Father John Misty and Wavves Have Some Thoughts on Kanye West’s New Album Title
Full-time haiku tweeter and part-time musician Josh Tillman, known in his spare time as Father John Misty, is fucking pissed at Kanye West. Not for some of the more phony reasons, like that time he was a little tardy at Bonnaroo, but for a real, serious reason that deserves your attention.
Here’s how the tale goes: Kanye West is releasing an album at some point in the next few weeks. He initially called it So Help Me God (don’t ask), then it was called Swish, referencing his wife Kim Kardashian (seriously, don’t ask). Well, last night Yeezus decided he was changing it once again, this time to Waves. This looks like the final title, if you care about that sort of thing. Father John Misty cares, and he’s about fucking had it with Waves.
Check out some of his tweets of desperation below. This sounds like a broken man. If you see Josh Tillman in your local neighborhood today, give him a hug. This man is hurting.
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
In a more comedic turn of events, Nathan Williams, also known as Wavves, had a funny response to Yeezy’s new album title. Well played, Nate.
My new album is called ‘Kanye’
— WAVVES (@wavves) January 27, 2016