"530" (previously known as "5:30", "5:30 AM", "530 AM", "The Car's Missing", and "Dear Summer") is a song by ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign) that was released as the twelfth track from their second studio album, VULTURES 2, on August 3, 2024.[1] It was later moved to the seventh track on the album.
The song was created during the Donda 2 sessions and has since became one of Kanye's most popular leaked songs before it was officially released on VULTURES 2.
In the song, Ye reflects on his marital issues with Kim Kardashian, whom he divorced in 2022. He even disses Kim, telling her to listen to other rappers and calling her a gold digger.[2]
Production[]
The song heavily samples Swsh's 2019 song, "Break the Fall (Acoustic)".[3]
Background[]
The track was first shown in a track list leak dated February 4, when it was titled "THE CAR'S MISSING."[4] Fourteen days later, Ye shared some track lists on Instagram which featured the title "530" instead. The posts have since been removed.
Between February and October 2022, leaks have surfaced, with the best-known leak featuring Ye singing "530, the car missing / Is this what you call distance? / Is this what you call livin', uh? / Call God, call Satan, call (?) / Take me-"
The song made its official debut in the "LAST WEEK" video that Ye uploaded to his YouTube channel on October 10, 2022.[5] Although it was untitled, fans figured that what was played was another part of the song.[6] When that part of the video is heard by Shazam, it leads to a result titled "WAR," which is a word that Ye brought up in recent days when discussing his relations to the media, to fashion companies, and some other celebrities. It is also what the title card for the "LAST WEEK" video reads.[5]
This song as well as "We Did It Kid", "Pablo" and "True Love" had all been intended for release as a single for Donda 2 in another GOOD Fridays series, although only "True Love" had released.[7] According to insider Waterfalls, "530" was planned to drop as a single in June or July 2022, though those plans eventually fell through.[8]
It was later confirmed by KayCyy via a Twitter Q&A that the song had been worked on with intent for the Kanye West, James Blake and No I.D. album, WAR.[9] KayCyy stated the song had been fully finished before he had the opportunity to record a reference for it, although it is unclear if this is referring to the second half which had been cut off for the GOOD Fridays version of the song.[10] It is unclear if James Blake or No I.D. had contributed to this version of the song.
In December 2022, a version of the full song would leak. This version was nearly identical to the version heard in LAST WEEK, however it does not include the punch-in vocals that were heard. That version was likely recorded around February.
On August 2, 2024, a Reddit user found a potential track list for VULTURES 2 on the Yeezy website, which included "5:30" as the thirteenth track.[11] The song was also teased at having been brought back by the reference artist E. Ness 2 weeks prior, making it likely it was brought back around then.[12]

Ty possibly recording for "530".
The following day on August 3, the song was previewed in a listening party for VULTURES 2 and released alongside the album as the 12th track. No Ty Dolla $ign vocals were available on this version of the song and the song was still in the same shape it was during the 2022 GOOD Fridays sessions with slightly worst mixing. The song is also theorized to be completely ripped from a version of the song off of YouTube.[13] A clip of Ty Dolla $ign recording for something with a similar wavelength to the second half of "530" was posted early on August 2nd, although its unclear if that was for the song.[14]
Post-release[]
The song was updated on August 5. High-pitched vocals of Ty Dolla $ign were added in the beat-switch and the quality of the audio is overall clearer.[15]
On September 28, during the VULTURES listening party in China, a new version of "530" was previewed which featured a fully completed second verse after the beat-switch.[16] This beat switch would officially release on November 10 where it was made clear that the song had featured an AI vocal cover instead of a legitimate rerecording of the vocals. A line criticizing Kamala Harris was also removed.
Music video[]
On January 9, 2025, a music video for the song was met with an official release on Kanye's Instagram.[17] Though it was not the full music video, instead of the second half featuring entirely AI it featured several real punch-ins from the initial mumble freestyle of the song in a much more compressed low quality. The music video itself had also been AI-generated with visuals of black-and-white 1950s style puppets.
Prior to this video, an animated music video for "530" has been said to be in the works in June 2022, according to Waterfalls. However, the video has since been scrapped.[8]
Lyrics[]
[Intro: swsh]
Baby, yeah
Ooh, baby, i think of you when you call
Yeah
[Chorus: Kanye West]
5:30, the car missin'
No text backs or call missings, I feel like we all victims
[Verse: Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign]
Nights been gettin' long
Drunk textin', I should not do Patrón
I hop on the phone, turn the music up, got in my zone
Drunk textin', I should prolly sue Patrón
Had to do wrong order to do you right
You gotta go through it order to give advice
It's price of the litty nights
I know the liquor hittin'
Why would somebody break your heart? It help fix your vision
If you fall in love with a demon or a diva
Pray your soulmate got a soul when you meet her
The crystal ball couldn't tell me if they'd leave again
Problems too extra large to share it with a medium
We fight, not for flesh and blood on this level
And devil's advocate is advocatin' for the devil
And love is all drainin' to stop, it's all fadin'
We used to be secretive, but now, it's all blatant
It's all just lost, ain't it?
Watchin' it all cave in
We the topic of conversation
5:30, the car missin'
No textin', just call missing
We fightin', you won't listen
You right, we both trippin'
It's game time, matter of fact, it's Ye time
The past year been a strange time
Visitations on Facetime
And who gon' break who's heart first? Always just breaks mine
Looking for blessings that God'll hand me
I'm tryin' just raise a family, somebody should raise the nanny
I'm tryin' to leave you alone, but that last text was courtesy of Patrón
[Chorus: Kanye West]
5:30, the car missin'
Emotions is all distant, no texts, just call missings
And we fightin', you won't listen
You right, we both trippin'
[Intro: Ty Dolla $ign]
Barely holdin' on
Barely holdin' on, oh
Barely holdin' on
I'm barely holdin' on
[Chorus: Kanye West]
5:30, the car missin'
Is this what you call distance?
Throwing stones in a glass prison
Cussed me out in our last visit
[Verse: Kanye West/Quentin Miller & Ty Dolla $ign]
Mad dizzy, we drunk, past limit
You trippin' in public, that's bad business
We crash out, but you callin' it passionate
You want the whole thing, but you scream when I'm half in it
we too much for us, everybody except for us
I don't know what's left of us, why the devil keep testin' us
Tryna write what's left of us, tryna write what's left of us
At least the wire connecting us, I've agree with the Reddit subs
Everything they read it was, everything they said it was
Number one, you bet it was, better not forget it was
Either way we get it done
You know it was, you know it is, you know the kid
You know we did, they be showin' hands
10-10, there's a high chance
She will go with it, she will fuck with it
Slip n' slide, wanna go again, I'mma break her walls, we be goin' in
Pump-pump, yeah, the old man got her folding up, got her screaming, "I can't take it, I can't take it"
You a fake bitch
You don't really love Ye, go listen to Drake, bitch
You ain't really dedicated like it take, bitch
Go listen to Lil Baby, go listen to Future, bitch
First thought, you don't think about your future, bitch
Your fault, what, you thought that we was new to this?
Hella miles on it, what am I supposed to do with this?
(Hella miles on it, what am I supposed to do with this?)
You don't turn no rappers down, you always say "yes"
You don't really love Ye, go listen to Drake, bitch
You don't love Dolla $ign, listen to Lupe, bitch
Listen to Lil Baby, go listen to Future, bitch
I hope your baby daddy is a fugitive
Can't excuse me though, I won't never love these hoes
You don't love Ye, you love Moneybagg Yo
(You don't love Ye, you love Moneybagg Yo)
What he mad for?
You a fake bitch
Go listen to Abel, better yet, listen to Drake, bitch
Listen to Lil Baby, go listen to Future, bitch
(Listen to Lil Baby, go listen to Future, bitch)
And I hope your baby daddy is a fugitive
And he leave your ass right there where you used to live
Don't go blamin' me, I don't got nothin' to do with this
[Outro: Kanye West/Quentin Miller]
These last words were untrue
This last text 'cause Patrón
Did I start something through?
No heartbreak, I break through
[?]
Trivia[]
- "530" & "HUSBAND" were the only two full-length songs to feature no Ty Dolla $ign vocals until August 5th where Ty's vocals were incorporated into the song during the intro to the second half.
- It has been speculated the song had been worked on to a further extent/finished during the WAR sessions with James Blake and No I.D., though Kanye had lost the file to it. As this version hadn't leaked, he had used a YouTube rip of the unfinished Donda 2 era version of the song.
References[]
- ↑ https://genius.com/Kanye-west-and-ty-dolla-sign-530-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Kanye-west-530-lyrics
- ↑ https://www.whosampled.com/%C2%A5$/530/
- ↑ "Potential Donda 2 Tracklist Sighting" by u/BOTTimmy on r/WestSubEver. February 4, 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "LAST WEEK" by Kanye West on YouTube. Uploaded on October 10, 2022.
- ↑ "530" by Kanye West on Genius.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/ThroughTheWire/comments/13jqnaz/fresh_info_good_fridays_2022
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://x.com/yeunrlsd/status/1877242055996441073
- ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/993584762289659964/1278899009867747421/Capture.PNG?ex=67053cc4&is=6703eb44&hm=dd051d1c54f2f10ffd0856ed4dee2f462ad4eabc2648dd29509f917f3bcb8958&
- ↑ https://plwcse.top/f/d42f34cd38d881519d2effc9d897443a
- ↑ https://x.com/GoodAssSub/status/1819278449850437985
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/GoodAssSub/comments/1e54d23/eness_rapper_who_did_ref_tracks_for_530_and/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/GoodAssSub/comments/1eiycba/530_is_a_128kbps_youtube_rip/
- ↑ https://x.com/GoodAssSub/status/1819312240551776605
- ↑ https://x.com/GoodAssSub/status/1820512140094067060
- ↑ https://x.com/Kurrco/status/1840034088243147002
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DEl-hkSokHH/
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