City of Gods by Fivio Foreign, Kanye West & Alicia Keys Song Info
“City of Gods” is a collaboration between Fivio Foreign, Kanye West, and Alicia Keys and is a triumphant ode to Fivio and Keys’ hometown of New York City. The song serves as the lead single for Fivio’s debut studio album B.I.B.L.E. and Ye’s eleventh studio album DONDA 2. Ye and Fivio first collaborated on the song “Off The Grid” from Ye’s tenth studio album Donda, released in 2021. Snippets of a new collaboration between the artists circulated in early 2022 during private listening parties held by Ye. On February 6, 2022, Fivio revealed that Ye had given him a “crazy” feature verse for an upcoming song, and on February 11, he announced the song’s release via social media. The song’s chorus, sung by Keys, interpolates the chorus from “New York City” by The Chainsmokers, released in 2015. The track also features adlibs from Atlanta rapper Playboi Carti, who similarly attributed vocals to “Off The Grid.” On April 7, 2022, Alicia Keys released a solo version of the song with a stripped back instrumental after teasing a short snippet of the alternate version via Twitter.
