"King Wizard" is a song by American hip hop recording artist

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, taken from his third studio album ''

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'' (2013). The song was officially released on December 18, 2012 as the album's second official

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, along with its accompanying

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, which was directed by Cudi himself.

Background and release

On September 2, 2012 Kid Cudi took to his

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to preview

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from a new song titled “King Wizard”. On September 29, 2012, Cudi released a

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, where he previewed "King Wizard", a new song he was "very excited about". On October 3, 2012, one day after "

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", the album's

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was officially released via iTunes, Cudi liberated "King Wizard" as the second offering from ''Indicud'' via

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. Cudi, who also

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the track, had teamed up with

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to release the clean version of the newly mastered “King Wizard” as a free download. The download was available by heading to Samsung Mobile USA's

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page under the “music” tab. The explicit version and the music video were officially released via iTunes, on December 18, 2012. On the day of its release Cudi announced via Twitter that the song was a promotional single and to expect Indicud in March 2013. The single's cover art is a

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, which Cudi took with his iPhone. "I took the picture on the King Wizard single cover myself w my iPhone and I think its really fuckin funny ha the lil silly things in life",

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Cudi.

Charts

Release history

References

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