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 shocked his followers by asserting 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 at some point after he dropped a teaser, ST. CHROMA, which options Tyler main a bunch of individuals all in the identical outfit right into a inexperienced delivery container with “CHROMAKOPIA” written on it.
“I constructed a path to freedom ’trigger them phrases that he mentioned/ Give a f**ok about traditions, cease impressin’ the useless,” the rapper whispers throughout the teaser. “I ain’t by no means had a doubt inside me/ And if I ever informed you that I did, I’m f**kin’ lyin’.”
Following up his 2021 challenge Name Me When You Get Misplaced, CHROMAKOPIA is about to drop on Monday, Oct. 28
Although the music business has largely been adhering to the Friday album drop since Beyoncé launched her self-titled album on a Friday in 2013, there’s a motive 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 simply need to chill and hang around. In order that they’re probably not listening,” he started. “However I believe when 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 pay attention.”
Tyler additionally mentioned that releasing albums at midnight feels “disrespectful” to the artist, who labored to onerous on the challenge for folks to be listening “passively.”
“Individuals are sleep on the east coast and persons are going to sleep on the west,” he defined. “I believe it popping out within the morning would simply make extra sense.”
See you on October 28!
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