Kanye West and Takashi Murakami reunite for new album cover after 11 years

Kanye West and Japanese artist Takashi Murakami have collaborated for a second time, eleven years after their first partnership in 2007. The new cover art is for the album 'Kids See Ghosts', a joint project by Kanye West and Kid Cudi. The first collaboration in 2007 was for West's album 'Graduation', featuring a cartoon superhero based on the Dropout Bear mascot. That cover was named one of the five best album covers of the year by Rolling Stone magazine. The two also worked together on the music video for the song 'Good Morning'. Murakami, known for his superflat aesthetic, initially did not know who West was when the rapper visited his studio with his mother. Their communication was limited until West proposed a collaboration. The new cover depicts an apocalyptic scene with bright colors, featuring a ghost-like figure with canine teeth riding a multicolored being. The album 'Kids See Ghosts' contains seven tracks and is named after the duo formed by West and Cudi, who have been friends since 2008 when West signed Cudi to his label.