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Key Takeaways
- Child Cudi is shifting his focus to inventive ventures like directing, appearing, portray, and style.
- The rapper is now totally impartial after releasing Free as his ultimate main label album.
- Free marks a turning level in his profession, debuting at No. 192 on the Billboard 200.
After dropping Free, his ultimate album on Republic Data, final month, Child Cudi is saying goodbye to music — no less than for now. Tuesday (Sept. 2) evening, the “Day ‘n’ Nite” artist introduced that he’ll now put his efforts towards directing, appearing, style, and different inventive ventures.
“I simply wanna say thanks to all my followers for supporting Free, spreading the phrase, and sending love! I am so grateful I’ve y’all in my nook,” Cudi tweeted. “Free was my final album on a significant label (which is a part of the rationale I known as the album Free), and now I am lookin’ ahead to a brand new chapter and being impartial.”
“I received a brand new brief movie I directed myself for ‘Mr. Miracle’ droppin’ in a matter of weeks that [you all are] gonna f**kin’ love,” he continued. When a fan requested how lengthy it’d be till the subsequent solo challenge, the Cleveland rapper admitted it’ll be “some time” earlier than he returns with one other LP.
“I feel I’ma formally take a step again for some time from droppin’ albums and deal with directing, extra appearing, portray, and style for certain,” he mentioned. “It’s gonna be some time ‘til y’all hear one other album from me, however I promise once I do come once more, it will not be boring.”
Cudi spent over a decade underneath Republic Data, and within the time since, he’s given followers plenty of nice music. Simply final yr, he dropped two separate albums — INSANO and INSANO (NITRO MEGA) — collectively totaling round 40 songs.
Free, which arrived in August with songs like “Neverland” and “Grave,” noticed the artist moving into a extra pop-driven course. The 13-song effort opened at No. 192 on the Billboard 200, marking the lowest-charting solo album of his profession.
That mentioned, Cudi has discovered success exterior of music. In July, he appeared in Adam Sandler’s Completely happy Gilmore 2.