Free (Kid Cudi album)

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Free
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Studio album by
Kid Cudi
ReleasedAugust 22, 2025
Recorded2024–2025
Genre
Length40:56
Label
Producer
Kid Cudi chronology
Insano (Nitro Mega)
(2024)		Free
(2025)
Singles from Free
  1. "Neverland"
    Released: May 9, 2025
  2. "Grave"
    Released: July 12, 2025
  3. "Mr. Miracle"
    Released: August 18, 2025

Free is the eleventh studio album by American musician Kid Cudi. It was released on August 22, 2025, via Wicked Awesome and Republic Records. The album, a pop record, [1] [2] was preceded by three singles, "Neverland", "Grave" and "Mr. Miracle". "Neverland" was accompanied by a short film directed by Ti West, while the music video for "Grave" was directed by Samuel Bayer. [3] [4]

Contents

Background

He appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the single "Grave" and explain the story behind the album and how he landed his role in Happy Gilmore 2 (2025). [5]

On May 9, 2025, Kid Cudi released the lead single from the album, titled "Neverland". He later followed up with another single titled "Grave", which was released on July 11, 2025, along with a visual directed by Samuel Bayer. [6] On August 16, 2025, Cudi announced that he would be releasing another single titled "Mr. Miracle" on August 18, according to Instagram.

Track listing

Track listing adapted from Apple Music. [7]

Free track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Echoes of the Present" Scott Mescudi Kid Cudi 2:48
2."Neverland"
3:56
3."Mr. Miracle"
  • Mescudi
  • Christian Astrop
  • Crean
  • Kouame
  • Serrano
  • Tranter
  • Kid Cudi
  • Tranter
  • Crean
  • Wasabi
3:10
4."Opiate"
  • Kid Cudi
  • Sitek
2:56
5."Deep Diving"
  • Kid Cudi
  • Jean Baptiste
  • Rubin
  • Buendia
2:32
6."Truman Show"
  • Mescudi
  • Brandon Colbein
  • Crean
  • Serrano
  • Tranter
  • Kid Cudi
  • Tranter
  • Crean
  • Wasabi [p]
3:42
7."Submarine"
  • Mescudi
  • Atterberry
  • Russell Chell
  • Kouame
  • Serrano
  • Tranter
  • Kid Cudi
  • Tranter
  • Wasabi [p]
  • Chell
3:58
8."Ashes"
  • Kid Cudi
  • Beau Nox
  • Grades
  • Zach Ess
1:44
9."Grave"
  • Mescudi
  • Atterberry
  • Chell
  • Kouame
  • Serrano
  • Tranter
  • Kid Cudi
  • Tranter
  • Wasabi
  • Chell
3:11
10."Past Life"
  • Kid Cudi
  • Tranter
  • Cannata
  • Blackinton
2:29
11."Picnic In Paris"
  • Kid Cudi
  • Tranter
  • Crean
  • Wasabi
  • Ramii
3:16
12."Stargazing"
  • Mescudi
  • Astrop
  • Seman
  • Traynor
  • Kid Cudi
  • Beau Nox
  • Grades
  • Ess
2:55
13."Salt Water"
  • Mescudi
  • Bnyx
  • Kozel
  • Miller
  • Goldstein
4:15
Total length:40:56

Note

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [8]

Musicians

  • Kid Cudi – programming (all tracks), vocals (tracks 2–13), background vocals (2)
  • Justin Tranter – background vocals (2), programming (3, 6, 7, 9–11)
  • Cleo Tighe – background vocals (2)
  • Shawn Wasabi – keyboards, percussion, programming (3, 6, 7, 9, 11); drums (3, 6, 7, 11)
  • Dan Crean – guitar, programming (3, 6, 11)
  • Dave Sitek – programming (4)
  • Jean Baptiste – programming (5)
  • Karl Rubin – programming (5)
  • Ryan Buendia – programming (5)
  • Russ Chell – bass, guitar, programming (7, 9); keyboards (7)
  • Grades – bass, drums, keyboards, percussion, programming, strings (8, 12); horn (8)
  • Zach Ess – bass, drums, keyboards, percussion, programming, strings (8, 12); horn (8)
  • Beau Nox – guitar, programming (8, 12); bass (8), percussion (12)
  • Lux Cannata – background vocals (10, 13)
  • Ryland Blackinton – drum programming, guitar, programming, synthesizer (10)
  • Eren Cannata – programming (10)
  • Ramii – programming (11)
  • Ceo Cannata – background vocals (13)
  • Bnyx – programming (13)
  • Elliot Kozel – programming (13)
  • Jake Miller – programming (13)
  • Noah Goldstein – programming (13)

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Free
Chart (2025)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [9] 192

References

  1. ↑ @KiDCuDi (May 8, 2025). "My album FREE is a pop album. The Cudi version of pop. Ur gonna love it 😌🙏🏾❤️‍🔥😎" (Tweet). Retrieved September 3, 2025– via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "Kid Cudi Announces FREE Album: A Bold, No-Skip Experience Premiering August 22". July 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Kid Cudi and Ti West Reunite on "Neverland" Music Video Produced by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions". April 22, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Kid Cudi Drops New Song 'Grave' from Upcoming Album 'Free'". Rolling Stone . July 12, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Kid Cudi Drops New Song 'Grave' From Upcoming Album 'Free' - Rise Celestial Studios". July 12, 2025. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Free – Album by Kid Cudi". Apple Music. United States: Apple Inc. August 22, 2025. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Free / Kid Cudi / Credits". Tidal . Retrieved August 22, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Kid Cudi Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
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