Top 5 moments from Kanye West’s performance in Haikou China

Last night (September 15), Kanye West wrapped up a massive live set for a sold-out audience in Haikou, South China's Hainan Province, marking the start of the Mid-Autumn Festival holidays of the tropical island.

The show was announced late last month as part of his ongoing Vultures world tour, where Ye alongside Ty Dolla $ign and other featured artists take the collaborative album across major cities in North America, The United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.

Several magazines reported that the decision to allow Ye to perform in China was heavily discussed keeping in mind the artist's controversial history, which includes Kanye's antisemitic remarks from last year.

Social media users were quick to bring up Ye's previous public statements and relationship with Donald Trump as reasons why the artist should not have been permitted to perform in China.

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Major highlights and moments from Kanye West's Sunday concert in Haikou

Kanye West's Haikou concert marks the rapper's return to China after 16 years, signifying Ye's return to the country where he spent his early childhood with his mother, Donda West, while she worked as a teacher in Nanjing.

According to China Daily, the show was attended by over 42,000 fans and was held at the Haikou Wuyuanhe Stadium. Yesterday's concert was announced in late August after a previously scheduled live set in Taiwan was canceled.

Reportedly, several Government officials cited how shows and live performances from artists like Kanye West are extremely "rare events," given that Ye's persona is starkly different from China's strict conservative rules and values.

Founder of Jingjian, Michael Zhou, explained during an interview with CNBC that West's Haikou concert was an event held in line with Hainan's efforts to focus on Chinese tourism and become an international travel destination. This seemingly includes claims made by people online which state that Taxi Drivers in the city were asked to play "only Ye's music".

Below are several standout and memorable moments from the concert, where Ye played a massive set list which included unreleased material from his discography.

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1) Kanye West performs a 74-song setlist

Kanye West performing his set at Sunday's Haikou concert (Image via X/@yefanatics)

Kanye took fans through a journey from Graduation to Vultures, performing several popular songs across his decade-long discography. The concert also found the rapper performing alongside North West and Ty Dolla $ign.

The complete list of songs performed at Ye's Haikou concert has been listed below:

1. FRIED
2. STARS
3. PAID
4. TALKING
5. EVERYBODY
6. BACK TO ME
7. DO IT
8. HOODRAT
9. BURN
10. FUK SUMN (REMIX)
11. SLIDE
12. TIME MOVING SLOW
13. FIELD TRIP
14. PROMOTION
15. 530
16. DEAD
17. BOMB REMIX (Feat. Yuno Miles)
18. RIVER
19. CITY IN THE SKY
20. NEW BODY
21. A THOUSAND MILES (Feat. Yuno Miles x Ty Dolla $ign)
22. CARNIVAL
23. Can't Tell Me Nothing
24. POWER
25. All Of The Lights
26. Runaway
27. Mercy
28. Niggas In Paris
29. Don't Like.1
30. Clique
31. Birthday Song
32. Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1
33. Blood On The Leaves
34. Off The Grid
35. Cold
36. All Day
37. Praise God
38. Freestyle 4 (seconds)
39. Keep It Burning
40. All Mine
41. Yikes
42. Jesus Walks
43. Otis
44. Touch The Sky
45. All Falls Down
46. Good Life
47. Flashing Lights
48. Heartless
49. Homecoming
50. Bound 2
51. No Church In The Wild
52. City Of Gods
53. FourFiveSeconds
54. Run This Town - Jay Z (Feat. Kanye West)
55. Hurricane
56. Diamonds
57. Remote Control
58. Waves
59. Jail
60. Ghost Town
61. Famous
62. Ultralight Beam
63. I Wonder
64. Lolipop (Remix)
65. Monster
66. Sunday Service song
67. Black Skinhead
68. On Sight
69. I Am A God
70. Feel The Love
71. CAN U BE (Feat. Travis Scott x Ty Dolla $ign)
72. Fade
73. Love Lockd
74. Preacher Man

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2) Picture of a fan proposing during Kanye West's 'Bound 2' goes viral

A fan account (@yefanatics) reposted a picture from Kanye West's Haikou concert which found a man proposing to his partner, while Ye performed a live set of his popular track, Bound 2, off his 2013 sixth studio album Yeezus.

"A fan proposed while playing <Bound 2>" - The caption read.

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3) Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign's performance of 'Everybody'

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign performing 'Everybody' alongside North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm, at Sunday night's Haikou concert (Image via X/@yefanatics)

Kanye West brings out all four of his children, North West, Saint West, Chicago West and Psalm West, to dance and perform alongside him and Ty Dolla $ign on stage.

Ye brought out his children during the performance of his unreleased hit from Vultures 1 titled Everybody, which went viral over the alleged unlicensed sample taken from Backstreet Boy's 1997 hit record Everybody (Backstreet's Back).

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4) Kanye West confirms upcoming solo album

Kanye performing at Sunday's Haikou concert (Image via X/@yefanatics)

Toward the end of the Haikou concert, the rapper previewed and performed an unreleased track titled PREACHER. The record appears to be included on Ye's upcoming solo album, which he also confirmed during the show when he stated:

"This song is off my next project"

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5) The stadium chants out "F--K Adidas"

Kanye performing at Sunday's Haikou concert (Image via X/@yefanatics)

Around the two-hour mark, after the performance of Touch The Sky from Kanye's 2005 sophomore studio album Late Registration, the crowd erupted in cheer by sharing their appreciation for Ye.

The entire stadium then began to chant out "F--k Adidas" multiple times in support of Kanye after Adidas dropped the rapper last year over his antisemitic remarks.

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Reportedly over 90% of tickets for Ye's Haikou concert sold out almost immediately, with most of the sales coming from outside the Hainan province. According to Hainan Daily, major sales stemmed from cities like Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Beijing and Chengdu.