This was going to be a television series on Netflix but became a television special instead. Not only that, but Kid Cudi was intended on making it a live-action anthology series centering on the theme of love with one piece of animation, but Kenya Barris convinced him to make it completely animated.
Every single outfit in this film was personally designed by Virgil Abloh. Every extra and every minor and major character all had an outfit by Abloh for them.