Kanye West's Jesus Is King Still Isn't Out — But Soon, A Documentary May Be

It's been a long weekend for Kanye West fans who prepped for the release of his ninth studio album, Jesus Is King. It didn't come out.


Immediately after missing its two scheduled release dates, there's no clue any time we'll visualize the religious LP. The rapper organized a number of listening events over the weekend to hold the crowd over, so the album really does exist, yet Jesus Is King isn't out. Nevertheless, reports of a forthcoming documentary on the making of the album seem to propose the story still isn't over.


The saga started late last month any time Kanye's partner, Kim Kardashian West, started teasing the imminent September 27 release date for the album, followed by a confirmation on Kanye's website. Once September 27 came, aside from a Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience show in Detroit and some new Jesus Is King merch, there was no album.


Kim then revealed to fans that soon after "a final few tweaks," Kanye could be dropping the album on Sunday. Last night, he hosted a Sunday Service event in New York and was expected to drop the LP, although the release never materialized. The forthcoming documentary, apparently also titled Jesus Is King, is reportedly set to hit IMAX theaters on Friday, October 25.


In 2018, soon after dropping his Ye album and the Kid Cudi teamwork Kids Visualize Ghosts, Kanye teased the release of another new album, Yandhi, that never came out. The hype for that ultimately turned into the sudden excitement for Jesus Is King. There have been Sunday Service events while in the year that seemingly building up toward the release of the album, so it possibly would be out sooner than later. At the very least, we'll have the IMAX doc next month. Maybe.