Highlights

“Highlights” is a celebration of Kanye’s career and accomplishments. He reflects on 21 Grammy wins and promises fans he’s only going to make more “highlights” in the future.

This is Kanye’s sixth song with “lights” in the title; Graduation’s “Flashing Lights,” 808’s & Heartbreak’s “Street Lights,” My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’s “All of the Lights,” the opening to The Life of Pablo, “Ultralight Beam,” and the preceding song “Low Lights”.

Like one of Kanye’s previous lights songs, All of the Lights, Highlights is also preceded by an interlude with lights in the title. All of the Lights' interlude is simply called All of the Lights (Interlude)," while Highlights' is “Low Lights.”

In a deleted tweet, Young Thug’s go-to music video producer Be El Be stated:

Hold up, Now that I think about it… WE ARE ON THIS… I remember the song title b/c I wrote it down, I think… I have it written down in my phone.. I just know the song wasn’t really done. But thug re sang the hook and added a verse.

This led to speculation that Young Thug would be making a guest appearance on The Life of Pablo (titled SWISH at the time). The two have apparently recorded over 40 songs together, but this is their first collaboration to see the light of day.

An early demo of the track featuring Madonna surfaced Feb. 19, 2016.