Kanye West is currently hosting a listening party for his new album. The project, which is still untitled, is set to release tonight.
The rapper flew out a select group of journalists and influencers to the party, taking place in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
West took to Twitter to share a link to an app that fans can watch the event from. Check it out below.
Download the @WAV_Media app https://t.co/HxSvFHiSrY to watch the livestream of my album listening tonight in Jackson Hole, Wyoming 7PM MDT
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) June 1, 2018
Those who logged in through the WAV app were greeted with live footage of a monolithic set of speakers stood in a field, a campfire crackling away in front of it. Earthy stuff. If Kubrick shot footage for a Kanye album listening party, it might look like this.
The camera panned to reveal some grazing livestock, and a picturesque mountain range. Not exactly riveting stuff, unless that’s your thing. Another stack later appeared. Momentum was gathering, at a snail’s pace. A couple logs on the fire.
Kanye arrived at 11pm ET, an hour after its scheduled start.
— Def Jam Recordings (@DefJamRecords) June 1, 2018
KANYE IS HERE. pic.twitter.com/yCJKxzIDeY
— TeamKanyeDaily (@TeamKanyeDaily) June 1, 2018
IT’S CRAZY OUT HERE. pic.twitter.com/vGaPOHfn8s
— TeamKanyeDaily (@TeamKanyeDaily) June 1, 2018
Just before midnight, drones spun overhead as guests were instructed to gather round the fire and get ready for action.
Chris Rock took the mic and worked the audience with notes on the history of hip-hop and the local wildlife (“I saw a moose. I went up and touched the moose. And the moose said to me, ‘there’s a lot of n—– here’). There were shout-outs to Nas, Ty Dolla $ign, Pusha T and Big Sean. And promised, the YE album premiered from midnight.