WW3 (Kanye West song)

Prior to the release of "WW3," West released Bully V1, the demo version of his then-upcoming twelfth studio album, Bully (2026). This came after West announced that he wanted to cease his usage of artificial intelligence in his music. On March 15, 2025, he posted an image of a red swastika, stating that it was the cover art for his new album, as well as a logo using the SS insignia of the Schutzstaffel for his group Sunday Service Choir. Afterwards, he'd tweet that his new sound is called "." As he had yet to announce Cuck, many believed the song was part of an update to Bully. The song was referred to by fans as "Rari" and "Nazi" before its official name was revealed. In a post-release interview with DJ Akademiks, where West had infamously appeared in a black Ku Klux Klan uniform, the latter revealed that he had two custom KKK robes commissioned, being identical black and white ones. West had previously shown off his white costume with the caption "fit pic" on March 10; its hood is reused for the single art of "WW3." == Composition ==

A hip-hop song running one minute and forty-three seconds in length, "WW3" contains prominent samples of the Freda Payne song "I Get High (On Your Memory)." West begins the song by repeating the phrase "She wanna hop in a 'Rari." He also references his various controversies regarding antisemitism ("They telling me that I'm a bully, I'm antisemitic, fully / They sayin' I'm actin' like Hitler / But how am I actin' like Hitler / When I am a fuckin' nigger?"), == Release and reception ==

"WW3" was met with widespread condemnation due to its lyrical content. In their piece regarding public reaction to the song, Complex referred to its lyrics as "atrocious." The song was also met with confusion from various public figures, including Adin Ross, who is Jewish, who expressed shock at the song and suggested that West's friends needed to "submit someone to get a mental check" on him; Ross subsequently gave a more positive reaction on a later stream with Kodak Black. Outside of the RMNZ charts, it reached number one on multiple Spotify viral charts. On May 22, West tweeted that he was "done with antisemitism." That day, "WW3" was reuploaded with the words "antisemitic," "Hitler," "Mein Kampf," "Nazi," and "swastikas" censored. Since then, on November 17, the song has been removed from all streaming services along with "Hit Symphony" and "Hallelujah" following his apology to Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto. == Music video ==

West debuted the music video for "WW3" at the end of his interview with DJ Akademiks on March 30, 2025. The following day, he released the video to his Twitter account. It contains repurposed material from the TV miniseries Roots (1977), as well as several stills of interracial pornography and footage of a KKK gathering. The video ends on a shot of a burning cross. ==Charts==