Through The Late Night
by Travis Scott (featuring Kid Cudi)

Album: Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight (2016)
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Songfacts®:

  • Travis Scott links up with his idol Kid Cudi on this late-night party anthem. It was the first time the pair collaborated, although they had been talking about working together for some time. "Kid Cudi was my guy," Scott said in a 2015 Complex interview. "If I had no weed, he was my drug."
  • Scott interpolates Cudi's breakout single "Day 'n' Nite" at the beginning of the second verse.

    Day 'n' nite, I toss and turn
    I keep stress in my mind, mind
    I seek the peace, sometimes I can't restrain
  • Travis Scott's appreciation for Kid Cudi dates back to hearing his Man On The Moon: The End Of Day track "Soundtrack 2 My Life" when he was in high school. It gave him the confidence to tell his own narrative. "I was like, You know what, I could probably make it," he told Rolling Stone.
  • Travis Scott was born Jacques Bermon Webster II, and he chose his stage name as a combination of his favorite relative, his Uncle Travis, and Kid Cudi's real name, Scott Mescudi.

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