Tyler, the Creator has touched on his sexuality a number of instances on his new album – right here’s how. (Getty)
Rapper Tyler, the Creator, has additional touched on his sexuality in new lyrics from freshly launched album Chromakopia – right here’s how and when.
Although Tyler, the Creator has by no means explicitly publicly clarified his sexuality, he’s made loads of references to not being solely straight previously.
For instance, in 2018, he referred to as his sexuality a “gray space”, including that “regardless that I’m thought-about loud and on the market, I’m personal, which is a bizarre dichotomy” (through Incredible Man) whereas discussing the Flower Boy lyric “I been kissing white boys since 2004”.
Since then, he’s dropped additional songs hinting at relationships with males, like 2023’s “Sorry Not Sorry“, which comprises the lyrics: “Sorry to the blokes I needed to cover/ Sorry to the women I needed to deceive.”
And with Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator, has opened the field even additional, with a number of tracks referencing queerness in a lot of its elements.
“Balloon”, which options bi rapper Doechii, hears Tyler say: ““Every part actual right here, no lace entrance, okay / I doze throughout December, I slay / I don’t even like ladies, bitch, I’m means up too excessive” and Doechii provides: “I’m a bi bitch, however I want that pussy now / If he’s homosexual, then I’m homosexual, and we’re nouns (We’re nouns)”.
The third track on the album, “Noid” – quick for ‘paranoid’ – charts Tyler’s issue with trusting individuals, no matter their gender. The rapper sings, “Her, him, they, them, or anyone, I don’t belief ’em at — in any respect.” It’s exhausting out right here.
And Chromakopia‘s lyrics are usually not restricted to only Tyler, the Creator’s sexuality; “Darling, I” is a reference to open relationships (moral non-monogamy), with a bar that goes: “Love ’em all for various causes on the identical rattling time / See monogamy, that shit isn’t for me.”
The rapper additionally lately unveiled costs for his 2025 UK tour – with additional dates added for the American leg on the finish of 2024.
Chromakopia is obtainable to stream now.
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