We travel with Tyler through his conscious and paranoid inception of police knocking at his door even though he is doing everything in his power to fight his urges. With Charlie Wilson on the hook, this irresistible ballad explores the turmoil of being in love with someone who’s too fucking young and having to fight the temptations that go along with that.
Tyler stated that it is his favorite song on the album, and also that he really wanted to get Stevie Wonder on the song–oh my god, how crazy would that have been?! But in spite of the track’s lack of Wonder, the almost cliche messages throughout to follow your own passion and spread your wings is a heart-warming and fitting message from the dude who always follows wherever his passion takes him.įrom the second Tyler debuted the video for “FUCKING YOUNG/PERFECT” it was already a favorite on the album without having to hear the rest of it–though in sequence with the rest of the songs it gets even better. “FIND YOUR WINGS,” another track produced by The Creator himself, is an almost interlude-type break in the album that uplifts the soul.
It’s the perfect introduction to the unpredictable adrenaline rush that Cherry Bomb is. Produced by Tyler, this beat is infectious and reminiscent of an N*E*R*D track when paired with the interchanging of his signature deep, grimey voice and some falsetto-ish yelling. The moment the sample of the guitar from Dee Edwards’ “Why Can’t There Be Love” starts in the first 2 seconds of the album with “DEATHCAMP,” you get an idea of exactly how lively the journey you’re about to embark on is. He isn’t jaded by being in the industry or having a lot of fans and is still a music fan himself. His completely transparent excitement when getting to work with and meet his idols like Pharrell and Eminem, or even just his charmingly over-zealous all-caps tweets about music and music memorabilia (and charmingly over-zealous all-caps tweets in general) make it obvious that he GETS it. On top of all of that, Tyler is one of the most sincere music fans to be in the music business. Tyler does everything his way He has a clothing line and store made up of stuff like drawings of donuts he did in his school days, the album cover for Cherry Bomb is a drawing he did of himself on New Years Eve.
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He knows how to unapologetically do whatever he wants, like the advertisement for the Golf Wang Vans with semen casually atop the sneaker. To not listen to Tyler because you think you’re better than the 14 year old skater boys who bow at his feet would only be robbing yourself of something–and someone–special just for the sake of your own weird pride.Įverything about Tyler and his music and the whole empire he has built for himself seems so organic and real that the backlash he often receives is unwarranted. I get it, they do some off-putting, esoteric things…but it would be naive to think that they don’t turn people off on purpose. I hate the stigma that seems to go along with Tyler, the Creator and Odd Future as a whole because to me it’s more a stigma against unrestricted creativity.