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Tyler, The Creator, Sexyy Purple, and Daniel Caesar
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Tyler, The Creator is unmasking his eighth studio album, CHROMAKOPIA. On Tuesday (Nov. 12), the Los Angeles rapper shared six minutes of behind-the-scenes footage from the LP’s creation.
MASK IS OFF: CHROMAKOPIA opened with a mash-up of a number of clips displaying Tyler enjoying numerous devices. He impressively self-produced and organized all 14 songs on the undertaking. Later within the video, viewers obtained to see Sexyy Purple laying down a tough model of her visitor verse on “Sticky,” the place she delivered the traces, “I do not struggle for my respect, b**ch, I struggle for d**ok / Now rise up, child lady, I am finna rock your s**t.”
In one other clip, Tyler danced within the studio whereas the aforementioned monitor’s background vocals had been laid down. “Sticky” notably marked Sexyy Purple’s first High 10 hit on the Scorching 100 chart, whereas featured artists GloRilla and Lil Wayne earned their second and twenty sixth, respectively.
The latter half of the footage confirmed Thundercat doing bass for the LP. In reality, he contributed to over a 3rd of CHROMAKOPIA. Lola Younger, Teezo Landing and Daniel Caesar additionally made cameos. By the video’s finish, Tyler pulled out the masks he wears on the duvet in addition to in visible efforts like “Noid” and “St. Chroma.”
It’s unclear if extra CHROMAKOPIA footage might be launched sooner or later, equivalent to Doechii’s verse on “Balloon,” or why Playboi Carti’s traces on “Thought I Was Lifeless” had been scrapped on the DSP model. Both means, the undertaking debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 299,500 album-equivalent models.
“Thanks to everybody who has listened, skimmed by means of, put it on repeat, turned [it] off, liked it, hated it, grew on, grown off, associated to, was international to, something. I actually respect any ears,” he penned in a thank-you letter to followers on Nov. 7.
Tyler may also hit the street in February 2025 for “CHROMAKOPIA: THE WORLD TOUR.” He’ll play stadiums all through many of the yr, together with stops at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Enviornment and Brooklyn’s Barclays Middle. Paris Texas and Lil Yachty are set to help the trek.