--- ---  # People Are Asking Obama to Order Kanye West to Release His Next Album  by [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Aug 12, 2015 11:33 PM UTC  Kanye West preforms during the closing ceremony on Day 16 of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games on July 26, 2015 in Toronto. Kanye West preforms during the closing ceremony on Day 16 of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games on July 26, 2015 in Toronto.Ezra Shaw—Getty Images  by [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Aug 12, 2015 11:33 PM UTC If you seriously cannot wait anymore for Kanye West’s next album, you’re not alone. A White House petition, [since removed for violating Terms of Participation](https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/make-kanye-drop-swish-august-21st), circulated on Wednesday asking President Obama to use his executive powers to force the release of West’s long-awaited album, _Swish_. “Kanye West has kept us thirsty for too long,” the petition read. “We haven’t gotten any new singles in months. The President should order Ye to drop the album on the date August, 21st \[sic\] as his producer Mike Dean has been teasing people about.” West’s album release timeline has been sporadic with both the rapper and his producer remaining tight-lipped about details. In March, West released the single [“All Day,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfQOawFwx6w) and announced a new name for his album [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/594928453675159553) [in May](http://time.com/3844868/kanye-west-album-title/). His last album, _Yeezus_, was released in June of 2013. One big error in the petition? West never announced an official release date. As Dean [told](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5F7-4XlLXOg0) _Montreality_ earlier this week, “whenever Kanye says it’s done, it’s done.” Petition Begs Obama to Force the Release of Kanye West's Next Album ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3995345/kanye-west-obama-swish-petition/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3995345/kanye-west-obama-swish-petition/"},"headline":"People Are Asking Obama to Order Kanye West to Release His Next Album","datePublished":"2015-08-12T23:33:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:22.720Z","description":"We're all tired of waiting, apparently","url":"https://time.com/3995345/kanye-west-obama-swish-petition/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","Kanye West","President Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbab804669702999/69885f05428a9e7bf3cce9f3/kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tanya Basu","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbab804669702999/69885f05428a9e7bf3cce9f3/kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"kanye west","caption":"kanye west","creditText":"Ezra Shaw—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3995345/kanye-west-obama-swish-petition/","name":"People Are Asking Obama to Order Kanye West to Release His Next Album"}}]}] ```