans' concerns were only eased when the album finally dropped in the afternoon. Just as quickly as they had expressed their disappointment, they announced their delight at finally pressing the play on the long-anticipated album. Not long after Jesus Is King was released, Twitter was flooded with messages from West's legion of followers hyping the project's arrival.
*presses play on #jesusisking*pic.twitter.com/R07y4CIaGl
— Genius (@Genius) October 25, 2019
West's wife Kim Kardashian West shared a preview of the album's tracklist and release date back in August. The gospel album was originally slated to come out September 27. However, when the day came, the work was nowhere to be found. The album didn't come on the second date teased by Kardashian West—September 29—either. Then on Monday, West announced the album would officially arrive on Friday, one day after the premiere of its partner project, an IMAX movie titled Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Film.
#JesusIsKing #kanye
— Joseph Weldon (@joseph_weldon) October 25, 2019
9 hours ago vs now pic.twitter.com/6yIOPM846q
Prior to the record's release, West talked about his transition to gospel music and claimed he would no longer make secular music during an interview with Beats 1 radio host Zane Lowe on Thursday.
"Now that I'm in service to Christ, my job is to spread the gospel, to let people know what Jesus has done for me," he said, later crediting his 2016 psychiatric emergency for his restored faith in Christianity. "I've spread a lot of things. There was a time I was letting you know what high fashion had done for me, I was letting you know what the Hennessey had done for me, but now I'm letting you know what Jesus has done for me, and in that I'm no longer a slave, I'm a son now, a son of God. I'm free. The most space that I had to think is when I went to the hospital."
See a few more fan reactions to the release of Jesus Is King below.
Jesus is King!!!! Fire 🔥🌊
— QuavoYRN (@QuavoStuntin) October 25, 2019
When Kanye said Closed on Sunday you my chick fila you’re my number 1 with the lemonade I felt that 😭😭 #JesusIsKing pic.twitter.com/12DuAz7kSj
— JAY LONG (@jaylongiii) October 25, 2019
After listening to #Kanye #JesusIsKing pic.twitter.com/t4u1ShWuDx
— Franklin 🎃 (@GoodBoyFranklin) October 25, 2019
Idc what you think about Kanye and his views, if you say he’s not a musical genius you cappin. This fucking album is amazing Kanye did it again #JesusIsKing pic.twitter.com/ZkUVhtlSXt
— Henny G 💜💛 (@Jared_scc) October 25, 2019
Us Kanye fans after he finally dropped #JesusIsKing pic.twitter.com/b0kazdphEO
— 🌎 (@xLaFiera) October 25, 2019
Kanye's album got me like#JesusIsKing
— Perculator 🦋 (@AbigailMbula) October 25, 2019
pic.twitter.com/EhAF3vajrF
Me listening kanye after staying up all night for #JesusIsKing pic.twitter.com/UxkNE11buo
— christian🇹🇹 (@portalmari0) October 25, 2019
Me as a fed up Kanye Stan, and then #JesusIsKing FINALLY DROPS pic.twitter.com/m7xtpfUyU7
— Kd ➐ (@kdk3) October 25, 2019
