Kid Cudi joins forces with Ty Dolla $ign for lowkey new single ‘Willing To Trust’

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic If Kid Cudi is indeed retiring his rapper persona, as strongly indicated in recent interviews, Monday night might have served as an early farewell party of sorts.  At a special screening at the Netflix Tudum Theater in Hollywood, the star was all smiles as he answered questions and celebrated the release of “Entergalactic,” the new animated Netflix special that serves as a kind of filmic companion piece to Cudi’s new album of the same name.  “I’m just overwhelmed, you know?” Cudi, who created, starred in, and executive-produced the project, said immediately after the screening, sitting next to the film’s director, Fletcher Moules. “The past week has been really exciting to see the reviews, see the response. We’ve been working on this thing for three years, man.” 

Kid Cudi at just 38 years old can already see the end of his extraordinary musical career. The «Day 'n' Nite» rapper said as much during an appearance on the First We Feast series, where he also revealed what might come next.During a conversation with host Sean Evans about hip hop artists who have shown they can age well with the genre — like Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem and Snoop Dogg — Cudi was asked if there if there are people he sees as paradigms for what it looks like to age as an artist.Cudi, who has previously said he doesn't see himself performing onstage late into his 40s, brought up Jay-Z before revealing he doesn't see himself in the same tiers as the said rappers.«I don't feel like I have what they have,» Cudi said.

Kid Cudi has said that he is “nearing the end” of his music career, adding that he is thinking about becoming a kindergarten teacher instead.Speaking on a new episode of Hot Ones, which you can see below, Cudi revealed that he didn’t know how much longer he would continue making music and that he had an alternative career path in mind.The rapper said he was “kinda nearing the end on all things Kid Cudi.” He quoted other rappers including Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Eminem and more saying he didn’t think he would have the same longevity at these artists.“I feel like, I don’t have what they have,” Cudi said. “I just don’t know if I want to do music and drop albums for much longer.”He continued: “I’m really curious to see what else I can do. I was thinking about this, this is like a wacky idea I had years ago,” he said. “It would be cool to one day be a kindergarten teacher.

Nickelback have shared rousing new single ‘Those Days’ from their forthcoming album ‘Get Rollin’.The track sees the band reminiscing about their youthful adventures in the 1980s along with music and film from the time.Referencing music from the era, frontman Chad Kroeger sings about “our first slow dance” to Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’, before namechecking Motörhead and Guns N’ Roses. “Remember every t-shirt we stole, from the local mall / (Ace Of Spades by Motörhead) / Remember Guns N’ Roses came out we were standing in line / Remember front row at that show, camped out all night / (Got so high Sweet Child O’ Mine),” he sings.Elsewhere, the nostalgic song features references to the movies Nightmare On Elm Street and Back To The Future.

experience has kicked off! Kid Cudi debuted his long-awaited masterpiece on Friday, releasing the  animated series on Netflix and dropping an album of the same name simultaneously. On Friday, the 38-year-old musician took to social media to share his excitement over fans' reaction to the premieres and dedicate the series to the late Virgil Abloh, whose birthday was Sept. 30. Abloh, the artistic director for Louis Vuitton and the founder of Off-White, died on Nov.

EJ Panaligan editor When Scott Mescudi, better known as musician Kid Cudi to most of the world, released his debut studio record “Man on the Moon: The End of Day” in 2009, the latter half of the album included a groovy love anthem called “Enter Galactic (Love Connection Part I).” And though a sequel to the song never came out, Mescudi figured out an innovative way to dive back into the track’s affection-drenched world 13 years later. “Entergalactic” is both a new animated Netflix program — the streamer is calling it an “event” — as well as the title of his 10th studio album. They’re both being released on Sept. 30. “It’s exciting, like, never in my wildest dreams did I feel like I would revisit that song in any type of way,” Mescudi tells Variety over Zoom alongside co-star Jessica Williams. “It was something that I recorded years ago — sort of as a simple love song — but it was nice to expand upon its ideas and take it to other places, adding in characters and other storylines to see where it could go.”

The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, Kid Cudi gave a performance of his single ‘Willing To Trust’ with Ty Dolla $ign, lifted from his forthcoming album ‘Entergalactic’.The performance took place on last night’s (Wednesday, September 28) episode of the show, where Cudi appeared as Fallon’s musical guest. Sitting side by side, Cudi and Ty were veiled by sci-fi lighting and eerie smoke effects during the performance.

Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Benson are exploring new business ventures. The two long-time friends have partnered up with Thomas Ashbourne Craft Spirits to create their own cocktail line, called Margalicious Margarita.

Kid Cudi couldn't be more excited about his new Netflix animated special, . ET's Rachel Smith spoke to Cudi at the premiere Wednesday night, where spoke about the love story at the center of the film and got candid about his dating and relationship history. tells the story of Jabari, who after a chance run-in with his cool new photographer neighbor Meadow, has to figure out whether he can make space for love in his life.

Kid Cudi hits the red carpet for the premiere of his upcoming animated series, Entergalactic, at the Paris Theater in New York City on Wednesday (September 28).

Kid Cudi has unveiled the full track list for his upcoming eighth studio album, ‘Entergalactic’.Taking to Twitter on September 27, Cudi shared an image of all the songs set to feature on ‘Entergalactic’. The highly anticipated release, set to drop this Friday (September 30), will include previously released singles ‘Willing To Trust’ (a collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign) and lead single ‘Do What I Want’.A number of other collaborations feature – ‘Can’t Believe It’ with 2 Chainz, a second collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign called ‘Can’t Shake Her’, ‘Somewhere To Fly’ with Don Toliver, and a bonus track, ‘Burrow’, featuring Toliver, Steve Aoki and Dot Da Genius.

Kid Cudi has dropped a new, Ty Dolla $ign-featuring cut called “Willing To Trust,” the second single from his forthcoming TV series and tenth studio LP. Entergalactic premieres on Netflix September 30, and its accompanying album goes live no digital streaming platforms the same day. It takes its name from the ninth track of the Cleveland rapper/actor/director debut studio release, 2009’s Man On the Moon: The End of the Day.

Awkward? Gigi Hadid and Camila Morrone were seen at the same fashion show at Milan Fashion Week. Leonardo DiCaprio’s alleged current flame and his ex-girlfriend attended Versace’s show weeks after the LA-based model and the Don’t Look Up actor were rumored to be pursuing each other.

Red Hot Chili Peppers have released the second preview of their forthcoming 13th album, ‘Return Of The Dream Canteen’ – an emotive rocker dedicated to the late, great Eddie Van Halen, simply titled ‘Eddie’.In a press release, frontman Anthony Kiedis explained the story behind the tribute: “Sometimes we don’t realize how deeply affected and connected we are to artists until the day they die. Eddie Van Halen was a one of a kind. “The day after his death Flea came into rehearsal with an emotional bassline.