Kanye West Reveals ‘Bully’ Tracklist, Clears Up AI Claim

Kanye West has revealed the tracklist for his new album Bully ahead of its long-awaited arrival later this week.

In a rare post on X (former Twitter) on Wednesday (March 25), the rap icon shared a picture of a handwritten tracklist for his upcoming 12th studio effort which is set to drop this Friday (March 27) via Gamma.

Ye’s first proper solo project since 2021’s Donda, Bully clocks in at 18 tracks and includes a number of previously released songs including “Preacher Man,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Damn.”

A final list of producers and potential guest features have yet to be revealed, but it’s rumored that Travis Scott appears on the track “Father.” Ye has previously said that longtime collaborator Mike Dean is involved in the project, too.

BULLY ON THE WAY NO AI pic.twitter.com/LJFUAczgSl

— ye (@kanyewest) March 25, 2026

In his tweet, Kanye West also clarified that Bully will feature “no AI,” contradicting a previous statement that he used artificial intelligence in writing and recording the album — specifically to recreate his own voice.

During a 2025 interview with Justin Laboy which showed him experimenting with an AI program, he said: “It’s time for me to explain to people the power of AI in music.

“You can take any song and separate it — just get the vocals, the bassline, the drums. So when I send a song for a sample to my engineers, I just say, ‘JS, AI.’ Me and my engineer, John Scott, we’re speaking in, like, digital THX [language].”

Despite flirting with cutting-edge (and controversial) technology, West also revealed that he “chopp[ed] up all the samples by hand” and described Bully as a more “positive” record.

“This is more the way I remember Lauryn Hill’s album. I feel like [Bully] is my Miseducation, my Gnarls Barkley album,” he said. “I know the title Bully has a connotation that a lot of people are anti-bully, but we can bring it… I’m just hyper-next-level frequency right now”

Bully marks Ye’s first album since he apologized for his antisemitic behavior, a years-long pattern of controversy that terminated a number of lucrative business partnerships, including with adidas and Gap; eradicated his status as a billionaire; and has threatened to tarnish his legacy.

In a full-length letter published in The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, the Chicago native expressed “deep regret” over his actions and blamed them on undiagnosed brain injuries from his infamous 2002 car accident.

“In that fractured state, I gravitated toward the most destructive symbol I could find, the swastika, and even sold T-shirts bearing it,” he wrote. “I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am committed to accountability, treatment, and meaningful change.

“It does not excuse what I did though. I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people.”

Bully will be supported by a run of tour dates which will see Kanye perform at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium on April 1 and 3, as well as in India, Turkey, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain between June and August.