Kanye West makes his 'Donda' debut in an odd, silent performance in Atlanta.

Kanye West makes his 'Donda' debut in an odd, silent performance in Atlanta.

A lone man dressed in red moved slowly across the floor of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the words "We're going to be OK, we're going to be OK" repeated over rising organ chords in a deafening explosion.

The small figure was obscured by a cloud of smoke blasted from machines stationed around the stadium floor.

While the lights dimmed, a dull white light shined on Kanye West, who alternated between pacing in a circle and trotting a few feet as the music unfolded around him, the light contracting and growing in various forms.

And he was gone in about 48 minutes. 

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West unveiled “Donda,” his long-awaited, oft-delayed 10th album, before an audience of roughly 42,000 on Thursday night in downtown Atlanta — a sellout for the event's configuration. The record will be released on Friday.

West arrived late to his own party, arriving at 9:50 p.m. (the start time was advertised as 8 p.m.); the listening party was also aired live on Apple Music.

Fans who spent $20-$100 to attend might have expected some excitement.

Or maybe a few lines from West.

Or...something...anything to make this night special?

Instead, they were treated to the new material, which was played very loudly through stadium speakers while the light on the arena floor progressively extended to a complete rectangle that temporarily flashed with an enigmatic picture.

The album is titled after West's mother, Donda, who died in 2007 at the age of 58 and appears on the album in the form of a recorded monologue that introduces a song.

West's most recent release, "Jesus is King," represented a stylistic change for the unpredictable rapper, with church organs and choirs and lyrics that interpolated Bible verses and Christian songs.

West hinted at returning to the theme in a couple tracks from "Donda," with lyrics like "snakes and money holes" and "the holy fountain, holy water."

The song, “God Breathed on This,” which West released earlier this week, repeated the title between lines masked by Auto-Tune before transitioning into choir noises. In a nod to his September declaration that he is the "new Moses," one pounding tune repeatedly referred to his chosen moniker.

However, any religious undertones were sporadic, since the majority of the songs melted into a collage of distorted sound, with no clear distinction between one song and the next. On one track, heavy piano chords hammered repeatedly, while hazy guitar clamored on another.

A spoken word segue from poet Gwendolyn Brooks' "Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward (Among Them Nora and Henry III)" was used in many tracks. ("Even if you aren't prepared for the day, it can't always be night.")

Throughout, West would pause to lift his hands aloft or pitch forward in a kneeling position. He's wandering around the stadium floor seemed pointless.

Unless, of course, in his own mind.