What is Stem Player? Know all about platform where Kanye West's 'Donda 2' is releasing

Kanye West, also kwn as Ye is gearing up for release of his next studio album Donda 2, a sequel to his 10th studio album Donda. rapper recently took to his Instagram and anunced that he won't be releasing Donda 2 on any major streaming platforms like YouTube, Apple, Spotify.

Kanye shared that his album Donda 2 will be released exclusively on Stem Player. Continue reing to kw more about Stem Player, its price and specifications.

What is Stem Player?

Kanye West anunced that his new album, Donda 2, will stream exclusively on his platform Stem player. Stem Player isn’t actually a streaming platform. It’s a small device that allows users to split songs into “stems”, according to its website, and costs around $200 (approx Rs.15,000 without shipping charges).

Bluetooth device can control vocals, drums, bass and isolates several parts of songs. Stem Player was launched by Kanye last year in a partnership with Ka Computing and also includes his album Donda. It has 8 GB of stor, connections via USB-C, Bluetooth, or 3.5mm hephone jack, and a 97db speaker.

rapper previously took to his Instagram and wrote, "Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, Stem Player. t on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube. Today artists get just 12% of money industry makes. It’s time to free music from this oppressive system. It’s time to take control and build our own. Go to stemplayer.com w to order." 

West to live-stream Donda Experience concert on February 22

As per DailyMail, Kanye West will also be live-streaming his Donda Experience concert/listening party on Tuesday, February 22 in IMAX atres across 15 cities. MAX Entertainment president Megan Colligan in a statement said, "Kanye is one of most ambitious and groundbreaking artists of our time. And we are grateful for opportunity to again share his genius with his loyal fans across country." 

Meanwhile, Kanye West's tenth studio album Donda was released in August 2021 after album's third listening party on Thursday at Soldier Field in Chicago, titled Kanye West Presents Donda Album Experience. Donda initially scored most first-day streams for an album in 2021 on both Apple Music and Spotify. It stood as West's 10th consecutive chart-topper on US Billboard 200, tying record set by Eminem. 

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