Ethan Dolan: Hey!
We’re the Dolan Twins
Grayson Dolan: And we’re taking The Genius Test to see how much we know about Kid Cudi.
Ethan Dolan: I've tried to put my favorite ... I've tried to do my top 20 Cudi songs
and I still couldn't do it.
There's no way I could pick a favorite.
Grayson Dolan: Yeah.
I think there's some that are really special to me.
I would say "Cudi Zone," "Mojo So Dope".
Ethan Dolan: Probably "Mojo So Dope", but it's so hard.
Grayson Dolan: There's "Immortal" and "Cold Blooded".
It's hard.
It's almost impossible.
Ethan Dolan: We used to listen to all of the Cudi albums driving up and down the east coast going to
lacrosse tournaments with our dad.
Grayson Dolan: We got our dad really into Cudi.
We were listening to all the albums.
Ethan Dolan: With all the bonus questions and everything, I think we're going to get
over 100%.
Grayson Dolan: Definitely.
I don't even know.
I heard it's multiple choice, I don't even know if we need the multiple choice.
Ethan Dolan: Ooh, don't get cocky.
Grayson and Ethan Dolan: D, A Kid Named Cudi.
Ethan Dolan: Okay, we just said it at the same time.
That was too easy.
We discovered Cudi from "Day 'N' Night" in our grandma's car on the radio, so we kind
of missed out on A Kid Named Cudi because we also didn't have phones or anything, so
we didn't know how to discover music at that point in our lives.
We were eight years old.
Grayson Dolan: But I can confidently say I know every lyric on that entire mixtape now.
Ethan Dolan: Wow, I never even did research on this.
Grayson Dolan: I watched the music video and I tried to break it down a bunch of times
in my head.
Ethan Dolan: This is also my favorite music video of all time.
Grayson Dolan: Yeah.
There are so many...
Grayson Dolan: Everything in that music video means something.
Ethan Dolan: I would say...
Oh shit, dude.
Dude, second question and we're actually tripping like this?
Grayson Dolan: I feel like B,
A fight with a friend
Ethan Dolan: I don't think it's a fight with a friend.
Grayson Dolan: I feel like it's a fight against himself.
Ethan Dolan: I think it’s drug addiction
Grayson Dolan: If it's a fight with a friend, then it's definitely a trick question because
Mr. Rager is his alter ego that he had in control.
Ethan Dolan: We're going to go with D) Drug addiction.
Ethan Dolan: I just think it's so brave of him to make these songs for people to relate to.
It's so important to have people to relate to in this world and to know that you're not
alone.
This is actually one of our favorite Cudi songs and our first time ever seeing Cudi
live, he opened with this song.
There was a foot of fog on the ground.
Grayson Dolan: It was just chilling in a foot, it didn't go below, it was perfect.
Ethan Dolan: There was a live drummer facing sideways on the stage.
Grayson Dolan: In the woods.
Ethan Dolan: He had the woods.
The stage was decorated to look a forest and he just walked out of this trap door onto
the fog.
Grayson Dolan: He started singing "Mr. Rager" and I have the chills again.
Ethan Dolan: It's not TI and it's not Kanye, I know those voices.
Dude, we were literally in the car.
In the car, we were like...
We know literally it word for word.
Grayson Dolan: Yeah, I know the whole narration word for word.
Grayson Dolan: It's either Wale or Common and I think it's Common because…
Ethan Dolan: I think it's Common.
Grayson Dolan: I know Wale's voice but I don't know what Wale's talking voice sounds like.
I know his rapping voice.
Let’s just go for it.
Ethan Dolan: Alright.
Grayson Dolan: When in doubt, pick C. C) Common.
Alright, we got it. Here we go.
Grayson Dolan: "Soon, after falling into a deeper psychedelic state to escape the prison
of our reality, our hero becomes trapped in his own peaceful place which immediately becomes
a sanctuary, a place filled with his wildest dreams.
This is his new home"
Grayson and Ethan Dolan: C, summer night.
Ethan Dolan: Every time we're up at 2:00 AM on a summer night with our friends around
a bonfire or whatever, "Pursuit of Happiness" comes on.
Grayson and Ethan Dolan: D., Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin.'
Grayson Dolan: A really cool story that was supposed to drop I think like late November,
early December of 2016 and then he was like "uh, I have to postpone the album."
And I was like "no!"
And then he goes "to December 16th."
Ethan Dolan: Which is our birthday!
Grayson Dolan: Which is our birthday!
The day we turned 17.
Grayson Dolan: I'm going to hit "Balmain Jeans" to ‘Satellite Flight.’
And then I'll go "King Wizard" to ‘Indicud.’
Ethan Dolan: "Confused" to ‘Speeding Bullet.’
"By Design" to ‘Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin.’’
And then me and you for our favorite song, "Mojo So Dope."
Grayson Dolan: Whoa whoa whoa.
Go down to "Man on the Moon II."
Here we go.
Grayson Dolan: Okay, he's on "Paranoid." Right?
Ethan Dolan: Definitely. Yeah. I think so
Grayson Dolan: "Heartless" I don't know.
Ethan Dolan: He did "Paranoid" he did "Welcome to Heartbreak" I think. "Coldest Winter" ...
Grayson Dolan: He probably did "Coldest Winter."
Ethan Dolan: I don't know if he did "Heartless."
But bro he probably did.
Because it's deep.
Grayson Dolan: I don't want to get one wrong!
Grayson Dolan: I don't know. Okay, we're going to say, we're going to say, what is it, C?
"Welcome to Heartbreak?"
Grayson Dolan: Fuck.
We were probably right with "Heartless."
Ethan Dolan: Dude we should have went with our gut.
Grayson Dolan: "Coldest Winter!"
I had, that was my gut answer, I'm not kidding!
Grayson Dolan: So the thing about us is that we don't know anything about movies.
Ethan Dolan: We're not good with movies, but it's not ‘La La Land,’ because isn't that new?
Grayson Dolan: And I don't think it's ‘The Notebook.’
No but it could be.
You watched ‘The Notebook’ I know you did.
Ethan Dolan: I have, yeah.
Ethan Dolan: But I think it's Blue Valentine.
Because he did sample a song with this one.
Grayson Dolan: Alright
Ethan Dolan: I think it's A.
Grayson Dolan: Blue Valentine?
Ethan Dolan: I think we're going to say A., Blue Valentine.
I don't know what that movie is, but ... we'll say A.
Ethan Dolan: Fuck.
Ethan Dolan: I'm sorry guys, it's just the movies.
Grayson Dolan: It’s the movies, we don't know shit about movies.
Grayson Dolan: B. "Mind Playing Tricks On Me."
Ethan Dolan: The music video is all about his mind playing tricks on him.
Grayson Dolan: Yeah.
The "Day & Night" music video is insane.
Ethan Dolan: Is it Dot or Plain Pat?
Grayson Dolan: Or is it just Cudi?
I think it's either Cudi or Kanye.
Ethan Dolan: I think our final answer is …
Grayson Dolan: You got it.
Ethan Dolan: Kid Cudi.
Grayson Dolan: Wow what a banger.
Ethan Dolan: That song's a masterpiece, too.
Grayson Dolan: What a banger.
Grayson Dolan: Kurt, right?
Ethan Dolan: Yeah.
C, Kurt Cobain.
Ethan Dolan: On WZRD, he did “Where Did You Sleep Last Night”
Grayson Dolan: by Kurt.
Ethan Dolan: We love Kids See Ghosts.
We were huddled around my phone when the listening party was going on, and we were watching the
listening party-
Grayson Dolan: I remember like, everyone that was streaming the listening party was just
staring at a patch of grass for like three hours.
And then he finally came on-
Ethan Dolan: We were staring at the patch of grass.
Grayson Dolan: Yeah.
Ethan Dolan: Erase Me
Grayson Dolan: Gorgeous, All The Lights, Make Her Say,
Ethan Dolan: Cudi Montage,
Grayson Dolan: Ghost Town,
Ethan Dolan: Mistakes, No Mistakes, fuck, fuck.
Grayson Dolan: Paranoid?
The whole album counts, right?
Ethan Dolan: Was he on Paranoid? I guess so, yeah.
Grayson Dolan: Produced it.
Ethan Dolan: We got like two wrong, and I'm really sad about it.
Grayson Dolan: I wish it was a way to redeem ourselves even more.
It's not as well as I wanted to do.
Ethan Dolan: I wanted perfection, but didn't do enough research.
Ethan Dolan: Everything that shines ain't always going to be gold.
That’s sick.
Grayson Dolan: Damn.
I got chills now.
Now, think about it.
Like …
Ethan Dolan: That's fucking genius!
Grayson Dolan: Cudi's so not materialistic.