The angsty leader of the Odd Future collective no more, Tyler has stepped into his own identity – even if you can’t always make out what is going on behind the blond wig. Igor reveals a side of Tyler we’ve never met, his love life. Frankenstein’s hunchbacked lab-assistant. Ultimately, Tyler sings because he wants to, regardless of how he is heard, and that self-confidence is a joy to behold on this fifth album. Tyler bloomed as Flower Boy on his road towards self-discovery in 2017’s album of the same name. It is not important to know whether Tyler is gay or straight, happy or heartbroken – his appeal as a songwriter and performer is his ever-evolving exuberance. Track titles like I Don’t Love You Anymore Gone, Gone / Thank You and Are We Still Friends? suggest this is a breakup album, but in the end the object of his lyrical references doesn’t matter. There was speculation over his sexuality following lyrical references on Flower Boy, which he resurrects on Igor with the line “you’re my favourite garçon” on A Boy Is a Gun, but never clarifies his Igor tour stage costume similarly resists a simple reading. This confidence, and fluidity, allows him to resist being pinned down to any one identity. His singing has improved somewhat, while his lyrics are expository and personal: in the closing lines of twinkling R&B track Earfquake, he pleads with a partner, “Don’t leave, it’s my fault”, before moving on to the self-discovery of a settled breakup on Running Out of Time with the lines: “You never lived in your truth / But I finally found peace, so peace.” Performing concerts in support of the album while dressed in a Warhol wig, shades and dazzling neon suits, Tyler cavorted all over the stage celebrating an even greater breadth to his music.
On the follow-up, Igor, there is a lot more singing and even more joy.
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It marked a newfound confidence in the 28-year-old’s music no longer relying on the shock tactics of earlier records like Goblin, he was refreshingly comfortable in his own skin and endearingly enthusiastic about his own work. That song was taken from his then-newly released fourth album, Flower Boy, a bright, optimistic departure from his usual dark, introspective rap. Igorrr - Spirituality and Distortion (FULL ALBUM) Metal Blade Records 1.22M subscribers Subscribe 27K 1.1M views 2 years ago Igorrr 'Spirituality and Distortion' available now.
‘Excuse my voice I can’t sing but I don’t care because it feels good.” So said Tyler, the Creator before he launched into an impassioned – if tuneless – rendition of See You Again on his 2017 NPR Tiny Desk concert. Five tracks into IGOR, his fifth full-length record, it becomes increasingly clear that this is not exactly a hip-hop album.
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