Kid Cudi’s Cinematic ‘Mr. Miracle’ Short Film Is ‘A Love Letter to My Fans’: Exclusive Premiere

In his 40 years connected earth, Kid Cudi has experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. He bared his soul, helping millions on the journey, realizing it’s good to not beryllium okay, and became a trailblazer for emo-rap successful the process.

Cudi has continued to refine his repertoire extracurricular of music, sharpening his skills arsenic a director, histrion and writer for the metallic screen. The Ohio autochthonal premieres his Mr. Miracle abbreviated film with Billboard connected Friday (Sept. 19), which brings his poignant Free way to beingness and co-stars LaKeith Stanfield.

“I wanted this to beryllium a emotion missive to my fans due to the fact that they’re portion of the crushed I’m successful this spot of bid I’m successful close now,” Cudder tells Billboard. “They ne'er near maine lonely, they person ever been there.”

It was lone close Cudi took it backmost to his acquainted stomping grounds of Cleveland’s House of Blues for the abbreviated film.

Shot successful black-and-white, the opening country finds the multi-hyphenate getting mentally acceptable for a show portion backstage alongside Stanfield, an histrion Cudi’s agelong “respected and admired,” arsenic the duo ruminates astir their turbulent journeys to stardom.

A cinematic people gives the feeling of a country consecutive retired of a superhero movie. “Fearlessness, that’s my superpower,” Cudi reflects. “Not galore of america person it. You’re similar me, I cognize you’ll understand. I jumped retired into the chartless without immoderate fearfulness successful my heart.”

Kid Cudi continues to callback however galore fans person told him they’ve saved their lives, but it’s the eternal transportation with fans that’s saved him. “People accidental I’ve saved their lives and that’s the wildest happening to deliberation about. But successful reality, they’ve saved mine,” helium says.

Following a infinitesimal of solace, Cudi rocks the House of Blues stage, portion the clip becomes much of a unrecorded show euphony video to the grungy track. Once helium puts the mic down, the lights dim and the acheronian Cudi’s surrounded with flips to a airy shining connected him, the kid’s gonna beryllium alright.

Watch the Mr. Miracle short movie and cheque retired our little interrogation with Cudi below.

Billboard: Take america done the inspiration for the ‘Mr. Miracle’ abbreviated movie arsenic it ties backmost to the opus and ‘Free’?

Kid Cudi: Mr. Miracle is simply a solemnisation of beingness and I felt similar I wanted to person a infinitesimal of reflection successful the beginning. I wanted to bash thing to observe them and what amended spot to bash it than successful Cleveland successful my hometown astatine the House of Blues, which I person past successful — I person performed determination a fig of times. It made consciousness to spell backmost and bash thing for the fans and nonstop them my emotion done a visual.

What made LaKeith Stanfield the close co-star for this arsenic a originative who tin subordinate to your experience?

LaKeith has ever been idiosyncratic I respected and admired for a agelong time. We precocious met, helium asked maine to get connected 1 of his records for his album, and we became accelerated friends. You know, our experiences done the acheronian are akin — we person some been done the hellhole and came retired connected the different side. I cognize helium could relate, you know, arsenic an creator and conscionable arsenic a quality connected this planet, I cognize helium tin subordinate to what I’ve been through. It conscionable was perfect.

I precocious acted with him successful his abbreviated movie for our archetypal azygous Fast Life (coming Sept. 26), truthful whe...