KURU ANNOUNCES NEW MIXTAPE STAY TRUE FOREVER OUT MAY 23RD VIA DEADAIR

Following his Los Angeles performance with jackzebra at UCLA’s Sigma Pi Fraternity, kuru, the 19-year-old NYC-based rapper and producer, has just announced that his sophomore mixtape Stay true forever will be out on May 23rd via deadAir. The announcement arrives alongside new video single “2Door”, a high-octane joyride that finds the rapper dropping meditative bars (“S*** ain’t easy/But I have some patience”) across the track’s glitchy instrumental. The tape will follow the release of his 2024 debut full-length project, re:wired, a conceptual piece that blended DMV trap, anime, and high fashion into one cohesive aesthetic that went on to earn a 7.1 rating from Pitchfork. But while the outlet hailed re:wired as “a study in emo-aggro duality”, kuru’s forthcoming sophomore mixtape is a fluid, free-flowing outing that serves as a sort of yin to his debut’s yang.

On the project, kuru shares: “I don’t want everyone to have a think piece about me — I just want people to enjoy the music.”

The announcement follows singles “I cldnt lie”, which Dazed selected for their “The Only Tracks You Need to Hear from April 2025” list, “Somewhere going home”, “zzzz”, which was produced by blxty, and the twikipedia-produced “I saw it coming”, in addition to his recent collaboration with jackzebra on the celestial, cross-continental link-up “wakeup” and his show with Frost Children and Oklou in January. Hailing from Maryland, kuru made a name for himself while still in high school as a pioneer within the internet rap scene, fusing pop maximalist sensibilities with elements of trap, electronic, and dance. He garnered attention in the underground for a prolific output of solo music and his work with xaviersobased (who he collaborated with on buzzy track “MyAll” from his keep it goin xav tape), Jane Remover, ian, FearDorian, Hi-C, and quinn, before releasing his debut full-length project, re:wired, in November 2024 through deadAir.

Stay true forever – Tracklist
01. 8000
02. Somewhere going home 
03. Walk that mile 
04. I saw it coming 
05. 2Door 
06. 4door 
07. If im being honestt
08. my Badddd 
09. It’s not easy 
10. Blood in the sink 
11. Askround 
12. I hate summer 
13. idyll 
14. Ovrseas
15. whtttido
16. AT123
17. Until it kills me 
18. I Was Meant To Die Like This

 

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