On November 24, 2013, West stated that he was working on and recording his next studio album, hoping to release it by mid-2014. The album is being produced by Rick Rubin and Q-Tip. In April 2014, he appeared in Future‘s single titled “I Won“. West released a single, “Only One“, featuring Paul McCartney, on December 31, 2014.
“FourFiveSeconds“, a single jointly produced with Rihanna and McCartney, was released on January 23, 2015. West had played the song before radio programmers at the iHeartMedia Music Summit, but, at the time of release, an indication was not given about whether it will appear on the next albums of either West or Rihanna. West also appeared on the 40th Anniversary of Saturday Night Live and performed the songs “Jesus Walks“, “Only One” (Without Paul McCartney, whom also performed at the event) & premiered a new song entitled “Wolves”, which features Sia Furler & fellow Chicago rapper, Vic Mensa. “Wolves” is reported to be the first track on West’s seventh solo album, titled So Help Me God. On 2 March 2015, West released the second single from the album called “All Day” which features Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney. West performed the song at the 2015 BRIT Awards with a number of US Rappers & UK Grime MC’s including:Skepta, Wiley, Novelist, Fekky, Krept & Konan, Stormzy, Allan Kingdom, Theophilus London & Vic Mensa, although McCartney was not present for the performance.