Grady & Kiddus - "The Sun (feat. Blake Anthony)" from the 2021 album Don't Think About Me Dying on Empty Planet.

London-based producer and vocalist Kiddus was struggling with the death of a close friend when another friend, Seattle hip-hop producer Grady, stepped in with support. Together, they completed the new EP Don't Think About Me Dying. As Kiddus writes on Facebook:

Last year I lost a close friend and writing songs seemed like a good, healthy way to process the grief, so I started pretty much immediately.

After a week I had written pages and pages like a journal in this one note on my phone. None of it rhymed and a lot of it didn’t make sense, I didn’t know what I was trying to say.

A week later to the day, Grady sent a pack of demos, but I still couldn’t write anything good. So I went back to that note in my phone to try and salvage a song from it. For whatever reason, with Grady’s production everything started making more sense, I moved shit around and rephrased things, and I turned the note into 3 songs about grieving.

TBH I reckon Mason would think they’re shit, but I made them for me.

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Grady &amp; Kiddus - "The Sun (feat. Blake Anthony)" from the 2021 album Don't Think About Me Dying on Empty Planet.
London-based producer and vocalist Kiddus was struggling with the death of a close friend when another friend, Seattle hip-hop producer Grady, stepped in with support. Together, they completed the new EP Don't Think About Me Dying. As Kiddus writes on Facebook:
Last year I lost a close friend and writing songs seemed like a good, healthy way to process the grief, so I started pretty much immediately.
After a week I had written pages and pages like a journal in this one note on my phone. None of it rhymed and a lot of it didn&rsquo;t make sense, I didn&rsquo;t know what I was trying to say.
A week later to the day, Grady sent a pack of demos, but I still couldn&rsquo;t write anything good. So I went back to that note in my phone to try and salvage a song from it. For whatever reason, with Grady&rsquo;s production everything started making more sense, I moved shit around and rephrased things, and I turned the note into 3 songs about grieving.
TBH I reckon Mason would think they&rsquo;re shit, but I made them for me.
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