Jump to content

Cuck (album)

Page semi-protected
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cuck
Studio album by
Kanye West and Dave Blunts
ReleasedTBA
RecordedFebruary – April 2025
GenreHip-hop
LabelYZY
Producer
Kanye West chronology
Bully
(2025) 		Cuck
(2025)
Dave Blunts chronology
You Can't Say That
(2025) 		Cuck
(2025)
Singles from Cuck
  1. "WW3"
    Released: March 26, 2025
  2. "Cousins"
    Released: April 23, 2025

Cuck (initially WW3) is the alleged collaborative studio album by the American rappers Kanye West and Dave Blunts. The media personality DJ Akademiks announced the album under the title WW3 during a live stream on April 2, 2025, a week after the release of the title track as a single on the 26th of March. Amid the surprise release of his preceding visual album Bully the month prior, West caused controversy by promoting hate speech, including making antisemitic statements, supporting Nazism, posting offensive remarks, and coming out about enacting incest with his cousin on his X account (the latter of which coinciding with the release of the second single from the album, called "Cousins", and its music video).

Background

See also: Views of Kanye West § 2025

In February 2025, West posted several offensive and instigative comments to his X account, including calling for the freeing of mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs amid his sex trafficking and racketeering charges. Several of West's comments were deemed antisemitic, homophobic, ableist, and misogynistic.[1] That month, West met Dave Blunts and they began working on an album together.[2]

On March 6, West stated that his upcoming music would include "antisemitic sounds".[3][4][5] On March 15, he once again identified himself as a Nazi.[6] On March 16, he posted images of a Nazi swastika and the sig runes of the Schutzstaffel, claiming them as his "new album cover" and "new Sunday Service logo", respectively.[7] On March 17, he posted a now-deleted video of himself with Nick Fuentes on Twitter while wearing a chain with a swastika pendant. In the video, West called Fuentes "my white supremacist homeboy".[8]

After portions of it were published by Blunts and Adin Ross, West released the single "WW3" on March 26.[9] On March 30, DJ Akademiks held an interview in which West wore a black Ku Klux Klan-inspired outfit and made further controversial remarks including stating that he regrets having children with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, and that he considers Drake "a million times better" than Kendrick Lamar, as well as negative remarks about various celebrities including Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Playboi Carti, Lamar, and the late Virgil Abloh.[10][11] The following day, West released the music video to "WW3" on Twitter. The video contains a repurposed scene from the American television miniseries Roots alongside graphic sexual imagery featuring interracial sex and footage of a KKK gathering.[12]

On April 2, DJ Akademiks announced that WW3 would be released the next day (which did not happen), and shared the track listing.[13] Akademiks also previewed the track "Bianca"; the lyrics of the track concern West's separation from his wife Bianca Censori, pleading with her to "come back".[14] On April 3, West revealed the album cover, which depicts two individuals wearing red and white KKK-inspired outfits posing in front of a stack of hay bales.[15] On April 21, West announced that he was changing the title to Cuck, which he said represented "my whole style".[16] He released the second single, "Cousins", that day; its lyrics discuss West's experience having an incestuous relationship with a male cousin as a child.[17]

Blunts, who wrote the entirety of Cuck, denied the album was antisemitic, describing it as "one man going between hurt, betrayal and pain and he's putting that shit down... I know my label is going to be mad as hell because I told you I wrote that shit, but, whatever."[17]

Track listing

All songs were written by Dave Blunts.[17]

Cuck track listing[13]
No.TitleLength
1."WW3"1:43
2."Cosby" 
3."Free Diddy" 
4."Cousins"2:37
5."Bianca" 
6."Virgil Let Me Down" 
7."Heil Hitler" 
8."Hitler Ye and Jesus" 
9."Jared" 
10."Money and Fame" 
11."Nitrous" 

References

  1. ^ Strauss, Matthew (February 7, 2025). "Kanye West, Amid Return to Public Eye, Praises Hitler, Diddy, and Chris Brown in Hate-Filled X Rant". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  2. ^ Horvath, Zachary (April 15, 2025). "Kanye West Claims He & Dave Blunts Are 'Almost Finished' With 'WW3' Album". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
  3. ^ Saponara, Michael (2025-03-06). "After Years of Antisemitic Rhetoric, Ye Now Declares 'My New Sound Called Antisemitic'". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  4. ^ Winslow, Mike (2025-03-07). "Ye Says His New Album Has "Antisemitic Sound"". AllHipHop. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  5. ^ Nevares, Gabriel Bras (2025-03-06). "Kanye West Declares New Album "Bully" Has That "Antisemitic Sound"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  6. ^ Moore, Sam (March 15, 2025). "Kanye West Defends Being A Nazi With 'Bisexual' Comparison". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  7. ^ Nevares, Gabriel Bras (2025-03-16). "Kanye West Unveils Nazi-Inspired Logos For New Album "Bully" Cover Art & Sunday Service". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
  8. ^ Bedigan, Mike (March 18, 2025). "Kanye outrageously preens poses in a swastika chain with white supremacist Nick Fuentes". The Independent. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
  9. ^ Gee, Maddie (March 31, 2025). Ye Drops "WW3" Song as Lawsuit News Breaks (Report). Rap TV. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  10. ^ Bennett, Jessica (April 3, 2025). Ye Leans Into Controversy With Potential Tracklist For New Album 'WW3' (Report). Vibe Magazine. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  11. ^ Saponera, Michael (March 31, 2025). 8 Things We Learned From Ye's Interview With DJ Akademiks (Report). Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  12. ^ Cowen, Trace (April 1, 2025). Ye's "WW3" Video Features Repurposed 'Roots' Scene, Depicts Woman Being Whipped (Report). Complex. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  13. ^ a b Blake, Cole (April 3, 2025). Kanye West Is Supposedly Dropping A New "WW3" Album Today (Report). HotNewHipHop. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  14. ^ Dolak, Kevin (April 3, 2025). Kanye West Raps About Split With Wife Bianca Censori on His New Album, 'WW3' (Report). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  15. ^ Fisher, Caroline (April 3, 2025). Kanye West Unveils KKK-Inspired Cover For Upcoming Album "WW3" (Report). HotNewHipHop. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  16. ^ Blake, Cole (April 21, 2025). "Kanye West Bizarrely Changes His Album Title To 'Cuck'". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  17. ^ a b c Blake, Cole (April 22, 2025). "Kanye West Reveals Dave Blunts Wrote The Entirety Of His New Album, "Cuck"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cuck_(album)&oldid=1287133498"