Kanye West New Album: 'Only One' Video Game Announced, Features Paul McCartney Music
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On Thursday, Kanye West ended his album release party and fashion show with an announcement of a new video game called "Only One" at Madison Square Garden. He said that he is currently working on a video game about his mother travelling through the gates of heaven.
During the premiere of the "Yeezy Season 3" fashion line and the launching of his seventh album entitled "The Life of Pablo," Kanye West unveiled a surprise at the end, showing a trailer of a video game his working on. According to The Verge, the game shares its name with a song West released two years ago which speaks from the point of view of his late mother after the birth of his daughter.
The video game dedicated to his beloved mother Donda West may be the most unexpected among the rapper's many creative projects. West showed a short dreamy video from the game that showed his mother flying through clouds and travelling on the back of what appeared to be a white Pegasus.
Rolling Stones added that West had a difficult time trying to convince the concept to game developers in San Francisco. "That's not easy to do, man," he said after he feeling that fans hadn't reacted appropriately, report Rolling Stone. "Y'all be acting like that sh*t is regular.
West was even seen wearing a shirt after the event, paying tribute to his late mother and Kim Kardashian's father, Robert Kardashian, according to Daily Mail. The entire Kardashian-Jenner clan showed up to show support for the rapper. Lamar Odom was even present, which is his first major public appearance since his overdose last October.
This announcement shortly followed Kim's own video game and own set of Kimojis that earned her millions.
Meanwhile, the previous report on Latinos Health speculates on how the latest album of West would be like. So, we all know now what T.L.O.P really means when he initially hinted on the final name of his album. He even offered free tickets to his show to anyone who can guess correctly.
"Only One", the name of the video game, was a song West collaborated with Paul McCartney. An interview with Paul said that he did approach the collaboration with nervousness, at first, reports Noisey.
However, he admitted that West has an amazing talent and he has a lot of respect for him. Another song that featured Rihanna called "FourFiveSeconds" is also a collaborative effort from the two.
"All Day" is nominated for Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards that will take place next Monday in Los Angeles.
Check out the trailer for West's video game: