Jump to content

Kid Cudi Gives 'Fright Night' The Music Video Treatment


NelsonG

Recommended Posts

"Fright Night" doesn't hit theaters for another week still, but that doesn't mean you can't sink your teeth into the vampire thriller a little bit early.

[url="http://www.mtv.com/videos/kid-cudi/681281/no-one-believes-me.jhtml#id=1518071"]Kid Cudi's "No One Believes Me" music video[/url] made its grand premiere today, a video that's directly pegged to next week's "Fright Night." Not only does Cudi's latest deal with the vampire menace, it also comes courtesy of filmmaker Craig Gillespie, who directed both the video and the movie. Check out what Cudi has to say about his latest in the video below:

[url="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/08/12/fright-night-kid-cudi-no-one-believes-me-video/"][img]http://mtv.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:681639?height=288&width=512[/img][/url]



"I kind of wrote it to the original 'Fright Night' and I wanted to stay true to the plot and story," Cudi told MTV about "No One Believes Me's" origins. "We were inspired to create the song for the movie, which is something I've never done before. It was a challenge. I didn't want it to be a cheesy, cliché type of record. I wanted it to be something people could play and absorb and enjoy without thinking this is for the 'Fright Night' movie."

But looking at the "No One Believes Me" video, it's impossible to ignore vampire lore as Cudi walks along a darkened street, passing cars and bedrooms painted red with human blood. Indeed, Cudi himself bears his own fangs at multiple points, and the "character" he plays absolutely has an arc.

"The video is true to the format of the film. It looks like a mini movie," said the rapper. "I portray kind of a Charlie like character from the movie, the only difference is I'm a vampire and I don't like it too much. I'm fed up with being this monster. I didn't ask to be this monster. I'm seeing all these murderous things happening around me and I'm unfazed and numbed to it."

But in reality, Cudi can relate to the fanged monsters: "They stay up all night, and that's me—I never go to sleep at all. When I do sleep, it's day time. I'm always working."

"I'm not working on killing people," he added with a laugh, "but I'm working!"

[url="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/08/12/fright-night-kid-cudi-no-one-believes-me-video/"][img]http://mtv.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:681281?height=288&width=512[/img][/url]



[i]Tell us what you think in the comments section and on [url="http://twitter.com/mtvmoviesblog/"]Twitter[/url]![/i]



[url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/08/12/fright-night-kid-cudi-no-one-believes-me-video/]View the full article[/url]

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Our picks

    • Wait, Burning Man is going online-only? What does that even look like?
      You could have been forgiven for missing the announcement that actual physical Burning Man has been canceled for this year, if not next. Firstly, the nonprofit Burning Man organization, known affectionately to insiders as the Borg, posted it after 5 p.m. PT Friday. That, even in the COVID-19 era, is the traditional time to push out news when you don't want much media attention. 
      But secondly, you may have missed its cancellation because the Borg is being careful not to use the C-word. The announcement was neutrally titled "The Burning Man Multiverse in 2020." Even as it offers refunds to early ticket buyers, considers layoffs and other belt-tightening measures, and can't even commit to a physical event in 2021, the Borg is making lemonade by focusing on an online-only version of Black Rock City this coming August.    Read more...
      More about Burning Man, Tech, Web Culture, and Live EventsView the full article
      • 0 replies
    • Post in What Are You Listening To?
      Post in What Are You Listening To?
    • Post in What Are You Listening To?
      Post in What Are You Listening To?
    • Post in What Are You Listening To?
      Post in What Are You Listening To?
    • Post in What Are You Listening To?
      Post in What Are You Listening To?
×
×
  • Create New...