This hangover is accompanied by the negative feelings that Cudi had been suppressing with substance abuse, and he is left lying alone in bed to ponder it in sorrow. Cudi describes waking up at 5am, with cold sweats as the substances he consumed all night long have worn off, and he’s left with the aftermath of a nasty hangover.
Later, in the second verse, things become more explicitly dark. While this may be true, the true meaning of “Pursuit of Happiness” is about escapism, and the chorus speaks to that. It’s easy to see how listeners may miss the point with “Pursuit of Happiness”, as it is accompanied by a vibed-out beat produced by Ratatat and buttery backup vocals from MGMT, who bring us the memorable chorus that feels like a release of all negativity. Cudi makes a choice to disregard this knowledge and do what he wants anyway, “screaming out ‘fuck that'”. What follows is an awareness of the poor decision-making that has taken place. The first verse lures you in with what sounds like a fun time: “Crush a bit, little bit, roll it up, take a hitįeeling lit, feeling right, 2am summer night.” However this quickly turns into “I don’t care, hands on the wheel. This is given away by the (Nightmare) tag in the song’s title, something that often goes unnoticed. The album contains many incredible songs, including “Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)”, a song that chronicles a reckless night of partying and driving drunk. While Cudi’s mixtape was a hit among those who kept up with hip-hop music, it was that first Man on the Moon album that made him a household name. His music hit home with many people because it injected a layer of vulnerability and emotion into hip-hop music, something that had not been done in a long time, if ever. Kid Cudi made a name for himself with his 2008 debut mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi, which included the banger “Day ‘N’ Nite” as well as “The Prayer” (which samples “The Funeral” by Band of Horses”), and more. Originally released in September 2009 as the third single from Kid Cudi’s highly influential debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, “Pursuit of Happiness” stands as one of the strongest tracks on an exceptionally strong album, and still slaps more than a decade after its release. While Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” is a popular song at bars and parties (especially Steve Aoki’s remix), a closer look at the lyrics reveals that the song has a darker meaning. “But when it’s working the way it’s supposed to, it feels like gathering around some wild collective instrument, one that requires six sets of hands to play.Kid Cudi live in October 2009. “It’s a style of recording that forces a band to surrender control and learn to trust each other, along with each others’ imperfections, musical and otherwise.” said Tweedy about the method they hadn’t employed since the session for 2007’s Sky Blue Sky. It will feature multiple headline sets from the band, as well as their side projects and a host of jazz, rock, hip-hop and indie acts including Sylvan Esso, Japanese Breakfast, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Terry Allen and The Panhandle Mystery Band, Jeff Tweedy & Friends, mike watt + the missingmen, Hand Habits, Wiki, Angel Bat Dawid, Iceage, Sam Evian, NNAM, Cut Worms, Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet, Autumn Defense, Eleventh Dream Day and more.Īccording to the release, Cruel Country is almost entirely made up of live takes, with just a handful of overdubs following sessions where the band - Tweedy, John Stirratt, Glenn Kotche, Mikael Jorgensen, Pat Sansone and Nels Cline – played together in a room at The Loft studio in Chicago. The album’s release will coincide with this year’s Solid Sound Festival, which will take place once again at MASS MoCA museum in North Adams, Massachusetts on Memorial Day weekend (May 27-29). The band previewed the 21-song collection on Thursday (April 28) with the swinging “Falling Apart (Right Now),” on which Tweedy sings, “Why don’t you get in line, behind the tears I’m crying/ I know our hearts are very smart/ But you’re gonna have to learn, learn when it isn’t your turn somehow/ Cuz I’m gonna be the only one falling apart right now.”
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“But now, having been around the block a few times, we’re finding it exhilarating to free ourselves within the form, and embrace the simple limitation of calling the music we’re making Country.” “We’ve never been particularly comfortable with accepting that definition, the idea that I was making country music,” he said.