Kid Cudi is going to be taking a year off from music to focus on his film and TV work.
The rapper released his 10th studio album, Insano (Nitro Mega), on Feb. 23. However, he’s already warned fans there’s going to be a long wait until his next release because he’s decided to push the next record back until 2026 so he can spend the next 12 months working on his acting projects.
“My next album is already about 80 percent done, and it’ll be out in 2026. As always, we’re takin it someplace new. Just wanted to let yall know, expect an album from me every other year … next year is all about filming. Got a bunch of stuff I need to get done. Film and TV. So I take a year off of music to do it all,” he explained in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The hip-hop star has been acting since 2009 and has appeared in films including Silent Night, X and its prequel Pearl while he’s also appeared in TV shows such as “Westworld.”
Cudi is believed to be working on another movie in the X slasher franchise, a movie adaptation of Brandon Taylor’s novel Real Life and zombie horror Hell Naw.
“Everything is possible. And I think people, they have an idea about me. They feel that they’ve seen it all, like music.” Cudi previously insisted he wanted to be accomplished at both acting and music.
“And they know I’m a musician, and they give me the acting thing, but it’s like, okay, you can only be good at two things,” he told Rolling Stone. “But here’s the thing. I’m going to be good at five things. I’m going to be good at six things. I’m going to be good at seven things. I am trying to tap into the full ability of my soul and make anything I ever dreamed of.”
