"VIRGIL" is the fifth track from Ye's upcoming studio album, CUCK (2025).[1] Named after fashion designer Virgil Abloh, this track features Ye voicing his disdain for Virgil Abloh. The song features vocals from Dave Blunts that were put over AI and Ye's engineer Nkenge 1x on the outro.
Background[]
In February 2025, during a rant on Twitter, Ye posted a tweet about Virgil Abloh, which simply reads "FUCK VIRGIL".[2] He later explained that he believes Virgil used their friendship to beat him and go against him.[3]
On April 2nd, 2025, DJ Akademiks posted a tracklist for CUCK which showed "VIRGIL LET ME DOWN" as the sixth track.[4]
On April 11, 2025, Kanye tweeted:
"Virgil let me down / Has anyone seen his widow"
These could have possibly been lyrics for the track.[5] The earliest known version of the song features a Dave Blunts reference track over a completely different PluggnB-leaning beat produced by Sheffmade and Quadwoofer that Dave himself would leak himself , though the beat was completely changed and Dave Blunts presumably re-recorded the reference track as the vocals on the final version which are confirmed to have been him are in a different key.[6]
On April 29, 2025, a snippet of the song was previewed in a documentary, featuring Nkenge 1x on the outro. The singer was speculated to have been KayCyy though KayCyy would indirectly confirm he had not been the feature on Twitter in a now deleted Tweet where he had been oblivious to the song's existence.
The song was officially previewed by Ye on a stream with internet personality SNEAKO on May 5, 2025.[7]
On May 18th, the song alongside the rest of the entire CUCK album would leak after a group-buy where all funds had been donated towards the Holocaust Museum.[8] Digital Nas would later through Auger confirm these were only early versions of the songs and have since then been updated.[9]
Lyrics[]
[Chorus: Dave Blunts]
Virgil let me down
Virgil let me down
I did everything I could to put you on
I don't understand why Virgil did me wrong
Especially when I made that boy my protégé
They expect me to forgive cuz he's not here today
Virgil let me down
Virgil let me down
Virgil let me down
Virgil let me down
[Verse: Dave Blunts]
I'm the reason that you worked at Louis V
You know they only hired you to fuck with me
N***** they been at me for that MAGA hat
But they ain't never questioned where my children at
Every day I be goin' through pain
N***** act like they don't know why
N***** say that I'm going insane
Cause I glorify Hitler's light
She tryna get me committed
So I might beat my wife
They say, don't talk about Virgil
Just 'cause he's isn't alive
[Chorus: Dave Blunts]
Virgil's in the ground
But he still let me down
Virgil let me down
Virgil let me down
I did everything I could to put you on
I don't understand why Virgil did me wrong
Especially when I made that boy my protégé
They expect me to forgive him cuz he's not here today
Virgil's in the ground
But he still let me down
Virgil let me down
Virgil let me down
[Outro: ???]
Virgil's in the ground
But Virgil let me down
References[]
- ↑ ""CUCK In progress"". yzy-twts.com. @kanyewest via X. April 28, 2025. Archived from the original on April 30, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
- ↑ https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/883451-kanye-west-disses-virgil-abloh-hip-hop-news
- ↑ https://www.complex.com/music/a/treyalston/ye-insults-virgil-abloh-again-praises-travis-and-calls-drake-realest
- ↑ Price, Joe (April 4, 2025). "Ye's Purported New Album Has Some Wild Track Titles, Including "Free Diddy"". Complex. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/GoodAssSub/comments/1jx5ged/could_be_lyrics_for_track_6_on_ww3_virgil_let_me/
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/cdc58d97c185988c93d4c19ce769aebf
- ↑ Blake, Cole (May 5, 2025). "Kanye West Previews Disrespectful New Song Named After Virgil Abloh". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/c76ff5f06b6a493749f108c1a51f14b1
- ↑ https://x.com/TTVauger96/status/1924244001546227897