![]() Maybe this is a reflection of the higher. 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’s highs rival the best of Tyler’s catalog, even if it doesn’t reach the same emotional peaks that Flower Boy wowed us with two years ago. ![]() 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. 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. Rated 1 in the best albums of 2019, and 50 of all time album. With the focus more on sonic texture than song structure, the album is a smorgasbord of buzzing. 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.” Yet Igor, Tyler’s fifth full-length solo album, represents his sharpest stylistic swerve to date. 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. 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. We waited two years and now he’s coming 'IGOR' released on May 17, 2019, is Tyler’s fifth studio album which reached widespread critical acclaim. That song was taken from his then-newly released fourth album, Flower Boy, a bright, optimistic departure from his usual dark, introspective rap. Provided to YouTube by ColumbiaI THINK Tyler, The CreatorIGOR 2019 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment, as exclusive licenseeReleased. ‘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.
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