XXXTentacion and Kanye West's True Love is all about those harder feelings
It’s tough to realize it’s been nearly four years since XXXTentacion had his life taken away from the culture but thanks to the power of music, his legacy lives on. His posthumous ‘True Love’ anthem with Kanye West a.k.a Ye is unbelievably hard-hitting and packed with emotion.
XXXTentacion and Kanye West’s ‘True Love’ is heartfelt
With mounted anticipation for his Look At Me: XXXTentacion Hulu premiere, Ye played his part to make the event even more amazing by coming together to make this record come to life.
Says John Cunningham, X’s longtime collaborator, on the creation of the track, “For four years the song has been playing in my head. Ever since X first started singing “True Love” around the house in early 2018 it stood out to both of us as a special song. While we weren’t able to finish recording the song at the time, four years later in January of this year I had the opportunity to meet Ye while he was working on Donda 2 and I played him the demo of it. At the time it was only X’s vocal and my piano, but as soon as Ye heard it and started singing over the instrumental section in between X’s choruses, it felt like the song was always meant to be finished by him. As someone X has cited for years as one of his biggest inspirations both musically and more widely as an individual, Ye breathed a life into the song that I feel blessed to have been witness to. I couldn’t imagine being more proud of how this song came to be, both as a collaborator and as a friend trying to do right by the legacy of someone who was taken far before reaching their full creative potential.”
“True Love” plays over the end credits of LOOK AT ME: XXXTENTACION. The documentary is out now on HULU, which the New York Times calls “fascinating.”
The song’s cover art features X’s handwritten notes, scanned from a journal that his mother found recently, with design by Ye. In the past, XXXTentacion had enthusiastically expressed his admiration for Ye on social media. The official release of “True Love” represents a full circle moment and another milestone in his unprecedented legacy.
A bit about XXXTentacion
In case you’re still getting put onto who and what XXXTentacion did to the culture, check out his contributions prior to his June 18, 2018 death.
XXXTentacion gave a voice to his generation. The creative force born Jahseh Onfroy has emerged as one of the most influential artists of this century with over 60 million records sold in the United States and tens of billions of global streams. His uncanny, undeniable, and unsurpassed hybrid of hip-hop, alternative, rock, indie, punk, and electronic hyper-charged a series of culture-shaking chart-topping albums, beginning with the double-platinum 17 [2017].
On its heels, he landed back-to-back #1 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 with the quadruple-platinum ? [2018] and gold-selling Skins. In 2019, Bad Vibes Forever notched his fourth consecutive Top 5 bow on the Top 200. With dozens of multiplatinum certifications, his catalog includes the diamond-selling “Sad!,” 7x-platinum “Moonlight,” 6x-platinum “Fuck Love” [feat. Trippie Redd], and 5x-platinum “Jocelyn Flores,” to name a few. Meanwhile, his voice can be heard on massive collaborations with the likes of Lil Wayne and more. HULU premieres the documentary LOOK AT ME: XXXTENTACION in 2022, and he unveils more music. X’s spirit and voice resound louder than ever now.
