In response to West's 'over-the-top display of pain' during the performance, Lorraine Ali of the Los Angeles Times said 'it was proof that no matter how big Kanye gets, he still isn't afraid of appearing entirely immature, if not embarrassingly nerdy.' Legacy During the performance, he compared the emotions of receiving bad news to an instance of being gunned down: 'You ever hear some really, really bad news, and it hits you like a gunshot?', before the sound of a gun cocking and firing followed by him dropping down to the ground and he then lay still, then got up afterwards. The track was performed by West at the 2015 Hollywood Bowl, which marks the only time that he has ever performed it live.

Pitchfork viewed 'Say You Will' as having: 'a patient, defeated-sounding collection of choral vocals and drum machines' and described 'Bad News' as using a 'similar trick' in comparison, but it having a 'much worse effect'. Critical reception īillboard voiced the opinion that the track: 'boasts one of the most memorable outros on the album'. The song contains a sample of the recording 'See Line Woman' as performed by Nina Simone, who West has sampled numerous times throughout his career.

On West's SoundCloud profile, the track is one of the only three from the album that he's made available to be streamed in full, along with 'Heartless' and 'Paranoid'.

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