The-Dream Releases Short Film Genesis, Featuring Ten New Songs

The-Dream has released a new 42-minute film featuring 10 previously unreleased songs, titled Genesis. It’s available to watch now on Tidal.

According to a press release, Genesis is intended as a “prequel” to the-Dream’s musical output in 2016. According to its Tidal description, Genesis “explores variations of his [The-Dream’s] random dreams represented as symbols, the face of his soul, and the conflict within himself.”

Watch a trailer for Genesis below, along with a snippet of “Virtuous”—a collaboration with Wiz Khalifa that appears on the new project. If you’ve got a Tidal subscription, check out the film here. 

Here’s what The-Dream had to say about Genesis in a press release:

This visual art project was created to give fans a glimpse of my daily thoughts. I, along with my fans, are lovers of music and art, but to me those two worlds are one and the same. I can never fully explain what I see and what I hear separately, it must be fused into one. For instance you take a song like “Holy Grail”; when I wrote the music and the vocal for that record, I had a vision that came simultaneously with that record itself. I feel cheated when songs leave my heart without the vision intended. 

The-Dream has also announced some February tour dates behind the project; find those below as well. He recently shared IAMSAM, a collection of Sam Cooke covers. 

The-Dream:

02-13 Washington, DC – Howard Theater
02-14 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
02-16 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
02-19 Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour
02-20 San Francisco, CA – Social Hall
02-23 Atlanta, GA – Center Stage

Watch the soul be pulled in many directions. @TIDALHiFi Virtuous ft @wizkhalifa #Genesis pic.twitter.com/8OIwHJgDjr — THE-DREAM (@TheKingDream) January 8, 2016

Watch The-Dream on an episode of Pitchfork.tv’s “Over/Under”: