Kanye West's DONDA 2 Release Concert And Livestream Event Has Several Highlight Moments As It Trends Online

Last night, just before midnight EST, Kanye West had the listening party concert experience for his upcoming album Donda 2, a shockingly short time after his most recent album, Donda, dropped in late August last year. The event was jam-packed with celebrity cameos before and during the show, with noted celebrities such as Elon Musk, Marilyn Manson and bizarre audio samples from Kamala Harris, and Kim Kardashian also making appearances.

While this event was highly anticipated, much of the online discourse today seems to revolve around how awkward some of the performances, sound and other elements were during the livestream event, leading to a slew of memes and reactions online.

Kanye West sampled Kamala Harris’s “We did it, Joe” for a track on ‘Donda 2.’ pic.twitter.com/zJ92j6MSLp

— Pop Base (@PopBase) February 23, 2022

#ElonMusk pulled up to #Kanye’s Donda 2 event in Miami. 👀 pic.twitter.com/HPtiIHtiDM

— No Jumper (@nojumper) February 23, 2022

soulja boy when he actually heard his verse play #DONDA2 pic.twitter.com/UtD8GYxkVP

— 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 (@thandohurts) February 23, 2022

bro this kanye livestream is the funniest shit ever someone put Marilyn Manson's vocals in the wrong place hahaha

purchase the hit new Kanye West album Donda 2 right now immediately pic.twitter.com/ewJmGxLiaP

— several eggs (@grumpycunt19) February 23, 2022

One of the biggest themes of the night that kept getting talked about online was the sound quality. Though the reasoning is unknown at his time, most people purport that the sound engineers working the event were subpar, and at times completely messed the music up to where it wasn't recognizable to many, making the experience and livestream less than expected.

This also spawned a lot of memes of Pete Davidson being the one behind the sound troubles, or of Kanye firing the sound engineers after the show.

Kanye after the show looking for the sound engineer #DONDA2 pic.twitter.com/BbfMFO5Pc8

— TheProdigy (@Brishaa_tt) February 23, 2022

Kanye unmasking the Sound Engineer at the Donda 2 event 🤣#DONDA2 pic.twitter.com/AxsVtkEXVM

— Kawhi Burner (@FunGuyBurner) February 23, 2022

Praying for these mfs #DONDA2 pic.twitter.com/F0ke50dmEA

— Beast (@Beast_Dank) February 23, 2022

KANYE THREW THE MIC SOMEONE GETTING FIRED 😯 #DONDA2 pic.twitter.com/i21gHtd1tc

— Club Ambition (@ClubAmbition__) February 23, 2022

Other big moments that spurned discussion online included when Marilyn Manson came out for a song, as he is still facing several allegations and legal troubles of his own currently, as well as a verse in which Morgan Freeman has his name rhymed with "semen," which some expressed was disrespectful or plain weird.

One thing that wasn't disrespectful was Kanye having late Florida rapper XXXTentacion featured on two tracks, with a direct shoutout to his son Gekyume happening at one point as well.

When Morgan Freeman find out Kanye West rhymed his name with semen pic.twitter.com/lNokjpT6ov

— Black Karen (@whyruwhite) February 23, 2022

Dababy & Marilyn Manson on the same song pic.twitter.com/ZebrboNYt6

— Mowgli (@fbgwayno) February 23, 2022

marilyn manson singing “guess who going to jail” is like me singing “who deserves the sloppiest toppy from a shorty with big ass WHOMPERS”

YOU MY BROTHA

— the african american nightmare (@notKHRIS) February 23, 2022

"Tell Gekyume… Daddy's not gone"
💔

#DONDA2 pic.twitter.com/2IFmkq7kgb

— 🧛🏼‍♂️ (@AssassinLord44) February 23, 2022