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# Listen to Kanye West Romantic 17-Minute New Slow Jam

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## Cady Lang


Feb 28, 2017 9:30 PM UTC

![The Meadows Music &amp; Arts Festival - Day 2](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9bc6d0600a50cceb/6988bc61ab6d77d60a6ad07b/kanye-west-bed-new-song.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

QUEENS, NY - OCTOBER 02: Recording Artist Kanye West performs onstage during The Meadows Music & Arts Festival Day 2 on October 2, 2016 in Queens, New York. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for The Meadows)

QUEENS, NY - OCTOBER 02: Recording Artist Kanye West performs onstage during The Meadows Music & Arts Festival Day 2 on October 2, 2016 in Queens, New York. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for The Meadows) Taylor Hill—Getty Images for The Meadows

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## Cady Lang


Feb 28, 2017 9:30 PM UTC

It’s a fact well-established that [Kanye West](http://time.com/collection-post/3822841/kanye-west-2015-time-100/) is a [slow jam enthusiast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI-w4gvkCkQ), so it should come as no surprise that the rapper and [aspiring fashion designer](http://time.com/4483104/kanye-west-yeezy-season-4-fashion-show/) looked to one of the modern classics in the genre as the score for his latest fashion show.

At West’s [Yeezy Season 5 runway show](http://time.com/4671139/halima-aden-hijab-yeezy-show-nyfw/), he showed his collection to the dulcet tones of a looped remix of J. Holiday’s sultry song “Bed,” featuring vocals by The-Dream, who co-wrote the song. Now, a dreamy, romantic 17-minute version of “Bed” has materialized on Kanye West’s Soundcloud; this version is also looped, and according to [_GQ_](http://www.gq.com/story/yeezy-season-5-the-5-things-you-need-to-know?mbid=social%5Ftwitter)_,_ features Ye as background vocals.

Listen to Kanye’s take on “Bed” below.

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