In addition to his gig as Comedy Bang! Bang! bandleader and Entourage acting stint, Kid Cudi has been putting the finishing touches on his fifth studio album, Speedin’ Bullet to Heaven.
The much anticipated follow-up to 2014’s Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon is reportedly due out by the end of the year, and, according to Kudi himself, is “100% the purest form of my artistic self.” It’s also said to mark a different musical approach for the Cleveland-born rapper. “There are no synths or electronic sounds on the album,” he tweeted over the July 4th weekend, “It consist of all guitar and bass played by myself.”
Speedin’ Bullet will also be completely “featureless”, with all the focus on Cudi and his emotions:
I've ripped my heart out and carved it into tiny pieces of musical madness
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) July 4, 2015
Haven't been this emotional making an album in a long time.
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) May 15, 2015
There's this one song Pat and I made a couple months ago in London that makes me cry everytime I add lyrics to it. Inside my heart again.
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) May 15, 2015
After much hype, Cudi has revealed “Confused”, his first single from the album. It’s a moody cut lined with grunge-y riffs and pensive lines like “Who am I? Who are we?/ All I want is to feel complete.” Listen in below.
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(Via The FADER)