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Kid Cudi at 2024 Coachella

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Key Takeaways:

• Kid Cudi’s “Grave” is about to reach on July 11 as a part of his 2025 rollout with an accompanying music video by Samuel Bayer.
• The monitor follows “Neverland” and continues the rollout for his upcoming album ‘Free.’
• Kid Cudi describes ‘FREE’ as a pop album along with his personal twist, signaling a brand new inventive course.

It’s lastly time to listen to what Kid Cudi has been engaged on. On Thursday (July 3), the rapper introduced the discharge date for his long-teased single “Grave,” which is now set to drop on July 11.

“It’s almost time,” he wrote alongside the duvet artwork, which reveals him in a leather-based jacket and denims. Maybe much more thrilling than the track itself is who he tapped to direct the video: Samuel Bayer, who helmed 2010’s remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

The two gave followers a sneak peek of the visible with some behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot in June. “I’ll stop running to the grave, oh, baby / Just to live another day, no maybes / ‘Cause I’ve got everything to lose, I’m staying,” he croons within the accompanying clip. Take a glance under.

“Grave,” after all, will observe Kid Cudi’s current single “Neverland,” which he dropped forward of the premiere of his quick movie of the identical identify. Directed by Ti West and produced by Monkeypaw Productions, the undertaking made its debut on the Tribeca Film Festival.

By the seems of issues, the Cleveland native’s forthcoming LP, FREE, is about to take him (and his followers) someplace he’s by no means gone earlier than. “My album, FREE, is a pop album. The Cudi version of pop. [You’re] gonna love it,” he tweeted in May.

Pop may be the final lane followers anticipated Kid Cudi to veer into, particularly after the previous 12 months or so he’s had. Between breaking his foot throughout Coachella and dealing with a home break-in amid the Los Angeles wildfires, it’s been fairly the rollercoaster, to say the least. However, FREE suggests he’s turning the web page, and hopefully, it’ll lead to a whole, cohesive LP. He additionally dropped two tasks — INSANO and INSANO (NITRO MEGA) — simply final 12 months.