What was once known as So Help Me God became SWISH, then out of nowhere tonight, Kanye West updated fans on his upcoming February 11 release, with a new title:
New album title, WAVES
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
Little else was mentioned, but of course Twitter reacted. Most notably, Wiz Khalifa let off a slew of tweets letting us know he didn’t support the title.
Please don’t take the wave.
— KOE (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
Max B is the wavy one. He created the wave. There is no wave without him.
— KOE (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
He’s the reason I sing on all my songs. That’s the wave. If theres nothing wit that sound ITS NOT WAVY.
— KOE (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
Many saw this as an odd swipe at Max B, who originated the phrase in hip hop, but plenty of Kanye fans approve of his new title.
1. SWISH was a lame album title. WAVES is better, but So Help Me God was the best title.
— The Bad Guy (@AKidNamedClewis) January 27, 2016
lets be real. swish was an awful album name. Waves isnt much better.. but its better than Swish. Should still be “So Help Me God”
— INTERNET MONEY (@TheTazTaylor) January 27, 2016
thank god kanye changed that title. waves sounds a lot better than swish 🌊🌊
— THE HUNT (@iamthehunt) January 27, 2016
Adding “Swish” back to the list of potential titles for my next album. #onemanstrash
— John Mayer (@JohnMayer) January 27, 2016
And it doesn’t end there. Kanye has even updated the tracklist for Waves, and it looks like it may have a feature from A$AP Rocky. In addition, you’ll notice that the album now features 11 tracks instead of the 10 originally listed. The album is also divided into three Acts now. So is it gonna be a long two weeks? Count on it. Waves still arrives February 11.
#waves pic.twitter.com/fyER7NH8DC
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
