This One Here

"This One Here" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his twelfth studio album, Bully (2026). West wrote it alongside Quentin Miller and Don Toliver, with English musician James Blake originally being credited as a songwriter and producer before he asked to be removed. The song originated from West's unreleased collaborative album with Blake titled War, which was worked on throughout 2022 and previewed at a party in London in September 2022. Lyrically, "This One Here" features West singing about personal growth and letting go of his ego.

"This One Here" was originally created with English musician James Blake in 2022. In 2013, West said "I listen to James Blake the most, that's like my favorite artist. Just go listen to his music and say 'Hey that's Kanye's favorite artist'."¹ In 2016, James Blake said that West was originally intended to appear on his album The Colour in Anything, but that the verse never materialized.² After many years, Blake and West started working on a collaborative album back entitled War back in 2022, where the song was worked on during its sessions.³⁴ West previewed several tracks with Blake at a party in London in September 2022,⁵⁶ and a full copy of the unreleased album leaked online by December 2025.⁷ Addressing the leak on Twitter, West stated: "The whole album that leaked is made from freestyles that I did with James over his beats. You can tell because there's missing words."⁷ According to Blake, only his original vocal pitching and song structure were retained on the final song, while his major contributions were mostly removed or reworked by other people.⁴⁸

"This One Here" is one of the longer songs on Bully, with its three-minute runtime surpassing the usual two-minute length of most tracks.⁹ Throughout the song, West ad-libs the phrases "Come on, it's go time" and "Lights on, showtime" in the background.¹⁰ West repeats the line "I'm outside my body, you right" throughout the song, especially during the outro.¹¹ Lyrically, West talks about his personal growth and moving on from his past, claiming to have "kicked all the ego right out of the door” in an effort to admit his mistakes and move forward as the best version of himself.¹²¹³

West initially released the song on a short film for the demo version of the album in March 2025 titled Bully V1.¹⁴ Matt Sorce from the Loyola Phoenix described this version as a "lackluster conclusion for the middling album" in his review for Bully V1.¹⁴ The song was released as the eighth track of physical releases for Bully.¹⁵¹⁶

"This One Here" was officially released to streaming services on March 28, 2026, as the outro track on Bully, through YZY and Gamma.¹⁷¹⁸ Shortly after, Blake requested for his production and songwriting credits on the song to be removed, citing major differences between the original version and the version that was released.¹⁹²⁰²¹ On June 19, 2026, West released the deluxe version of Bully, which updated "This One Here" with re-recorded vocals. Upon its original release, Billboard's Michael Saponara ranked the track as the ninth-best off the album, saying: "West delivers a healing album finisher to close the hook on Bully".³ Marcos Gendre from Mondo Sonoro called the song a "spiritual reverberation" of the gritty bass on West's sixth studio album, Yeezus (2013).²²

Credits adapted from YouTube Music.²³

Credited personnel

• Kanye West – producer, lead vocals, programmer, vocal producer
• Quentin Miller – vocal producer
• Don Toliver – vocal producer
• John Scott – mixing, recording
• Josh Schuback – mixing, recording
• Nkenge 1x – mixing, recording

Uncredited personnel

• James Blake – production, songwriting
• Andre Troutman – additional production²⁴