"Welcome to Heartbreak" marked the first ever collaboration between West and Kid Cudi, with the latter's feature on the song and background vocals on "Paranoid" leading to him signing a record deal with West's record label GOOD Music. Kid Cudi has often been believed to have directly influenced the album's creation, which West himself confirmed as being true. The rapper subsequently co-wrote several songs for 808s & Heartbreak in Hawaii with West, including " Heartless" and " Paranoid".
West and fellow rapper Kid Cudi first met each other at a Virgin Megastore in 2004, with the meeting including Cudi asking West to sign him West respectfully declined his request, though the rapper told him: "I have the potential for greatness." After being sent Kid Cudi's 2008 debut mixtape A Kid Named Cudi by producer Plain Pat, West arrived at the mixtape's listening party and took Cudi under his wing.
The video received lukewarm responses from critics they praised the pixelation, but some questioned the originality.Īfter first working together on the song, West and Kid Cudi (pictured right and left, respectively) became frequent musical collaborators. An accompanying music video was released on February 18, 2009, which features pixelation that was created through data moshing. West and Kid Cudi first performed the song live for South by Southwest (SXSW) in March 2009. It has since been certified gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The song reached numbers 87 and 27 on the US Pop 100 and UK R&B charts in 20, respectively. Some were complimentary towards the composition, though critical assessment of West's vocals was less receptive. "Welcome to Heartbreak" received generally positive reviews from music critics, who mostly highlighted the lyrical content. In the lyrics of the song, West mentions trying to fill the lack of substance in his life with extravagant materialistic items. A hip pop number, it has electronic instrumentation that is reliant on piano. The inspiration behind the song was a conversation West had with Dave Sirulnick, who showed him some pictures of his children. It was produced by West, with co-production from Bhasker and Plain Pat the three of them served as the songwriters alongside Kid Cudi.
The song features a guest appearance from Kid Cudi on his debut collaboration with West, as well as background vocals by Jeff Bhasker. " Welcome to Heartbreak" is a song by American record producer and vocalist Kanye West from his fourth studio album, 808s & Heartbreak (2008). 2008 song by Kanye West featuring Kid Cudi
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