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With a broad range of standout tunes from Tupac to 100 Gecs’ Laura Les, Euphoria has made quite a splash musically — and Kid Cudi wants in. The “Want It Bad” rapper tweeted at Zendaya and Labrinth on Monday (Feb. 28) to say he wants to be featured on a remix of their track “I’m Tired,” a staple original song from season two of Euphoria.
It all started when Labrinth, who’s been Euphoria‘s chief composer since the show premiered, announced that “I’m Tired” was finally released. “I wasn’t ignoring you,” he told his followers, who had been impatient for him to drop music since he began teasing snippets of unreleased projects on social media.
Kid Cudi apparently dug the new track, retweeting Labrinth’s release announcement and tagging Zendaya to say, “Please dear GOD put me on a remix of this.” The Spider-Man: No Way Home star didn’t take long to reply, writing, “Yoooo! What a dream that would be…” and looping Labrinth back in.
“Let’s open a new dimension,” he replied.
“I’m Tired” packs an emotional punch, marked by a churchy organ and soulful vocals from both Zendaya and Labrinth. It was an integral part of Euphoria season two episode four, with the “Mount Everest” singer making an appearance to perform the song for Zendaya’s character, Rue, as she struggles with her drug addiction and grieves for her late father.
Though it may become the first to have a Kid Cudi feature, “I’m Tired” is just one of recent collaborations between Zendaya and Labrinth. The Feb. 27 Euphoria season two finale featured a full-length performance from Dominic Fike‘s character Elliot, who sang a not-yet released song written by the pair. Zendaya and Labrinth recently spoke about the similarly emotionally charged song in a segment of Enter Euphoria, a behind-the-scenes miniseries that runs at the end of each Euphoria episode on HBO’s streaming service.
“I’ll go over and I’ll shoot some stuff, and then when I have a break, I’ll go over and hang out with Lab because he has a studio now on the lot,” Zendaya said of working with Labrinth on the soundtrack. “He’s finding new sounds to complement every emotion that we go through in the show.”
“Me and Zendaya, we’re actually sitting in each other’s spiritual energy and space, and we’re getting to inspire each other to make something fresh,” Labrinth added. “The cast are not just acting now, they’re part of the music now. And I think that makes it even more special.”
See the origins of a potential Kid Cudi, Zendaya and Labrinth collaboration below:
Ezra Furman has announced a new headline tour of the UK and Europe to take place early in 2026 – see all the dates below.
The Chicago-born singer-songwriter released her 10th studio album ‘Goodbye Small Head’ in May via Bella Union and is already set to take the record on the road around North America in August and October this year.
Now, she has added a slew of dates on the other side of the Atlantic, kicking off in Vienna, Austria on January 19 and taking in dates in Graz, Linz, Munich, Prague, Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Paris.
The tour rounds off with four UK dates – Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol are followed by a huge final show at the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London on February 4. Tickets are on sale now and you can find yours here.
JANUARY
19 – Vienna, Arena Wien
20 – Graz, Dom Im Berg
21 -Linz, Posthof
22 – Munich, Strom
24 – Prague, Cargo Gallery
25 – Berlin, Columbia Theater
26 – Hamburg, Molotow
27 – Amsterdam, Paradiso Tolhuisten
28 – Antwerp, Trix Club
29 – Paris, Le Cabaret Sauvage
FEBRUARY
1 – Glasgow, The Art School
2 – Manchester, New Century Hall
3 – Bristol, Electric
4 – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
Furman described ‘Goodbye Small Head’ as being “vivid with overwhelm”, adding: “They’re not about someone going off the rails, they are inside that person’s heart. The songwriting here is a revision to William Wordsworth’s famous proclamation that ‘Poetry is the spontaneous overow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity’. I can agree with that, except for the tranquillity part.”
Furman continued: “This poetry, my poetry, arrived in the midst of the storm. It was written as I teetered toward the edge. (I did the edits once I was safe again).”
