![]() ![]() By the end, Cudi has renewed his lease on life “shit is gravy,” he concludes on the finale “Lord I Know.” Rager.” Over the course of the second half of The Chosen, the production palette lightens and hedges closer to the blend of indie rock, synth-pop, and hip hop that defined the first two MOTM albums. The narrative premise Man on the Moon III: The Chosen is more half-baked according to the album’s jacket copy, “in one night, must face himself again and fight to win back his soul from the evil Mr. Waluigi is the true nowhere man, without the other characters he reflects, inverts, and parodies he has no reason to exist.” “Show Out” is music, not a fictional Italian scoundrel, which means that its existence is not simply relative, but offensive.Ģ010’s Man on the Moon II successfully developed the themes of its predecessor - hedonism, fame, and depression collide - resulting in the creation of Cudi’s destructive alter-ego Mr. The mind-boggling degrees of bastardization, which begin with Cudi’s own influence on Scott, recall “I, We, Waluigi: A Post-Modern Analysis of Waluigi” : “You invert Mario to create Wario - Mario turned septic and libertarian - then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. The clip ends with Cudi getting in a car, attracting the attention of a cop, and driving off a cliff in the final moment.The worst song on The Chosen is “Show Out” (featuring Pop Smoke and Skepta), which attempts to graft Scott’s style onto contemporary drill a la “GATTI,” except with a knock-off 808Melo beat. While Cudi enthusiastically agrees to follow Smith’s advice, for the time being, that means continuing his bender. Alternating between booze and weed, Cudi watches the 2006 Will Smith drama, The Pursuit of Happyness (a fitting choice), and at one point Smith seems to talk directly to him: “Wow, Scott, really? This is what it’s come to? Listen, brother, too many moons have passed, get off that couch, and go pursue your destiny.” (It does seem like Smith recorded this new bit of custom dialogue for the video.) ![]() ![]() Part one of the story boasts the title, “The Rager, the Menace,” and it finds Cudi in the throes of a heavy bender. The whole project was directed by Nabil, and part two is set to arrive next week on Cudi’s YouTube channel. The “She Knows This” clip is part one of a two-part narrative short film featuring music from Man on the Moon III. Kid Cudi has released a video for “She Knows This,” a song off his new album, Man on the Moon III: The Chosen, out Friday, December 11th. ![]()
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