Amid fan freakouts over Tyler, The Creator’s Austin Metropolis Limits declaration that he didn’t know if he could be on stage once more any time quickly, the musician stunned his followers by saying a brand new album.
The Odd Future alum took to Instagram this week to announce the discharge of his eighth studio album, CHROMAKOPIA. This comes simply sooner or later after he dropped a teaser, ST. CHROMA, which options Tyler main a gaggle of individuals all in the identical outfit right into a inexperienced transport container with “CHROMAKOPIA” written on it.
“I constructed a path to freedom ’trigger them phrases that he stated/ Give a f**okay about traditions, cease impressin’ the lifeless,” the rapper whispers throughout the teaser. “I ain’t by no means had a doubt inside me/ And if I ever advised you that I did, I’m f**kin’ lyin’.”
Following up his 2021 venture Name Me When You Get Misplaced, CHROMAKOPIA is about to drop on Monday, Oct. 28
Although the music trade has largely been adhering to the Friday album drop since Beyoncé launched her self-titled album on a Friday in 2013, there’s a purpose Tyler is altering issues up this time round. Simply final yr, Tyler did some foreshadowing throughout an interview with Nardwaur when he defined why he thought music releases throughout the week make extra sense than Friday.
“Individuals on the weekends, they only wish to chill and hang around. In order that they’re probably not listening,” he started. “However I feel in case you put it out throughout the week, man. That commute to work or that commute to highschool or, simply, no matter that’s, you actually have that hour or thirty minutes to dive in and actually hear.”
Tyler additionally stated that releasing albums at midnight feels “disrespectful” to the artist, who labored to arduous on the venture for folks to be listening “passively.”
“Persons are sleep on the east coast and individuals are going to sleep on the west,” he defined. “I feel it popping out within the morning would simply make extra sense.”
See you on October 28!
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