Kid Cudi, riding high off the success of his ninth studio album, Insano, which debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 charts, has announced his intention to work with Jaden Smith to create a “trippy” album.

Me and Jaden gonna make an album for all the trippy kids out there": Kid Cudi announces his plans to work on a new album with Jaden Smith

Both artists have worked together twice over the years, with their first collaboration coming in 2012 on Higher Up. More recently, they both collaborated on On My Own, which was released as part of the Miles Morales Playstation game soundtrack.

On Saturday, January 27, Cudi tweeted:

RapTV on X: "Kid Cudi, Jaden Smith & Timothée Chalamet at the Oscars last night‼️👀 https://t.co/GiPnUASnXE" / X

Kid Cudi and Jaden Smith collaboration has been in the works since 2018

Rumors of a Kid Cudi and Jaden Smith collaborative project date back to 2018, when both artists interviewed each other for V Magazine.

During the interview, when asked about the collaboration, Jaden stated:

Kid Cudi hints at joint album with Jaden Smith for all the "trippy kids"

“I’ll have to get a few more albums under my belt. I’m going to have to grow—but that would be the biggest dream of mine.”

As of today, Jaden has released three studio albums, which include the well-received SYRE from 2017 and the follow-up project ERYS from 2019. He’s also released several singles and over three separate installments of his Cool Tape series.