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Key Takeaways:
- Child Cudi’s “Grave” is ready 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.’
- Child Cudi describes ‘FREE’ as a pop album along with his personal twist, signaling a brand new artistic route.
It’s lastly time to listen to what Child 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 nearly time,” he wrote alongside the quilt artwork, which exhibits him in a leather-based jacket and denims. Possibly much more thrilling than the tune itself is who he tapped to direct the video: Samuel Bayer, who helmed 2010’s remake of A Nightmare on Elm Road.
The 2 gave followers a sneak peek of the visible with some behind-the-scenes footage from the shoot in June. “I am going to cease operating to the grave, oh, child / Simply to stay one other day, no maybes / ‘Trigger I’ve obtained the whole lot to lose, I am staying,” he croons within the accompanying clip. Have a look beneath.
“Grave,” after all, will observe Child 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 challenge made its debut on the Tribeca Movie Pageant.
By the appears to be like of issues, the Cleveland native’s forthcoming LP, FREE, is ready to take him (and his followers) someplace he’s by no means gone earlier than. “My album, FREE, is a pop album. The Cudi model of pop. [You’re] gonna find it irresistible,” he tweeted in Could.
Pop may be the final lane followers anticipated Child Cudi to veer into, particularly after the previous yr or so he’s had. Between breaking his foot throughout Coachella and coping with a house break-in amid the Los Angeles wildfires, it’s been fairly the rollercoaster, to say the least. Nevertheless, FREE suggests he’s turning the web page, and hopefully, it’ll end in an entire, cohesive LP. He additionally dropped two initiatives — INSANO and INSANO (NITRO MEGA) — simply final yr.