Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty In a Jan. 27 interview with Vanity Fair, Ye - formerly known as Kanye West - opened up further about the full-page apology ad he ran in The Wall Street Journal on Monday, saying that the apology wasn't about saving face, or an elaborate PR stunt before his new album, Bully, drops this Friday. In the Q&A, Ye addressed concerns that the apology looks like a "PR move" ahead of the release of his new album, "Bully," supposedly out on Friday. "It's my understanding that I was in the top 10 most listened-to artists overall in the U.S.