The mythos surrounding Kanye West continues to expand; having only just released his last album last month (The Life of Pablo, February 14th) he is already working on his next release, apparently set to come out this upcoming summer, you certainly cannot fault his worth ethic!
The new album is set to be titled ‘Turbo Grafx 16′ however following the amount of names Kanye announced that the ‘Life of Pablo’ was going to be titled, I wouldn’t bet on ‘Turbo Grafx 16′ being the finalised name.
So far Kanye has kept relatively quiet on what is set to be on the album, however in a tweet yesterday Kanye seemingly hints at a collaboration with singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens:
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— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
The song displayed in the tweet is ‘Death With Dignity’ a track from Stevens’ latest album ‘Carrie & Lowell’ which was released last year.
It will certainly be interesting to see whether Kanye is simply drawing inspiration from the indie folk singer-songwriter or whether this hints at more than inspiration, potentially a collaboration between the two. Kanye has time and time again collaborated with all sorts of musicians, and a collaboration with Sufjan Stevens would not be overly surprising; following Kanye’s work with the likes of Justin Vernon and James Blake, Stevens is very much similar and has even performed with Vernon at Eaux Claires before.
Here is a direct link to ‘Death With Dignity’ below, perhaps you can try and see what Kanye will be taking from the song!