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Last night (September 15), Kanye West wrapped up a massive live set for a sold-out audience in Haikou, South China's Hainan Province, marking the start of the Mid-Autumn Festival holidays of the tropical island.
The show was announced late last month as part of his ongoing Vultures world tour, where Ye alongside Ty Dolla $ign and other featured artists take the collaborative album across major cities in North America, The United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.
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Several magazines reported that the decision to allow Ye to perform in China was heavily discussed keeping in mind the artist's controversial history, which includes Kanye's antisemitic remarks from last year.
Social media users were quick to bring up Ye's previous public statements and relationship with Donald Trump as reasons why the artist should not have been permitted to perform in China.
Major highlights and moments from Kanye West's Sunday concert in Haikou
Kanye West's Haikou concert marks the rapper's return to China after 16 years, signifying Ye's return to the country where he spent his early childhood with his mother, Donda West, while she worked as a teacher in Nanjing.
According to China Daily, the show was attended by over 42,000 fans and was held at the Haikou Wuyuanhe Stadium. Yesterday's concert was announced in late August after a previously scheduled live set in Taiwan was canceled.
Reportedly, several Government officials cited how shows and live performances from artists like Kanye West are extremely "rare events," given that Ye's persona is starkly different from China's strict conservative rules and values.
Founder of Jingjian, Michael Zhou, explained during an interview with CNBC that West's Haikou concert was an event held in line with Hainan's efforts to focus on Chinese tourism and become an international travel destination. This seemingly includes claims made by people online which state that Taxi Drivers in the city were asked to play "only Ye's music".
Below are several standout and memorable moments from the concert, where Ye played a massive set list which included unreleased material from his discography.
1) Kanye West performs a 74-song setlist
Kanye took fans through a journey from Graduation to Vultures, performing several popular songs across his decade-long discography. The concert also found the rapper performing alongside North West and Ty Dolla $ign.
The complete list of songs performed at Ye's Haikou concert has been listed below:
- FRIED
- STARS
- PAID
- TALKING
- EVERYBODY
- BACK TO ME
- DO IT
- HOODRAT
- BURN
- FUK SUMN (REMIX)
- SLIDE
- TIME MOVING SLOW
- FIELD TRIP
- PROMOTION
- 530
- DEAD
- BOMB REMIX (Feat. Yuno Miles)
- RIVER
- CITY IN THE SKY
- NEW BODY
- A THOUSAND MILES (Feat. Yuno Miles x Ty Dolla $ign)
- CARNIVAL
- Can't Tell Me Nothing
- POWER
- All Of The Lights
- Runaway
- Mercy
- Niggas In Paris
- Don't Like.1
- Clique
- Birthday Song
- Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1
- Blood On The Leaves
- Off The Grid
- Cold
- All Day
- Praise God
- Freestyle 4 (seconds)
- Keep It Burning
- All Mine
- Yikes
- Jesus Walks
- Otis
- Touch The Sky
- All Falls Down
- Good Life
- Flashing Lights
- Heartless
- Homecoming
- Bound 2
- No Church In The Wild
- City Of Gods
- FourFiveSeconds
- Run This Town - Jay Z (Feat. Kanye West)
- Hurricane
- Diamonds
- Remote Control
- Waves
- Jail
- Ghost Town
- Famous
- Ultralight Beam
- I Wonder
- Lolipop (Remix)
- Monster
- Sunday Service song
- Black Skinhead
- On Sight
- I Am A God
- Feel The Love
- CAN U BE (Feat. Travis Scott x Ty Dolla $ign)
- Fade
- Love Lockd
- Preacher Man
2) Picture of a fan proposing during Kanye West's 'Bound 2' goes viral
A fan account (@yefanatics) reposted a picture from Kanye West's Haikou concert which found a man proposing to his partner, while Ye performed a live set of his popular track, Bound 2, off his 2013 sixth studio album Yeezus.
"A fan proposed while playing <Bound 2>" - The caption read.
3) Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign's performance of 'Everybody'
Kanye West brings out all four of his children, North West, Saint West, Chicago West and Psalm West, to dance and perform alongside him and Ty Dolla $ign on stage.
Ye brought out his children during the performance of his unreleased hit from Vultures 1 titled Everybody, which went viral over the alleged unlicensed sample taken from Backstreet Boy's 1997 hit record Everybody (Backstreet's Back).
4) Kanye West confirms upcoming solo album
Toward the end of the Haikou concert, the rapper previewed and performed an unreleased track titled PREACHER. The record appears to be included on Ye's upcoming solo album, which he also confirmed during the show when he stated:
"This song is off my next project"
5) The stadium chants out "F--K Adidas"
Around the two-hour mark, after the performance of Touch The Sky from Kanye's 2005 sophomore studio album Late Registration, the crowd erupted in cheer by sharing their appreciation for Ye.
The entire stadium then began to chant out "F--k Adidas" multiple times in support of Kanye after Adidas dropped the rapper last year over his antisemitic remarks.
Reportedly over 90% of tickets for Ye's Haikou concert sold out almost immediately, with most of the sales coming from outside the Hainan province. According to Hainan Daily, major sales stemmed from cities like Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Beijing and Chengdu.
