Here's why 'Scott Pilgrim' fans are talking about this new Kid Cudi song
On Friday, Kid Cudi treated us to his highly-anticipated new album Man On The Moon III: The Chosen. The album includes various collaborations along with a staggering 18-song tracklisting.
However, there’s one particular song that’s catching the attention of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World fans.
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Kid Cudi listeners have been waiting quite a while for the release of his latest album Man On The Moon III: The Chosen and it certainly doesn’t disappoint. The 18-track LP includes some surprising collabs with Phoebe Bridgers, Trippie Redd, Skepta and the late Pop Smoke.
Although listeners are enjoying a lot of the new songs, there’s one, in particular, that is grabbing Scott Pilgrim fans’ attention. The album’s fourth track “She Knows This” quickly earned responses from the Scott Pilgrim fandom when the album debuted on Dec. 11. Why? Well, it turns out the track opens up with a sample from the iconic 2010 film.
The sample is taken from that Chaos Theater scene in the film where Stephen Stills (Mark Webber) asks Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) to reconsider his actions.
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“Scott, let it go,” Stills says. “Don’t give him the satisfaction.”
Of course, in typical Scott Pilgrim fashion, he regrets the idea.
“What if I want the satisfaction?” Pilgrim asks.
Of course, fans of the film quickly flocked to social media to share their thoughts on the sample. Overall, the fandom thinks the inclusion of Scott Pilgrim in “She Knows This” is pretty cool.
THE SCOTT PILGRIM SAMPLE ON “SHE KNOWS THIS” GOES HARD AFFFF @KidCudi #MOTM3 pic.twitter.com/J55Vhf4Qwo
— gibby?? (@nightwebbz) December 11, 2020
Kid Cudi sampling Scott pilgrim is an absolute power move #MOTMIII @KidCudi pic.twitter.com/4TfLMOy7W9
— Murph… (@dominoryan99) December 11, 2020
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The Scott Pilgrim sample ?@KidCudi amazing
— Bryan Lee O’Malley (@bryanleeomalley) December 11, 2020
When @KidCudi samples Scott Pilgrim. I’m fucking dead.
— Sam (@SamTemz) December 11, 2020
ALSO @KidCudi YOU ACTUALLY SAMPLED SCOTT PILGRIM HOLY SHIT
— bourne (@bournespeakz) December 11, 2020
kid cudi sampling scott pilgrim is the only redeemable part of 2020
— stevie-zissou (@stevie_zissou) December 11, 2020
When I heard the Scott Pilgrim sample on Kid Cudi’s She Knows This pic.twitter.com/QfmSuJVZ3c
— Raphael ?(7-5) (@parker1997_) December 11, 2020
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When She Knows This opens with dialogue from Scott Pilgrim after I just sobbed my way through Tequila and Another Day… give @KidCudi all the awards and money please #MOTM3
— sobrietybobriety (@sobrietybobrie1) December 11, 2020
The Scott Pilgrim sample isn’t the only one to make an appearance on Kid Cudi’s new album. Samples of Tame Impala, Tom Hanks in Cast Away and Nicholas Britell‘s score for Netflix‘s The King (starring Timothee Chalamet) are a few of the others that appear on Man On The Moon III: The Chosen.
So far, it seems as though everyone is really enjoying the new album. After its release on Friday, “Cudi” began trending on Twitter.
@KidCudi thanks for the album:)
— Joey Burrow (@JoeyB) December 11, 2020
As a non Kid Cudi stan, outside of Man on The Moon, this new shit is the best thing I’ve heard from him in YEARS
— IDidIt (@YourMusicWhore) December 11, 2020
That new @KidCudi got me like#MOTM3 pic.twitter.com/xywsvBRkbI
— ? ahmed (@lacost_249) December 11, 2020
Kid Cudi’s “She Knows This” is available to stream below.
What are your reactions to Kid Cudi sampling Scott Pilgrim in his new song? Were you surprised when you first heard it? Let us know in the comments below.
