Kim Kardashian Is Referenced A Lot On The New Kanye West "Donda" Album, And Here Are The Clearest Examples
Kanye West's tenth album, Donda, is finally out.
Given the reports of lyrics that mention Kanye's now-ex Kim Kardashian, which came out of the listening events, I immediately knew I had to trawl through the album looking for references. Here's what I found:
"Better that I change my number so you can't explain" — "Jail"
Back in March, Page Six reported that Kanye changed his phone number so that Kim couldn't reach him directly.
"I pray that my family they never resent me" — "Off the Grid"
Fingers crossed.
"Architectural Digest, but I needed home improvement / Sixty-million-dollar home, never went home to it" — "Hurricane"
Early last year, Kim and Kanye's nightmare home was featured in Architectural Digest. Plus, the reference to never going home to it is likely alluding to Kanye's decision to largely base himself out of Wyoming from 2018.
"Fiendin' for some true love, ask Kim, 'What did you love?'" — "Hurricane"
We love a direct name shoutout.
"Here I go, actin' too rich, here I go, with a new chick" — "Hurricane"
"'Cause you know you'd never live up to my ex, though" — "New Again"
This is within the context of Kanye hitting up a new gal throughout the song.
"Bought a gift to Northie, all she want was Nikes" — "Come to Life"
A reference to their first child, North West.
"When you said give me a ring, you really meant a ring, huh? / Turned out to be more than just a fling, huh? / Three hours to get back from Palm Springs, huh? / Who you know spend an hour in Walgreens, huh? / You know you'll always be my favorite prom queen" — "Lord I Need You"
Hey, maybe Kim just really likes Walgreens?
"You had a Benz at 16, I could barely afford an Audi" — "Lord I Need You"
Kim was actually gifted a white BMW by her dad for her 16th birthday, but still — the girl was rich.
"They rented a room, we bought the resort" — "Lord I Need You"
Potentially a reference to Kimye renting out the entirety of a 500-acre resort in the San Juan Mountains a year ago.
"But you came here to show that you still in love with me" — "Lord I Need You"
One that got a lot of headlines at the listening events.
Finally, "We used to do the freak like seven days a week" — "Lord I Need You"
I mean, don't really know what else to add here.
What do you think of Donda? LMK in the comments!
H/t: Genius.
