It was really one of these things where I’d heard a version of a song that X had did of one of my songs on Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven, and I tweeted out “Is this real?” and I ended up connecting with John Cunningham who worked very closely with X. He met up with me, he came to the studio, we talked for a little bit, he played me the joint, it’s fucking amazing. At some point, we had to get it out, I want them to have it, I don’t even want it, I just wanna make sure that they have what they need. I’ll clear it, whatever they gotta do. I didn’t wanna ask them for a verse, I think that’s weird, so I was like, maybe there’s something that he’s done that I could probably flip. And I couldn’t really find nothing except for “Orlando” because it had no drums, and it was hitting me out of all the songs that I heard. If this was not calling me, like the Cudi vibes, this was just speaking to me. And I hit up John, I got the pieces to the session, got the vocals, and we were like “Let’s produce it up and make it brand new”. This was like a gift, it was ready to be manipulated, it had no drums, it was really bare, it was there. So I took that as a sign from the heavens and went to the studio and just kind of conjured up something and pieced together parts and I loved his cadence and melodies on the verse, so I thought it would be cool for fans to see me inspired by him and be in his space for a little bit. And then I wanted the second half to just be the uplifting part, this is where we’re at right now, the light, the love. […] X is just a reflection of my younger days to me. I see a young man that’s hurting, I was hurting. This song, I felt his pain and even though it’s a verse that’s been out before, it was like my remix and my way of showing love and giving people an idea of what a X and Cudi collaboration would sound like.

—Kid Cudi, via Apple Music

No! This track marks their first official collaboration together.