It’s been a busy yr for Child Cudi. Again in Could he testified in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs within the music mogul’s intercourse trafficking and racketeering case, with Cudi confirming that his automotive exploded in his driveway in 2012 shortly after Combs threatened to blow it up. Perhaps we’ll hear extra about that in Cudi’s recently-announced memoir, which is popping out subsequent month. However on a a lot lighter word, Cudi additionally obtained married a few weeks in the past, and right now he’s introduced a brand new album known as Free that’ll be out subsequent month too.
TMZ reviews that Cudi married menswear designer Lola Abecassis Sartore on June 28. They met in 2018 on the late Virgil Abloh’s debut Louis Vuitton present; Abloh was a buddy and collaborator of Cudi’s and had requested the rapper/singer to stroll in that present, whereas Sartore was additionally working at LV. The pair obtained engaged final yr and married within the South Of France, the place Sartore is from. In line with their coveted Vogue Weddings characteristic, BADBADNOTGOOD carried out throughout cocktail hour, Cudi sang a few his personal unreleased songs, and so they had a ginormous cake.
Cudi hasn’t launched the tracklist for Free but, however we all know it’ll characteristic the Could single “Neverland” in addition to right now’s new single “Grave.” “Grave’ is a melodramatic stomp-clap ballad about discovering causes to need to keep alive: “Now I’m seeing choices/ And I wanna decide in,” he sings. Watch Samuel Bayer’s video for it under.
Free is out 8/22 through Republic.