#scott mescudi aka kid cudi

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I found out X was filmed around where I live in New Zealand which is a fun film fact. I won't say where I live exactly because I'm not a fool.

"Principal photography took place from February 16 to March 16, 2021, in the Manawatū region of the North Island. A number of scenes were shot in and around the city of Whanganui. Production was predominantly based at a farm in the settlement of Fordell, where a large barn." - Wikipedia.

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Using my telepathy skills to convince Quinta Brunson to get Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi on abbott elementary

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Why Kid Cudi's Album, "Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven" is a musical cry for help.

The album that will be dissected and dived further into the meaning of is an album by the artist Kid Cudi, aka Scott Mescudi, titled “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven.” This album at its core is meant to be a cry for help, Scott Mescudi is projecting and disguising his true feelings of depression within the lyrics of these songs. This album conveys a message of depression and it conveys how even a person as looked up to, famous, poetic, seemingly joyful and motivated, can still be a victim of hard times, and an even more exhausting mental state. It is an eye opener to listeners about how anyone can struggle mentally and be in dire need of help, and how no one would have the slightest clue. Especially critically at a time within the music and rap industry when feelings, such as sadness, weren’t highlighted or portrayed as frequently through music, or let alone even mentioned. It is meant to tackle the social issues of depression and is a voice for people who are deeply struggling with their emotions, and serves as a voice for individuals who just need to be heard or assisted in any way possible, before it is too late.

“Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” is Kid Cudi’s fifth studio album which was released on December 4, 2015. The alternative music based album, was a double disc album, the first disc consisting of 18 tracks, with the second disc consisting of 8 tracks (which was compiled of extras such as unreleased songs, demos, studio sessions, and outtakes). The album has been called a “cross between the Cudi of old and Nirvana with dark lyrics that touch on suicide and self worth”, which I would say is a spot on synopsis of this album. The tracks within the album that are most memorable and widely recognized by fans are “CONFUSED!”, “Handle With Care”, “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” and “Embers”. However, this remains to be Cudi’s lowest charted album to date which charted at number 36, receiving mixed reviews from critics which were mostly negative. It was even rated 44/100 by Metacritic, and given 3 ½ stars by AllMusic and Complex. To many Cudi fans, this is his most sentimental and deeply lyrical album to date. It may not be meadolically pleasing to most people, but it still embodies an important message of sadness, the importance of having a voice, and the acceptance of needing help in a time of mental disparity. Most notably, Scott Mescudi himself has stated, in an article from Hot New Hip Hop, that this album specifically was made to be a “cry for help.” 

The songs that strongly cultivate the message of a cry for help, questioning of self worth, depression, and make it blatantly obvious Cudi is struggling, are ones which previously had mentioned, those being  “CONFUSED!”, “Embers”, “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” and “Handle With Care”. Starting off with breaking down the song “CONFUSED!”, it very much is a song about Scott fighting hard for his inner peace and being confused on why he remains the way he is, and why he chooses to do the things and embrace the traits that keep him in such a dark place. Without hesitation the first lyrics that we are engaged with on the song are “ I might go losing it and drive off of a cliff, fall in the void, and if I blow my brains out all over the scene, that’s madness curing sadness.” Kid Cudi has never been a stranger to being open about his emotions, and many of his songs are based on his suicidal thoughts, these lyrics are about how Cudi’s starting to lose hope and is now viewing suicide as a permanent solution to his mental problems. The simple nouns and verbs such as “might” and “if” help reveal he is still trying to hang on, but a reason for someone to persuade him not to continue these thoughts and not let them turn into actions, could ultimately aid and save him. Another powerful lyric within this song would be “I always end up back in a cycle of shame, looking in the mirror is hard, some days, I hurt myself to distract me from distraction, that’s madness fixing sadness.” What Cudi is expressing in this is how no matter how hard he tries, he always seems to find himself right back where he was, in darkness. This leads him to pursue temporary solutions such as harming himself and drug use, to distract him from his true feelings, and to use them as an escape route for his problems. All of these lyrics tie back to the whole message of this album which is Scott’s cry for help, and his representation of battling poor mental health. 

Another song that perfectly embodies his battle within himself and the inability to change the negative side of his personality is “Handle With Care”. Presented with melodic and calming guitar strums and humming, these sounds are paired with the lyrics “Pardon me babe, there are instructions I think that you should read, I’m a madman, I cause problems that I truly never mean, I’m damaged, I trust no one, sometimes I can be real mean, to a magnitude extreme, I’m sorry but handle with care, so fragile and delicate.” When you hear the term “handle with care”, most would associate it with the packaging label applied on a package that has contents which are fragile and could easily break, this represents Scott Mescudi himself, his personality. He is making it clear and explaining how he is oftentimes a man who commits actions out of emotions. Although he does not have any ill intention and in the end repairs his mistakes, he is very much capable of being rude and is a very emotionally distant and damaged individual. He is a person who is very lost and does not have much self control when it comes to his emotions. In other words he can be a wild card, because he does not have the solutions to his problems, he does not know how to fix his issues in a healthy way, and is clueless as to how he should better himself for his peace of mind, and for the sake of the people around him. These are all issues that could potentially be solved if people could see that Cudi so desperately needs help, and that he is asking for it in the only way he knows, which is through his music. 

The song which could convincingly be deemed to be the most emotional song off of Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven would have to be “Embers”. This song gives you a small piece of all of the biggest struggles in Cudi’s life, and is built up of lyrics which sit very hard and deep with you, and give you a deeper insight into Scott’s mindset and perspective. “Sit and watch the embers, claw marks on the sleeve, I really don’t want to leave, I really don’t want to leave, I realize there are no answers to rid me of this cancer, still I really gotta leave, see I really gotta leave.” Listening to this for the first time and trying to better understand and grasp the lyrics, you may think Scott is expressing how he feels he has to commit suicide (leave) , because there are no answers to rid him of his suicidal thoughts/depression (cancer), and you would not be wrong, but it is not the full picture. “Embers”, is actually written from the perspective of Scott Mescudi’s father, who tragically passed away from cancer when Scott was only 11 years old. The song, based on not knowing its true perspective, is already emotional and powerful to begin with, but to tie it in with the true meaning makes it that much more tragic. The song has a double meaning, from his fathers perspective he does not want to pass away but he knows his time has come because he can not cure his medical condition, his cancer. From Scott’s perspective he does not want to end his life because he does not want to leave his family, friends, or fans behind, or burden them with that grief, but he convinces himself he may not have any other choice, because he can’t cure his mental illness, his cancer. To further put the nail in the coffin within this already astronomically saddening song, he includes the lyrics “Float in a sea of emotions, taken over by fatigue, I told you I had to leave, hold my hand in heaven, count the heartbeat and count the seconds, I really don’t want to leave, I really don’t want to leave.” Cudi’s father is taken over by the physical and mental fatigue of fighting the losing battle of having cancer, and he wants nothing more than to stay, but he has to accept that he can not. Cudi is taken over by the mental and existential fatigue of fighting his ongoing battle with drug abuse and depression. “I really don’t want to leave”, Scott is portrayed to be begging and yelling it that he does not want to leave, he wants to stay in this world and deep down he does not want to be defeated by his suicidal thoughts, but he is not being heard. These are Cudi’s cries for help, this is the message he can only portray in his music, and the message he hopes can and will be heard, so he can stay.

The representation of depression and the hidden message of a cry for help is evident within the album, and the lyrics of the songs he chooses to include on this album. When looked at on a deeper level and one that is more open minded, it is clear what the meaning of this album is. It is not just a regular old album filled with songs with the purpose of accumulating a large number of streams, or upbeat enough to make it on the radio, it is a call for help and a prepared  suicide note in the form of lyrics and tracks. Now, if you were to try and find Kid Cudi breaking down and analyzing “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” in his own personal take and depiction, you will not be able to find that. The reason for that being, this album was made when Scott was in such a dark and frightening time of his life mentally, that he does not want to revisit nor discuss it, not even in the simplest or shortest way. In his documentary “ A Man Named Scott”,  it follows Scott’s musical journey and gives viewers a closer look at the birth and inspirations of his albums. At one point in this documentary, it focuses on the timeline of his album releases and moves onto Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven where Scott refuses to talk about any of the contents within the album. “I don’t want to talk about any song from Speedin’ Bullet” are Cudi’s exact words, which further show how dark and meaningful these lyrics truly were to him, and how he does not wish to revisit such a depressing and challenging time in his life. This only goes to show and emphasize the meaning of the album, luckily his call for help was heard, but now he has moved past that, and he does not want to relive that again. The absence and refusal of words about revisiting this album, shows us just how predominant the meaning behind it really is.

The message and the analysis of “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” is one that heavily reinforces the need, and the importance of reaching out about mental health, and understanding that you are not alone. It goes to show that a person may fall upon hard times and they may not know how to communicate their feelings, or they may feel trapped in a cycle of shame, but it is not the end of your journey. Scott Mescudi has proven in this lyrical diary that anyone can be a victim of depression, and that there are people who so desperately need and want to be heard but never are, it mourns that you are heard and you are never alone. Scott has given a voice to the voiceless and has given hope to people who have, and even still are in the situation, and within his musical bibliography has preached about the importance of mental health. “Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven” is at its core a cry for help and a conveyage of depression, but it is also a voice, and a representation, for those who should not feel alone. 

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Production of the #Knuckles the Echidna mini-series for @paramountplus is officially underway in London, UK.

Adam Pally, Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi), and Tika Sumpter will star in the series, alongside Edi Patterson, Julian Barratt, Ellie Taylor, and Rory McCann.

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On the surface, singer-songwriters Camila Cabello, Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Anderson .Paak, and brothers Ron and Russell Mael (aka Sparks) don’t have much in common — their ages span 24 to 76, their birthplaces range from Havana to Cleveland, and their music genres are all over the map. But when the quintet gathered for THR’s Songwriter Roundtable in November, it quickly became clear that they speak the same language — music — and before departing they exchanged hugs, phone numbers and snapped selfies, along with plans to get together and perhaps even collaborate. In theory, they could also meet up at the Oscars, given the buzz around original songs they co-wrote with others and sang in their respective films: pop star Cabello’s “Million to One,” written with Scott Harris for Kay Cannon’s live-action Cinderella in which she also starred

Camila, Cinderella has been done so many times, but never in the modern way that you all did it. You obviously made your name as a singer with Fifth Harmony and then solo. But was acting also always an aspiration of yours?

CABELLO My favorite thing about my music videos was getting the chance to be a part of a narrative. I was in drama class when I was in middle school, and that’s how I came to singing, too. It was a way I could express myself and overcome my shyness. My drama teacher was the first person I sang in front of, and I realized, “Oh, I love getting onstage and performing,” whether it be singing or doing improv or whatever. So as time went by, I was always like, “Music is my first love, my first vehicle for expressing myself, but if I stumbled upon the right thing, I would be so hyped to explore acting.” It was fucking terrifying that I had the lead in the first acting project that I did, but eventually I was like, “Here we go — music video!”

Some of you are known for writing about things that are very personal. Is it jarring to have to write about something that’s not?

CABELLO I don’t think I know how to write in any way that isn’t personal to me. When I was working on “Million to One” for Cinderella, to be totally honest, I was going through a really hard time with my mental health. It was just a period of a lot of anxiety and sadness for me, and that song had me feeling like, “I can overcome this. I know that I can make my life better.” I feel like I channeled my personal journey into the one of the character. The character was super confident — everybody was telling her no, but she knew.

When did you first feel like you’d “made it”?

CABELLO I’ve been lucky to have people at different times show me kindness. When I was like 16, 17, and I was still in Fifth Harmony, I fell in love with songwriting. I remember approaching Taylor Swift and being like, “Hey, what do you do when you’re in a writing slump?” or whatever, asking her for advice, and she showed me a lot of kindness. Ed Sheeran too. These were my songwriting heroes, so I was stoked that they were even talking to me.

Because of technology, the industry has also become more democratized. We have people here who are living proof of that.

CABELLO For me it was The X Factor. When I was 15, I was in Miami, and there was no way I would’ve ever gotten to have a career without just a one-in-a-million — speaking of “Million to One” — opportunity like that. That show really does democratize. I had to drive with my family seven hours to North Carolina and was one person out of thousands who got picked, and if it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t be here. But even before that, I put up videos on YouTube of me singing cover songs.

What’s the feedback from fans that has meant the most to you?

CABELLO The feedback that I got from young girls when they watched Cinderella was really heartwarming. But the feedback I’ve gotten that means a lot to me right now? For my latest album, tapping into my family, my roots, my heritage as a Cuban and Mexican woman: I wrote a song with Cuban artist Yotuel called “Lola.” Talk about music being powerful — this accompanied a movement which gave the Cuban people the bravery, for the first time in like 60 or 70 years, to go out into the streets and fight [as part of anti-government protests that began July 11]. And my mom and grandparents and cousins hearing it and crying and being like, “Damn, she’s really fucking giving a voice to our people” — to make my family proud, that’s special.

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Scott Ramon Mescudi aka. Kid Cudi custom skin made by me.

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By Kevin Burwick   — June 30th, 2019

It's officially time to get excited. Bill & Ted Face the Music begins shooting tomorrow morning, July 1st, according to co-writer Ed Solomon. In preparation, Keanu Reeves has shaved off his trademark John Wick beard to get back into playing Ted Theodore Logan for the first time in nearly 30 years. Fans have been waiting to see Reeves and Alex Winters reunite on the big screen for years, and it's all about to happen very soon.

Bill & Ted 3 co-writer Ed Solomon says shooting will begin tomorrow with the crew call at 7:30 and the first shot taking place at 9. Solomon did not specify, but it is believed the production will begin in the morning. Solomon tweeted out the information yesterday as Keanu Reeves was spotted walking around without his beard by some paparazzi in New Orleans. It's a bit weird to see the actor without his John Wick beard, but it is nice to see him back in Ted mode.

The Bill & Ted 3 production news comes after a whole bunch of cast additions were announced earlier in the week. Amy Stoch and Hal Landon Jr. are returning to play Ted's parents while Beck Bennett will be playing his younger brother Deacon. It was also revealed Erinn Hayes will play Ted's wife, Princess Elizabeth and Jayma Mays will play Princess Joanna, Bill's wife. So far, it looks like the long awaited sequel, which was in development hell for years, has a most excellent cast with William Sadler, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Scott Mescudi, aka Kid Cudi, and Anthony Carrigan also on board.

With shooting starting tomorrow in New Orleans, it's only a matter of time before we start seeing some photos from the Bill & Ted 3 set. Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson are pretty happy with the script they came up with and Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are just as excited. The creative team is looking to bring Bill and Ted to a new generation while giving long-time fans the sequel they've been asking for. It will be interesting to see how the sequel is received upon it release next summer since they have so much to live up to all these years later.

With that being said, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter wouldn't be doing this if the idea Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson came up with wasn't amazing. From what it sounds like, we're going to see a new side of our heroes as they're now middle aged in a life they didn't expect. How will they feel about David Lee Roth joining Van Halen again? How will they feel about the current state of heavy metal? These are the real questions that should be addressed in Bill & Ted Face the Music. While we wait for more information, you can check out freshly shaven Keanu Reeves and Ed Solomon's Twitter announcement below.

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I hadn’t thought of him playing Ted as clean-shaven! I mean, he’s gorgeous either way, but... I have so many feelings right now. Keanu Reeves spotted on first day of filming Bill and Ted 3 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7195899/Keanu-Reeves-freshly-shaven-arrives-day-filming-Bill-Ted-3.html?ito=amp_twitter_share-related … via @DailyMailCeleb

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First Image of John Woo's SILENT NIGHT Starring Joel Kinnaman

First Image of John Woo’s SILENT NIGHT Starring Joel Kinnaman

Check out this first look image from  John Woo’s highly anticipated Silent Night starring Joel Kinnaman (pictured), Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi), Harold Torres, and Catalina Sandino Moreno was released today. The film, which is the first U.S. action film in over a decade to be directed by the iconic filmmaker, recently wrapped principal photography in Mexico City. SILENT…

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A Man Named Scott

A Man Named Scott

In 2009, Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi released his debut LP, Man on the Moon: The End of Day. A genre-bending album that broke barriers by featuring songs dealing with depression, anxiety and loneliness, it resonated deeply with young listeners and launched Cudi as a musical star and cultural hero. A Man Named Scott explores Cudi’s journey over a decade of creative choices, struggles and…

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Happy birthday to the person who Impact my life and also the culture, Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi!

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Don’t Look Up Review: An All Star Apocalypse in Adam McKay’s Satire

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What would you do if you knew an asteroid was going to crash into the Earth in six months time? 

Lie, spin, profiteer, bicker, undermine the science, ignore the warnings and do nothing useful whatsoever according to Adam McKay’s bleak apocalyptic satire Don’t Look Up. In it Meryl Streep’s corrupt female Trump-alike president, flanked by her snivelling, useless Chief-of-staff son (Jonah Hill) are presented with so many end-of-the-world scenarios from climate change to pollution, terrorism to nuclear threat that it’s all reduced to optics and winning the mid-term. 

Do something! Do anything! McKay’s film screams. Or we might just fuck everything up.

That scream comes from the mouth of Jennifer’s Lawrence’s PHD student Kate Dibiasky, who discovers a comet around 9km wide which is on a collision course with Earth. This is a ‘planet killer’ and she and her professor, Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) are certain this means the end of the world unless some serious action is taken. “We’re all going to fucking die!” she yells on a popular breakfast TV show hosted by Tyler Perry and Cate Blanchett’s slick, chirpy anchors. Instead of it being a call to action, she’s immediately branded as crazy and is turned into a meme, while DiCaprio becomes the acceptable – or indeed fanciable – face of science. 

There are many themes at play, but ‘power corrupts’ is certainly in the mix as Kate is quickly written out of the picture despite the comet being named after her, while the initially decent Randall starts to believe his own bullshit. 

There’s enough here – in terms of threads and themes but also star power – for several movies so to suggest Don’t Look Up takes a ‘belt and braces’ approach is a massive understatement. Utilising some of the best on screen talent around, McKay delves into multiple elements of American society and how each reacts to this news. News, which is of course misreported and misrepresented by the press, then twisted by various different factions to suit their own ends. In almost every instance, McKay’s conclusion seems to be that people are either idiots or arseholes, with very few exceptions. It’s a pretty damning outlook so despite the Christmas Eve release date and the appeal of the cast list, it’s hardly family fun. Indeed the pessimistic, blunt instrument nature of this movie could be seriously off putting for some.

However, you can’t fault McKay’s ability to weave together an on-the-nose, state-of-the-nation story that speaks very directly to everything that’s happening now. Even the title of the film plays out as a dig at anti-vaxxers – when the comet becomes visible to the naked eye Kate calls for people to ‘Just Look Up’ while comet deniers, in their ardent desire to ignore the science, opt for the opposite message.

So it’s depressing. But it is also funny. Kate, with Rob Morgan’s head of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (a real thing), becomes obsessed with a military man who charges them for free snacks in The Whitehouse. There’s a brilliant gag at the end which is set up halfway through the movie. And Streep hasn’t been as decadently awful since The Devil Wears Prada.

Meanwhile Blanchett, sporting bright white veneers is wonderful and maddening as one half of the talk show duo who wield a ridiculous amount of power and take absolutely no responsibility. Mark Rylance (also in veneers) is chilling as the reclusive tech billionaire whose utter hubris could cost the lives of billions. Look out, too, for a winning turn from Ariana Grande whose pop starlet’s on-again-off-again relationship with DJ Chello (Scott Mescudi, aka Kid Cudi) is far bigger news than the actual end of days. They’re fun, and the song Mescudi and Grande collaborated on for the film is a genuine banger. Though McKay is essentially suggesting that the majority of the population are celebrity-obsessed airheads. But still…

It’s not all doom and gloom. Hope lies in the fringes, as embodied by Timothee Chalamet’s disaffected youth who basically believes in nothing and trusts no one and so finds himself inspired by Lawrence’s scream of fear and rage (he’s not about to change the world, he just has her picture on his skateboard). Even amongst this classy lot, Lawrence steals the show. Like with her Oscar winning turn in Silver Linings Playbook it’s the absolute sincerity she brings to Kate which stops the movie from descending into farce. Kate is a real person, who understands what is going to happen and is really, genuinely scared. And in case we weren’t comprehending the enormity of the situation, cutaway scenes from around the world remind us of the beauty of nature and other cultures, all of which we are about to destroy. 

There can be a smugness and a lack of nuance to McKay’s work (Vice, we’re looking at you), but in Don’t Look Up’s defense, this is an incredibly contemporary film which clearly takes the standpoint that the time for nuance has passed. It’s a picture of an America which would literally destroy the entire planet because of individual selfishness. It might not be a message everyone wants to hear, but it’s the message McKay wants to tell and there’s something rather powerful and even noble about the sense of kinetic fury constantly in the background here. 

So Don’t Look Up might not be for everyone, but it’s more than just another Netflix film. Think of it like a massive Hollywood Christmas special where the top talent comes together to scream “we’re all going to fucking die” at the top of their lungs. Amen to that.

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Don’t Look Up is available to stream now on Netflix.

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EXCLUSIVE: Scott Mescudi Talks Working with Ariana Grande, Kathryn Hahn, & his New Movie, Don't Look Up

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Mescudi Talks Working with Ariana Grande, Kathryn Hahn, & his New Movie, Don’t Look Up

Scott Mescudi, aka Kid Cudi, has made quite a name for himself in the music industry. With two Grammys already under his belt, the rapper/singer is bringing his talents to the big screen in Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up. We got the chance to hear from Mescudi about his role as DJ Chello, joining the cast, Kathryn Hahn, working with Ariana Grande, and so much more. Check out what he had to say…

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First look at A Man Named Scott

A new trailer has been released for A Man Named Scott, which is set to release November 5, 2021.

In 2009, Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi released his debut LP, Man on the Moon: The End of Day. A genre-bending album that broke barriers by featuring songs dealing with depression, anxiety and loneliness, it resonated deeply with young listeners and launched Cudi as a musical star and cultural hero. Director Robert Alexander’s A Man Named Scott explores Cudi’s journey over a decade of creative choices, struggles and breakthroughs, making music that continues to move and empower his millions of fans around the world.