Kanye Changed His Album Name and Father John Misty Went Crazy

January 27, 2016

Kanye and Dave Grohl share the crown in the media manipulation game. While the latter uses the media as his own personal reality show TV camera documenting various onstage antics and epics, the former is constantly working the music press to his own designs. Most recent evidence of this can be found in the third name change for Kanye’s forthcoming album, formerly So Help Me God, formerly Swish, and now Waves.

And it’s certainly making some waves.

New album title, WAVES

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016

#Waves the album formally known as Swish

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016

All respect to Andre Harrel and Max B #Waves

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016

We may have an extra track as well as a name change:

#waves pic.twitter.com/fyER7NH8DC

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016

But Father John Misty is having a seriously hard time with the news, however.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKanye West Changes Album Title Once Again https://t.co/B0rlDL2cMu via @pitchfork

— FATHER JOHN MISTY (@fatherjohnmisty) January 27, 2016

NO SWISH WHY GOD NO

— FATHER JOHN MISTY (@fatherjohnmisty) January 27, 2016

SWISH is the name of this album, dude, im telling you @kanyewest

— FATHER JOHN MISTY (@fatherjohnmisty) January 27, 2016

I don’t want to live in a world with no SWISH @kanyewest

— FATHER JOHN MISTY (@fatherjohnmisty) January 27, 2016

In some alternate quantum multiverse SWISH exists and Kurt Cobain is alive @kanyewest

— FATHER JOHN MISTY (@fatherjohnmisty) January 27, 2016

If you seriously call this album WAVES and put some geometric shape on the cover it’s over @kanyewest

— FATHER JOHN MISTY (@fatherjohnmisty) January 27, 2016

Additionally, Wiz Khalifa is downright upset with the name change, convinced that Waves doesn’t belong to Kanye and his appropriation of the name from Max B. is disrespectful:

Please don’t take the wave.

— KOE (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016

Max B is the wavy one. He created the wave. There is no wave without him.

— KOE (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016

He’s the reason I sing on all my songs. That’s the wave. If theres nothing wit that sound ITS NOT WAVY.

— KOE (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016

Wavy. https://t.co/b8xvypVZBY

— KOE (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016

Just so you know what true waves are. https://t.co/Mot3ab1Kuu

— KOE (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016

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