While she has already spent the end of her year 2024 at the top of the international rankings with her title “Ma Meilleure Ennemie”, shared with Stromae, Pomme continues to be heard beyond French borders, despite herself. In a video that has gone viral on social networks, it is Pomme's voice that is heard in the form of sample in what appears to be one of Kanye West's future tracks. On her social networks, the singer clarified the situation, emphasizing her “deep disagreement” with the controversial artist.
In the video, short of 20 seconds, we see the musician playing with satisfaction a probable extract from his next record Bullyon which his voice, powerful production, and especially the melody and vocal flights of the title “Soleil Soleil” by Pomme, from his record the flaws published in 2019.
On January 6, Pomme took to her Instagram account to confirm that she never gave her “agreement for the use of this sample for reasons which [lui] seem obvious, being in deep disagreement with the political positions of this artist that[elle a] yet much admired in the past.” The artist concluded his message by sharing that he “It’s sometimes difficult to give up on certain opportunities, but [qu’elle] prefers to respect [ses] deep values.”
Already on both discs VULTURES published in 2024, several samples unauthorized have been the source of scandals and legal proceedings, like an extrapolation of “I Feel Love” by Donna Summer on “Good (Don't Die)” or even “Machine Gun” by Portishead on “Field Trip”.
After a year 2024 marked by the release of the two albums VULTURES 1 et VULTURES 2 teaming up with Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West announced the imminent arrival of a next album called Bullyand even shared the cover of this new album on his social networks, namely a photo of his son Saint by the great Japanese photographer Daidō Moriyama.
According to the famous insider Touré, Ye would have set down his bags in Tokyo a few months ago to finalize this new record, which he would produce entirely alone: “It will be 100% Kanye West, which hasn’t been the case for many, many years.” However, this musical news, as pleasing as it may be, does not take our minds off the musician's multiple incidents and excesses in recent years, starting with several allegations of sexual assault, his support for Donald Trump or even multiple anti-Semitic and discriminatory outings in interviews or on his social networks.
