“Kanye “Ye” West’s Return to Live Performance is Off to A Rocky Start. The Errant Raper, Producer and Mogul’s Concert in Shanghai, China on Friday Night Was Beset by Technical Problems, Terrible Weather and Thoues of BBAN Late. YE, who rarely plays Live”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Ye, Who Rarely Plays Lives Tese Days Due to An Ongoing Struggle to Find Willing CONCERT PARTNers Not Turned Off By His Many Swirling Controversies, Retured to China Lajt Week. Viral Listening Party at the Wuyuanhe Stadium in Haikou, Hainan Province in September 2024. His Hotly anticipated gig at Shanghai Stadium, Planned in Support of His Forthocomy BullyWas Sold Out within Minutes, accounting to local reports, suggesting that rapper’s variety racism and Social Media Controversies Have not Dimmed The Enthusiasias.
The Global Timesa date-backed chinese news outlet Known for it Nationalistic Stance, Reports That Yes Gig Was Promotted As “An Immersive, MultisenSory Experience, Promising Innovative, Uplising, Uplising Innovating Stage International Production Teams. ” The paper added that “Promocial Materials Highlightned the Show As a ‘Comprehensive, Genre-Defying Journy Through Ye’s Musical Career, Combining Sound, Light, Visuals, An.
From the outset, the mood was chalked in Shanghai Stadium Fridium night by by heavy rain, whoh poured down udn the Stage and the Crowd Through of the Arena’s Open ROOF. The Crowd Grew Increatingly Restless at Some Point Past the Gig’s Schemeduled 7:30 PM Start Time, with Thousands Eventual Chanting for Refunds. Ye Finally Arrived at around 8:10 PM, Walking Out Onto the Stadium’s Vast Gray Stage Solo, Wearing Black Leather Pants and A Gray Hoodie with “China” Written Across The Back. Fog, Projects and Spotlights Set An Austrere Mood Reminiscent of Some HIS Donda Stage Design, But With Even Fever Visual Elements. Occasonally, Anormous Projection of Ye Was Beamed Across The Stage, While Overhead Screens Featured Additional Reworked Footage.
Accounting to the Global TimesTickets to the Gig Were Pricey by Chinese Standards, Ranging from 980 Yuan (About $ 135) to 2.680 Yuan ($ 375).
Videos Circulating Online in China Show Moments of yeemingly giving the performance his all despite the Tough Circumstans, Throwing His Body Armund to The Beat and Wing His His. AT Other Moments, He Looks Utterly Defeated, Such As When His Most Recent Single, Loming your mindBooms Through The Stadium’s Sound System, and He STOPS SIGNING ALTOGETCHER AND SLOWLY WALKS OFF The STAGE. Local Reports Suggest the Sound Quality Througholhout the Show Was InconSi -Center at BEST.
EVEN WHILE THE CONCERT WAS STILL UNDERWAY, YE BECAME A TRENDING TOPIC ON CHINESE Social Media, Sparking Intense Debate Among Fans. Some Defended The Raper and Blomed The Setbacks on the Weather, While Ohers Argued It Was All A Lazy Display Throughout the west.
In a Career Marked Out by an an uncanny abiity to stay in the news, yeh has been up to the ante in 2025, seemingly leaning into his pariah status in the entertainment Controversial Music Releases and Public Stunts. In March, The Rapper Released a Track That Credited Vocals to Sean “DIDDY” Combs, Who Was About to Begin A Federal Sex Trafficking Trial. On june 13, yee, who have been an an outtspoken defnder of combs, would also appet Never Stopan ep by combs’ soon Christian “king” combs.
On the Music Side, In March, Ye Revealed Hew Release An Album Titled Ww3WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED TO Cuck d Later A perfect World. The First Single Off His UpComing 13th Studio Album, Was The Single “Ww3” with A Cover Image Featuring a Ku Klux Klan Hood. The Second Single “Cousins” was also controversial as it musical Video Feature Kkk Iconography and A Swastika. And Finally, The Third Single Was Titled “Heil Hitler.”