Kanye West, Backstreet Boys Collab? Rapper Samples Boy Band In New Song Teaser
Kanye West has teased a new song that sampled a Backstreet Boys hit.
A video shared by TMZ showed West dropping the track paying homage to 1997's "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" during an outing at a Jamaican restaurant in Miami, Florida.
In the clip, dressed in all white, West leans on a counter as people stand around him, listening to the song.
The track features Backstreet Boys lyrics such as "Everybody, yeah/Rock your body, yeah" and "Oh, my god, we're back again" set to West's beats.
West's new track is part of his upcoming collaborative album with artist Ty Dolla $ign.
While West and the Backstreet Boys did not technically collaborate on a project, many fans were still excited about a track that combines the rapper and the band's sounds.
Some praised West's musical prowess, acknowledging that he knows how to create great music.
"Love or hate the guy, he knows how to make music," one user commented on X, formerly Twitter.
"I hate him so much for making [me] want to listen to this...over and over," another wrote.
But others expressed dislike for the new song, with comments like "Make it stop."
"Everybody's in the crowd looking like they're waiting for it to get good," another person suggested.
The video of West comes on the heels of his surprise nightclub performance in Miami over the weekend.
West joined DJ Khaled's set at LIV Miami's "LIV on Sunday" show, treating the crowd to live renditions of hits like "Runaway" and "Can't Tell Me Nothing."
According to TMZ, West also delighted fans at a Jamaican restaurant -- the same place where he dropped his song with the Backstreet Boys sample -- by rapping to "Father Stretch My Hands."
West earlier teased his song "Everybody" on Instagram with a clip that showed him walking out onto a balcony with a city landscape in the background.
In the video, the rapper sported a jacket with the word "Vultures," which is also the title of another song from his new album. He and Ty Dolla $ign released that track a few weeks ago.
On Friday, Ty Dolla $ign shared the album tracklist on Instagram, revealing it includes "New Body." Fans pointed out that the song, which features Nicki Minaj, was originally part of West's scrapped 2018 album "Yandhi."
Producer Timbaland reposted the tracklist on his social media account, writing: "One of my best body of work."
