After a few days of rumors and some revived social media activities, Kanye West released a new song and video called “Wash Us in the Blood,” which features Travis Scott and was mixed by Dr. Dre. The song, from the recently announced West’s 10th studio album “God’s Country,” is the artist’s first new music from the label team of his own album “Jesus Is King” last fall and the Choir’s “Jesus Is Born” of Sunday Service directed by West. . “
As is obvious from the title, the song continues West’s recent gospel-themed music, but is more difficult than her latest albums, recalling the forceful rhythms of “Yeezy.” It also features a gospel choir (possibly sampled) and, towards the end, a couple of self-referential letters ”
“They don’t want me to be Kanye
They don’t want Kanye to be Kanye
They want to sign a fake Kanye, they try to sign a calm ‘Ye
That’s right, I call it Calm-Ye, but don’t take me the wrong way
But don’t take me the wrong way, because God took me a long way. “
The rest of the lyrics of the song alternate between rain, blood and washing metaphors and street themes (“Drop this for the thugs /
I know I grew up in the mud “).
The video is a compelling mosaic of images from recent protests as well as church services and even a fragment of video footage from the moments leading up to the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, one of the murders that have led to the mass protests. in the United States in the past few weeks. The densely edited clip, directed by Arthur Jafa, also includes computer-generated images of West.
