Kanye West has apparently announced a tentative new release date for his elusive upcoming album Jesus Is King.
‘Ye held a listening party for the album at George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium in Washington D.C. today (Oct. 12). Various attendees are saying on Twitter that he gave Jesus Is King a tentative release date of Oct. 25. While no video of that moment from the event has surfaced as of yet, you can see the various tweets that are claiming it below.
Jesus Is King by Kanye West
Album and IMAX Movie both dropping October 25th
via Kanye at Washington DC listening party
— V-ROB🎃 (@vrob330) October 12, 2019
‘Jesus Is King’ sounds amazing! Kanye said the album is TENTATIVELY dropping on October 25.
As of yesterday, he was still working on new music, which sounds amazing. The IMAX film was very moving. He also read us scriptures.
Mark 1:15 is his favorite scripture. pic.twitter.com/0zxLtdilO1
— Kanye invented Gospel albums. (@yoyotrav) October 12, 2019
I can confirm all of this is true. I was there. It was beautiful! https://t.co/6FEncVdvdv
— Groovy T (@the_eastt) October 12, 2019
Wow. What an experience. What an album by @kanyewest. Jesus Is King is incredible, and I’m so excited to be able to listen to it more on October 25th. pic.twitter.com/KfCcPmVtZy
— Noah van Mierlo (@NoahvanMierlo) October 12, 2019
I saw Kanye West. Even better than expected, JESUS IS KING is one of his best albums. OCTOBER 25TH
— gabe lynn (@gabelynn97) October 12, 2019
Additionally, West is currently scheduled to debut his new IMAX film Jesus Is King in theaters from Oct. 25 through Oct. 31. Tickets will be available soon.
Tickets available soon. Playing October 25-31 at Esquire IMAX. #kanyewest #sundayservice #jesusisking pic.twitter.com/ZxNxqYlYIe
— Esquire IMAX Theatre (@EsquireImax) October 13, 2019
Jesus Is King was initially supposed to be released on Sept. 27, but after a full 24-hours of fans waiting for its release and a report claiming Kanye changes the album every time he plays it, a separate report surfaced claiming he didn’t have a release date.