Bad News

E65323
musical work song

"Bad News" is a melancholic, Auto-Tune–driven song by Kanye West from his emotionally charged 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak.

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Label Occurrences
"Bad News" 1
Bad News canonical 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
album 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
artist Kanye West ⓘ
associatedAct Kanye West ⓘ
associatedAlbumEra 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
surface form: 808s & Heartbreak era
composer Kanye West ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followsInAlbumSequence Paranoid ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
electropop ⓘ
emo rap ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasArtworkStyle minimalist (via 808s & Heartbreak cover) ⓘ
hasCriticalReception noted for emotional vulnerability ⓘ
noted for heavy use of Auto-Tune ⓘ
hasInstrumentation drum machine ⓘ
string arrangement ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
includedIn Kanye West discography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Kanye West ⓘ
mood melancholic ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
partOf 808s & Heartbreak ⓘ
performer Kanye West ⓘ
precedesInAlbumSequence See You in My Nightmares ⓘ
surface form: See You In My Nightmares
producer Kanye West ⓘ
No I.D. ⓘ
recordingPeriod 2008 ⓘ
recordLabel Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ
releaseYear 2008 ⓘ
theme heartbreak ⓘ
romantic disappointment ⓘ
trackType album track ⓘ
usesVocalStyle processed vocals ⓘ
sung vocals ⓘ
vocalEffect Auto-Tune ⓘ
vocalist Kanye West ⓘ

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808s & Heartbreak → hasTrack → Bad News ⓘ
The Ballad of Sally Rose → hasPart → Bad News ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Bad News"