West, now known as Ye, released the album in fits and starts through a new collaborative film with director Hype Williams. He wrote on X that the album (posted as the soundtrack to the film) was “not finished and half the vocals AI” but later posted links to different versions of “Bully.”

Kanye West surprise released his new album Bully on social media late Tuesday night, dropping the project via a 45-minute short film amid his spree of hateful posts on his X account.

West first announced Bully in September 2024 during a performance at Wuyuan River Stadium in Haikou, China, where he premiered the song Beauty and the Beast. That track appears on the test version of the album, which he released amid a series of inflammatory tweets targeting Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and their children.