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    Take a Peek Behind the Scenes of ‘Entergalactic’

    The new event from Kid Cudi has a gorgeous animated style.

    By John DiLillo
    Sept. 24, 2022

Kid Cudi’s new animated event Entergalactic started from a very simple place: the hip-hop star’s song “Enter Galactic (Love Connection Part I)” from 2009’s Man on the Moon. “It’s simply just about me meeting this girl that I like, and we’re doing shrooms for the first time,” Cudi says in a clip from Netflix’s annual fan event Tudum. Check out the full clip above, where you can marvel at both Entergalactic’s jaw-dropping, stylized animation and Cudi’s cozy-looking pink jacket.

“This is a Black love story,” says executive producer Kenya Barris in the clip. It’s also a keenly realized portrait of New York City. “We’ve never seen Black people drawn like this; we haven’t seen New York drawn like this,” Barris continues.” The show’s comic book–adjacent visual style turns the city into a candy-colored mirage full of moving graffiti and psychedelic spacescapes. 

“I just felt like there’s a void when it comes to Black love stories in the industry,” Cudi says. He filled that void in the only way he knew how: with a musical ballet through the stars, set to a song from his new companion album, also titled Entergalactic. You can get a glimpse at that ballet above.  

Kid Cudi also stars in the series, opposite Jessica Williams, Timothée Chalamet, Ty Dolla $ign, Laura Harrier, Vanessa Hudgens, Christopher Abbott, 070 Shake, Jaden Smith, Keith David, Teyana Taylor, Arturo Castro and Macaulay Culkin. 

Entergalactic is available to stream on Netflix Sept. 30. 

With five distinct celebrations, Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event includes first-look photos, never-before-seen footage, new trailers, behind-the-scenes access, celebrity appearances, interviews, and more from over 100 of your favorite series, films and specials.

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