Inside Kanye West’s Album (and Film) Premiere: On Friday night at Detroit’s Fox Theatre, the rapper debuted ‘Jesus Is King’ at a powerful, chaotic event
. West nodded and rapped along to a “work in progress,” occasionally stopping a song to provide additional context. The energy brought by the crowd made it feel like a live performance — and difficult to decipher lyrics and features.
Also adding to the mystique was the insistence on attendees’ giving up their phones; West partnered with Yondr for the event, a company that locks away smartphones at live shows to prevent leaked recordings. The result was nearly complete darkness in the theater. Fans instinctively reached for their phones before the show began, some managing to take them out of the magnetically locked case, leading to a select amount of clips making their way to Twitter.
“We all try our best, and we all fall short,” West said, before debuting “Hands On,” which features Detroit gospel singer Fred Hammond. Other guests included a solo from saxophonist Kenny G , Ty Dolla $ign, and a placeholder space for Nicki Minaj, who was — at least according to West — recording her verse on Friday night.
Though West has frequently been outspoken to the point of deliberate public inflammation, he largely stays away from his self-made controversies in the lyrics of. Anyone expecting West to further acknowledge his relationship with the embattled President will be disappointed, though that did not seem like something his fans — in the theater or outside of it — were clamoring for.
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