\n\tKid Cudi <\/a>has returned to release his 10th studio album, as Free<\/a><\/em> hit streaming services on Friday (Aug. 22). <\/p>\n \n\tThe 13-track effort is free of features and includes previously-released singles such as \u201cNeverland,\u201d \u201cMr. Miracle\u201d and \u201cGrave.\u201d It\u2019s Cudder\u2019s first LP since 2024\u2019s Insano<\/em>, which debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200. <\/a><\/p>\n \n\tFor the cover art,<\/a> Cudi took inspiration from The Truman Show<\/em>. Like Jim Carrey leaving Seahaven, Cudi steps through a doorway in the cloudy sky,<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n\t\u201cI wanted something that really expressed freedom, so the concept of me leaping into the clouds made so much sense,\u201d he wrote on IG when revealing the cover. \u201cInspired by\u00a0The Truman Show<\/em>. I cant WAIT for u guys to hear this album and really see the album art brought to life. You\u2019re in for a beautiful ride. Promise.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAugust has been a busy month for Kid Cudi, who released his vulnerable memoir<\/a> on Aug. 12. He opened up his world to GQ<\/em>, who received an early excerpt from the book, which found Cudi recalling a near-drug overdose<\/a> circa 2010. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI was at peace with dying,\u201d Cudi wrote. \u201cAfter doing more coke than I ever had in my life I was losing all sense of what was real. I\u2019d been alone in my New York apartment, crying for hours, listening to the Lykke Li song \u2018Time Flies\u2019 on repeat. It was a love song, but the melodies and her voice filled me with despair.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe continued: \u201cI was a role model, but I didn\u2019t feel like one. People called me their savior. But who was going to save me? I was a lighthouse for others, but I couldn\u2019t find my own way,\u201d he added. \u201cIt was peace I was after. Here, crippled on the floor, minutes from overdosing, was the closest I\u2019d ever come to finding it. \u2018You made great music that people loved,\u2019 I thought,\u00a0\u2018but this is the end.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tStream Free <\/em>below. <\/p>\n \n\n
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