Turns out the Super Bowl had one unnoticed celebrity take the stage not far from where the sports action went underway. As A-listers, including the likes of Taylor Swift, Blake Lively, and Beyoncé, looked upon the Chiefs winning over the 49ers, Kanye West had his own listening party in Las Vegas for ‘Vultures’. The rapper who just dropped his latest album amid much fanfare stayed true to his trademark style of a grand show with minimal announcement and yet gained enough mentions to dominate social media trends.

Highlights from the latest show started to emerge even as the livestream happened to cut itself out abruptly.

Kanye West brings his team out at Vultures Las Vegas listening party

A few yards away from Taylor Swift, Kanye West hosted his “Ye & Friends” listening party in Las Vegas in tandem with the Super Bowl. Announced shortly before through his stories, the latest event had his daughter, North West, and Ty Dolla $ign accompany him as he played through a majority of both released and upcoming tracks from ‘Vultures’. Dressed up in his fully covered, trademarked black outfit, Ye also debuted a new “Alexander McQueen Jesus Mask”. 

Incidentally, the venue happened to be just shy of the Wynn Hotel where his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, recently found herself linked to Baltimore Ravens’ Odell Beckham Jr. Regardless, the Kanye West listening party went ahead in full steam until the livestream plugged out abruptly with controversial lyrics finding mentions as the reason in rumors. The surprise party came close on the heels of a similar one in Chicago and just in time to mark the album’s rollout.

In the meantime, ‘Vultures 1’ also landed on Spotify finally and took a steady flight up.

Spotify finally gets its share of Ye and charts ahead

The ‘Vultures 1’ rollout event remained marred by chaos. After an initial delay of more than 12 hours, the album debuted on Apple Music only to be pulled back a few hours later. While it received a quick reinstation with an added song, its availability on Spotify stood non-existent. However, just before the Super Bowl kick-off, everything fell back in place as the album began raking up streaming numbers.

Despite a delay, Spotify brought in over 55.6 million streams for ‘Vultures 1’. While in combination with Apple Music, the number could spike further, the Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign collaboration already sealed itself the top spot in almost all major streaming platforms. The remarkable rise now only looks ahead to serve a strong comeback for Ye in 2024.

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