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"Through The High Wire" is an unreleased song by Kanye West, James Blake, and No I.D.[1] It was intended to be the 8th on their collaborative album WAR.[2]
Background[]
A snippet was first previewed on May 1st, 2025, while Ye was skipping through WAR files on a Parti stream.[3] Though at the time, knowledge of it was completely unknown. Further snippets leaked on Reddit from December 8th to 9th, 2025. The song completely coincidentally leaked after a $5000 fundraiser for Palestinian children that was hosted by fans was completed, confirming it was the song played on the Parti stream.
The track is rumored to be repurposed for James Blake's upcoming studio album, Trying Times, in 2026, specifically, as a solo. This rumor stems from a YouTube copyright claim for the leaked version, which left the mumble vocals from West vocals intact when the "erase song" tool was used, meaning that those vocals are not present on the version in YouTube's Content ID database.[4]
Lyrics[]
https://genius.com/Kanye-west-and-james-blake-through-the-high-wire-lyrics