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"ISABELLA" is a song by ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign) that was released as the fifth track from their studio album, VULTURES 2, on August 3, 2024.[1]

This skit follows a subliminal theme present in both VULTURES 1 and VULTURES 2 – that of people latching onto the fame accumulated by Ye and Ty Dolla $ign and expecting to be compensated with materialistic items.[2]

Samples[]

The song taken directly from ISABELLA's then-unreleased song "SHOES".[3] The song runs at a tempo of 90 BPM in the F# key with a minor mode.[4]

Background[]

The song has been falsely labelled as a further developed version of an unreleased Lil Nas X song "Guess U Get What U Want" that had been created during the early-Donda sessions, though neither of the songs have ever had any correlation.[5] The song actually began as song by Isabella Papile and had been intended to serve as her debut single, which had been sent to Ty Dolla $ign.

Upon rediscovering the song after a while, Ty Dolla $ign and Kanye had decided to transform the song into a skit for their album VULTURES 2. This skit and "LIFESTYLE" were once presumably the same song, given the skit reappeared in the album later during LIFESTYLE's runtime.[6]

The song would be met with an official release on August 3rd as a track onto VULTURES 2. After release, the song was updated consistently up to the final update, reducing the song by another second, turning the song's run time from 0:09 to 0:08.[7] It was also later removed from "LIFESTYLE".

On November 12 of 2024, a finished version of the song was released as a single by the singer in which the skit was named after titled "SHOES".[8]

Lyrics[]

[Skit: ISABELLA]
(Buy me shoes)
You better buy me those fucking shoes
No

Trivia[]

  • At 8 seconds long, this song is the shortest album track ever released by Ye, beating "Intro" from The College Dropout by 11 seconds.
  • This song, like another song of the era "Vagabond" by 070 Shake was never given to Kanye nor Ty Dolla $ign for them to release. The song, its real name "SHOES", was later released as a single by the original artist ISABELLA on November 12 of that same year.[3]

References[]

VULTURES 2
Singles
"SLIDE"
Promotional singles
"BOMB" • "DEAD" • "FIELD TRIP" • "FOREVER ROLLING" • "LIFESTYLE" • "PROMOTION" • "RIVER" • "SKY CITY"
Other tracks
"TIME MOVING SLOW" • "FRIED" • "ISABELLA" • "HUSBAND" • "FOREVER" • "530" • "MY SOUL"
Deluxe tracks
"TAKE OFF YOUR DRESS" • "BELIEVER" • "DRUNK" • "GUN TO MY HEAD" • "CAN U BE"
Chronology
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