Kid Cudi has confirmed the launch window for his hotly anticipated clothes line, Members Of The Rage (or MOTR, pronounced “motor”, for brief).
Cudi first teased the model final January, saying in Twitter thread {that a} clothes line based mostly on his artworks had “been a long time comin[g] and another dream of [his]”. He promised “more madness, true vision [and] freshness” – in addition to “the ultimate denims” – and went on to peg the summer time of 2021 as his preliminary launch window.
That summer time handed with out the foremost launch of MOTR that Cudi had overvalued, though a run of shirts was launched and promptly offered out, regardless of costing over £300 apiece.
Last week, Cudi returned to Twitter with extra particulars on the upcoming launch of MOTR, together with a brand new, seemingly extra finalised window of launch. It began final Wednesday (December 21), when a fan requested the rapper what he was “most looking forward to in 2023”. He answered with the MOTR launch first, in addition to his upcoming movie tasks and his daughter Vada’s thirteenth birthday.
My clothes line hittin shops, filmin a pair issues, directing. My daughter turning 13 😩 https://t.co/jEhfTOaP0L
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) December 21, 2022
In a subsequent string of Tweets on Thursday (December 22), Cudi expounded additional on his plans for MOTR, explaining that objects within the line are being “produced in Italy and parts of Europe”, and that its “quality is A1”. He additionally revealed that the launch will embody sneakers, writing: “To have my own sneaker is the biggest accomplishment. And its rare [sic] a new brand drops [with] sneakers.”
Another tweet declared that every one objects within the MOTR line could be unisex and “pushing the boundaries of fashion”, alongside the informal announcement that it might debut at subsequent 12 months’s Paris Fashion Week (which runs over January 17-26). A proper occasion is but to be introduced.
Cudi went on to notice that he envisions brick-and-mortar shops for MOTR being established sooner or later, with a location in Chicago “def” on his radar for “one day”. On his ambition for the road altogether, he mentioned: “This line has been years in the making, and [I’m] finally ready to reveal it to the world. I’ve always been designing, either for collabs, my album covers and packaging, my stages, merch, but now [I’m] falling into a whole new chapter.”
Motr produced in Italy and components of Europe. The high quality is A 1. So so proud man. To have my very own sneaker is the most important accomplishment. And its uncommon a brand new model drops w sneakers.
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) December 22, 2022
MOTR is Members of the RAGE.
Pronounced Motor for brief.
All unisex. Pushing the boundaries of style.
Debut in January throughout Paris Fashion Week 2023
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) December 22, 2022
Ima def have a retailer in Chicago someday https://t.co/rtmZhXLmlr
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) December 21, 2022
This line has been years within the making, and Im lastly able to reveal it to the world. I’ve all the time been designing, both for collabs, my album covers and packaging, my phases, merch, however now im falling into a complete new chapter.
— The Chosen One (@KiDCuDi) December 22, 2022
Cudi’s 2023 is shaping as much as be an infinite 12 months. Last month, the rapper confirmed he’d begun engaged on the follow-up to his eighth album, ‘Entergalactic’, which arrived in September alongside an animated movie of the identical title. Earlier in December, he teased that the file would sport a collaboration with Young Thug.
In addition to his ninth (and possible closing) studio album, Cudi’s slate of upcoming tasks consists of Teddy – his first function movie as author and director – in addition to roles within the motion pictures Crater, Silent Night, September seventeenth and Real Life. Fans gained’t, nonetheless, hear his long-teased collaborative album with Travis Scott; final week, Cudi confirmed that ‘The Scotts’ had been scrapped as a result of “the moment has passed”.
In October, Cudi admitted that he sees himself “nearing the top” of his music profession, and is contemplating a pivot to a brand new profession as a kindergarten instructor.