North West Pulls off a Kanye West as She Cancels Kimokawaii Tour With Molly Santana Days Before Kick-off

Published 07/31/2026, 9:13 AM EDT

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North West is pulling off a move straight out of the Kanye West playbook by calling off her highly anticipated joint music tour with Molly Santana right before launch. The young artist's famous father built an entire reputation around sudden schedule shifts, unpredictable creative pivots, and abrupt concert cancellations. Now, his eldest child appears to be following those exact headline-making footsteps in her fledgling music career.

Fans want to know the reason for the sudden schedule collapse and venue cancellations surrounding the young recording artist's debut concert series

Abrupt cancelations and scrapped tour dates by North West

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North West's planned co-headlining Kimokawaii Tour alongside underground rap artist Molly Santana has been abruptly called off. As the website shows, promoters scrubbed the tour website and marked scheduled stops across major cities, including an August 18 appearance at Michigan's Royal Oak Music Theatre, as cancelled.

Automated credit card refunds were issued to disappointed fans without any official initial explanation for the sudden schedule shutdown. The 14-city North American run was set to launch on August 5 in Dallas to promote North's debut, ‘N0rth4evr’. Online ticketing platforms rapidly updated almost every single date to cancelled status just days before the scheduled opening night.

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As soon as the Royal Oak Music Theatre’s website marked the sudden collapse of the tour, it left followers stunned after months of promotional buildup for the teenager's first official concert tour. North West subsequently broke her silence on social media, expressing deep sadness over the sudden, unexpected logistical shutdown.

“I was really excited to go on tour w (with) Molly Santana. Sadly, it isn’t happening anymore, but I have something special for u guys. See ya soon,” she wrote in her Instagram (@northwest) Story.

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Though the tour is cancelled, the surreal cinematic influences and unique gothic aesthetic driving underground recording artist Molly Santana deserve appreciation for her creative work apart from her music profile.

Not only a studio album- from the mind of Molly Santana

Co-headliner Molly Santana brings a uniquely atmospheric, surrealist aesthetic to modern hip-hop through her ambitious multimedia projects. Her self-directed short film, Molly and Her Week of Wonders, served as a cinematic companion piece to her sophomore studio album of the same name. Shot entirely on vintage 1980s film stock, the visual project captures a deeply dreamlike, nostalgic atmosphere.

Available on her official YouTube channel (Molly Santana), the creative concept draws heavy inspiration from the classic 1970 Czech surrealist horror-fantasy film Valerie and Her Week of Wonders. Santana personally wrote, directed, produced, and designed the production to explore complex themes of emotional self-discovery. Her collaborator Showjoe, provided custom sound design, blending eerie fantasy elements with raw emotional realism.

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Credit: Molly Santana/YouTube

Her distinct visual identity helped elevate interest in the joint concert run with Kanye West's daughter North West before its sudden cancellation. Fans can still experience her surreal artistic vision through her official online video releases and music streaming platforms. The cancellation of the Kimokawaii Tour marks a dramatic, Kanye-esque chapter in North West's early music career.

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Soma Mitra

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Soma is a journalist at Netflix Junkie. With a postgraduate degree in Mass Communication, she brings production experience from documentary films like Chandua: Stories on Fabric. Covering the true crime and docu-drama beat, she turns psychological thrillers into sharp, audience-aware storytelling.

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