{"id":2058125,"date":"2025-09-29T19:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2058125"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:27:14","slug":"kid-cudi-teases-musical-hiatus-with-new-song-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kid-cudi-teases-musical-hiatus-with-new-song-once\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Cudi Teases Musical Hiatus With New Song &#8216;Once&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kid-cudi\">Kid Cudi <\/a>is stepping away from music to focus on his other creative endeavors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPrior to the expected hiatus, Cudi released an ethereal track titled \u201cOnce\u201d to his SoundCloud on Sunday (Sept. 28) and explained that it serves as a letter to his fans. \u201cThis is a goodbye for now song,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIt was produced by myself with my homie Sebastian addin\u2019 extra sauce here and there. Taking a break but wanted to leave u [with] something special and from the heart. [You\u2019ll] be hearing me featured on my friends\u2019 albums but as far as me, I gotta step into the shadows and focus on my other dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCudi posted a video to X, clarifying everything surrounding his upcoming absence, which will include a \u201cpretty lengthy break\u201d between now and the release of his next album. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-related-artists \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-1 lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-align-items-center lrv-u-margin-l-00@desktop-xl a-glue@desktop-xl lrv-a-glue--t-0 lrv-a-glue--l-0 u-margin-t-29px@desktop u-margin-t-250@mobile-max u-margin-lr-auto@desktop-xl-max u-max-width-400@desktop-xl-max u-width-100p@mobile-max u-max-width-80@desktop-xl\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-white a-font-primary-fancy-m lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-text-align-center a-article-related-module-title lrv-u-padding-tb-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div class=\"a-article-related-module-wrap lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl lrv-u-flex-grow-1 u-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl-max u-align-items-center lrv-u-position-relative u-flex-basis-100p lrv-u-padding-b-075\">\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-80 u-width-160@mobile-max lrv-a-glue-parent lrv-u-flex-shrink-0\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kid-cudi\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-crop-1x1 lrv-u-height-100p\" style=\"\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"o-indicator lrv-a-glue a-glue--b-n050 lrv-a-glue--r-0 a-glue--t-auto a-glue--l-0 lrv-u-margin-lr-auto u-pointer-events-none lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-border-radius-50p u-width-20 u-height-20 a-icon-related-artist lrv-a-icon-after\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a while between now and the next Kid Cudi album,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I wanted to leave you with a little something that could motivate you, uplift you\u2026 I made it earlier this year, just f\u2014ing around in the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEarlier this month, Kid Cudi directed and starred in his \u201cMr. Miracle\u201d short film alongside LaKeith Stanfield. Cudi spoke to<em> <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/kid-cudi-mr-miracle-short-film-lakeith-stanfield-1236070228\/\"><em>Billboard<\/em> <\/a>about his plans for more short films in the future. \u201cPeople will be able to see\u00a0<em>Neverland<\/em>\u00a0soon,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re working on a way for that to come out so fans can absorb that \u2014 I know a lot of people have been excited to see it, and it\u2019s coming soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCudi continued: \u201cBut I am definitely going to direct more short films in the future. I just finished writing my next one. It\u2019s a really beautiful, heartwarming, funny short that I feel like a lot of people will connect with \u2014 a lot of my fans will connect with it. It\u2019s a powerful piece and I can\u2019t wait for you all to see that. Hopefully we shoot next month, so that\u2019s moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Ohio native\u2019s been busy in September, which saw him also guest on Lakeith Stanfield\u2019s debut single <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lz-p9tshGJ8\">\u201cFast Life.\u201d<\/a> With music moving to the back-burner, fans can expect <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KiDCuDi\/status\/1963065017173004411\">Cudi to focus more<\/a> on directing, acting, painting and fashion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tListen to \u201cOnce\u201d below. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.billboard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kid Cudi is stepping away from music to focus on his other creative endeavors. Prior to the expected hiatus, Cudi released an ethereal track titled \u201cOnce\u201d to his SoundCloud on Sunday (Sept. 28) and explained that it serves as a letter to his fans. \u201cThis is a goodbye for now song,\u201d he wrote. \u201cIt was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2058126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[309524,21932],"class_list":["post-2058125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-genre-hiphop","tag-music-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kid-Cudi-Teases-Musical-Hiatus-With-New-Song-Once.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2058125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2058126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2058125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2058125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2058125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}