(PRESALE 7/3/26) Backstage Hologram (CD) | Mint (M)

    Backstage Hologram
    Artist: Kuru Format: CD Release Date: 7/3/2026 

    Label: Deadair
    Vendor: Many Hats
    Distributor: AMPED
    UPC: 840526507757
    Genre: Rap/Hip Hop
    Release Date: 7/3/2026
    Product ID: DDAX82524.2
    Weight: .11 lb

CD 
Description

CD. DMV-born rapper and producer kuru is already a veteran among their contemporaries. Spurred by the online renaissance that accompanied the pandemic, they began to foster a cult following while in high school, their Soundcloud releases leading to production work with artists such as Black Kray and Destroy Lonely. Over the past few years, as Kuru began to prioritize their own voice, they prioritized their solo endeavors. Growing up in Maryland, kuru was inspired as much by the work of Future, Hikaru Utada, Yuyoyuppe, and the sounds of Japanese math rock as he was by his native DMV's rap scene. He first began making music in 2019, garnering buzz with early tracks like "clueless", "typo" (4M Streams), and "atmosphere" (9M+ Streams) - cuts brimming with the catchiness you'd expect out of a mainstream pop hit, but uncharacteristic of the internet rap landscape at the time. The forthcoming sophomore album is a summation of all of kuru's work in both electronic and hip-hop. It's the artist's most focused effort to date, and touts credits from Lucy Bedroque, frequent collaborator xaviersobased, and a rolodex of Soundcloud's most cutting-edge producers. "Backstage Hologram" ties together a mosaic of the current internet underground's landscape with a veneer of dusky futurism, and panoramic wide post-production.

    Tracks
    Credits

    1 I Can Live w That
    2 U WLD Never Do It
    3 Gracious
    4 Dont Get Stuck
    5 End of Spring (FT. Lucy Bedroque)
    6 Noir Kei
    7 Pray for
    8 Good Game
    9 Like Glue (FT. Katmoji)
    10 Glass (FT. Xaviersobased)
    11 Let the Keys Cry
    12 FW19
    13 Tofu
    14 Shibuya Transfer
    15 Three Worlds Apart

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Genre: HIP HOP
• Format Type: CD
• Released: 07/03/2026