In one of the earlier scenes in Wes Anderson's latest contribution to the hipster zeitgeist Mr. Fox (George Clooney), having decided to relocate from a hole in the ground to a tree, is asked by Mrs. Fox if he stills feels poor. "Less so," he muses, lounging under the boughs...

Scott Ramon Segring Mescudi, better known as Kid Cudi, began making a name for himself with the moody 2008 single "Day N Night," in which the "lonely stoner" describes an inner life of angsty alienation and the effort of maintaining a public persona. But discussing his new record,...