All seven tracks on the album debuted in the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

It serves as West's tenth top-five album and Cudi's sixth top-five album in the United States. Kids See Ghosts debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart with 142,000 album-equivalent units, of which 79,000 were pure album sales. On June 8, their eponymous debut album was released following a live listening party in Santa Clarita, California. On April 25, West revealed the album would be accompanied by a short film, directed by Dexter Navy, a music video director notable for his collaborations with The Neighbourhood and ASAP Rocky. The duo were originally photographed with Murakami in July 2017. On April 22, again via Twitter, West unveiled the album artwork, which was composed by Tokyo-based artist Takashi Murakami. He followed the tweet revealing the name of the group, which also serves as title of their debut album, Kids See Ghosts. On April 19, 2018, West announced via Twitter that a collaborative album with Kid Cudi would be released in June. West, however, hasn't appeared on one of Cudi’s songs, or worked on any of his albums, since 2010's Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr.

West’s only two live appearances since have both been with Cudi, who also sought mental health treatment in the fall of 2016, for performances of “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. West abruptly canceled his Saint Pablo Tour and sought hospitalization for exhaustion in November 2016. After a brief fallout, the two reconnected in late 2016, around the dissolution of West’s Saint Pablo Tour, which ended in him being hospitalized. Cudi has contributed to every West album since 2008's 808s & Heartbreak, with their 2016 effort 'Father Stretch My Hands', reaching the Top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. West had also produced two songs, namely 'Sky Might Fall', as well as the Common-assisted third single 'Make Her Say', which West is also featured on. The two continued to work on Cudi's debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009), with West serving as an executive producer. Cudi’s assistance on the latter includes co-writing credits and/or vocals on 'Heartless,' 'Welcome to Heartbreak,' 'Paranoid' and 'RoboCop.' Kid Cudi proved to be a prominent songwriter and featured artist on 808s & Heartbreak, with 'Paranoid' and 'Heartless' being released as singles respectively, while 'Welcome to Heartbreak' charted as an album cut and peaked at number 87 on the Pop 100. West first called upon Cudi to reference hooks for American rapper and mogul Jay-Z, and while in the studio Cudi and West went from working on The Blueprint 3 (2009) to West's R&B-esque fourth solo album, 808s & Heartbreak (2008). Following Cudi's signing to GOOD, he began heavily working with West. Plain Pat went on to introduce Cudi's music to West, subsequently leading West to sign Cudi to his GOOD Music imprint later that year. In 2008, then-aspiring artist Kid Cudi caught the attention of rapper-producer Kanye West's A&R at the time, Plain Pat, who had initially met Cudi at a Def Jam meeting and picked up a copy of his demo. The duo released their eponymous debut album, Kids See Ghosts, on June 8, 2018, through GOOD Music. Kids See Ghosts is an American hip-hop super-duo composed of musicians Kanye West and Kid Cudi.

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