Frequency (song)
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| Single by Kid Cudi | ||||
| from the album Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2016 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:58 | |||
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"Frequency" (previously titled "The Frequency")[1] is a song recorded by American rapper Kid Cudi. It was released on September 30, 2016, as the lead single from his upcoming sixth studio album, Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin' (2016). The song was written and produced by Mike Dean, Plain Pat and Kid Cudi.[1]
Release and composition
"Frequency" originally premiered on Cudi's SoundCloud account on March 25, 2016,[2] but was released for digital download as a single on September 30, 2016.[3] It is the lead single from his sixth studio album, Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin', which is set to be released on December 16, 2016.[4] "Frequency" runs for a duration of four minutes and fifty-eight seconds.[3] It was described as "a low-key hip-hop ballad" by Rolling Stone reviewer Elias Leight.[5]
Music video
The music video for the song, directed by Cudi himself, premiered on October 12, 2016, via his Vevo channel. The five-minute video features Cudi performing the song shirtless in a dark jungle.[6] It also shows him having a threesome in a mushroom cave.[6] Peter A. Berry of XXL wrote that the video is "simultaneously dark and colorful, much like the music Cudi’s provided for fans over the last eight years".[7] The Boombox's Jacinta Howard called the video "dark and artistic", while Rap-Up called it "dark and smoky".[8][9] Elisabeth Brier from Uproxx wrote; "It’s a sort of R-rated Wonderland. That’s perhaps the best way to describe the world depicted in Kid Cudi‘s new music video for "Frequency"."[10] Pigeons & Planes named it as one of the best music videos released in October 2016.[11]
References
- 1 2 "Kid Cudi Shares New Song "The Frequency" With Plain Pat, Mike Dean". Pitchfork. March 26, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Kid Cudi - The Frequency". HotNewHipHop. March 25, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- 1 2 "Frequency - Single by Kid Cudi". iTunes. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Kid Cudi Announces New "Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'" Album Release Date". HipHopDX. December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "See Kid Cudi's Dark 'Frequency' Video". Rolling Stone. October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- 1 2 "Kid Cudi "Frequency" (video)". Exclaim!. October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Watch Kid Cudi's New Video for "Frequency"". XXL. October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Kid Cudi Drops Dark, Artistic 'Frequency' Video [WATCH]". The Boombox. October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Video: Kid Cudi – 'Frequency'". Rap-Up. October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Kid Cudi's 'Frequency' Video Is An R-Rated Wonderland". Uproxx. October 13, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Best Music Videos of the Month". Pigeons & Planes. October 31, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.