Kanye West Makes a Record for the A.I. Era

More than a year ago, in February, 2025, Kanye West, who is now known as Ye, gave an interview in which he said that the title of his next album was inspired by one of his children. “My son was playing with some kid, and then he kicked him,” Ye told the interviewer, Justin Laboy. “I asked my son, like, ‘Why you do that?’ He said, ‘ ’Cause he weak.’ And I was, like, ‘This man is really a bully.’ ” Ye said that the new record would be called “Bully,” and told fans to expect it in June.