“What’s up, d–kheads?” Tyler, the Creator greeted his supporters from atop a automotive junkyard with a crane hovering above him. “It’s been three f—ing years. COVID f—ed us, bro…. Three, 4 years later, and y’all motherf–kers nonetheless care to come back to this sh–. It actually means so f—ing a lot to me and the crew,” he beamed, whereas recalling how “shocked” he was at how shortly Flog Gnaw tickets have been first promoting out. “The final two weeks strolling round LA and sh–, ‘I’m excited for Flog!’ Folks saying, ‘I can’t wait!’ Folks hitting me up, ‘Flying from Nebraska!’ To know that this random concept I had, that it brings the spirit of L.A. up for 2 days, I say this with each bone in my physique: Thanks all!”
Tyler additionally fired followers up by teasing new music, however in true Tyler, the Creator style, it was all only a tease. “Aw, aw. And I wished a father, however you don’t get all the pieces,” he quipped, his darkish humor cracking all people up. “So I’m going to undergo my catalog as an alternative, and also you items of sh– are gonna sing alongside.”
Tyler’s victory lap spanned from Goblin cuts “She” (sans Frank Ocean, whom festivalgoers have discovered from final time to not anticipate as a shock visitor) and “Yonkers,” to “Tamale” and “IFHY” from his 2013 album Wolf, to a handful of tracks chosen from every of his final three albums, Flower Boy, IGOR and Name Me If You Get Misplaced. An animated flock of white birds swarmed Tyler as he carried out “Who Dat Boy” with out his frequent collaborator and pal A$AP Rocky (“My n—a at house, he bought two youngsters,” he mentioned of his absence), and he later introduced out a flamethrower and set the stage ablaze earlier than performing “my favourite tune I’ve ever made,” “NEW MAGIC WAND.”
He’s the identical a–gap followers have liked because the OFWGKTA days, however he’s additionally a multi-hyphenate star that they’ve grown to grow to be pleased with (simply have a look at his unending record of accomplishments from Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z‘s “Entrepreneur” music video). Tyler is pleased with himself, too, and he has each proper to be.
“I do interviews and stuff, and I see people like, ‘Oh, he has such an enormous ego. He’s so stuffed with himself.’ Hell f–king proper I’m stuffed with myself, n—a, as a result of that’s how I really feel about me, n—a. I’m stuffed with me as a result of all the pieces I mentioned I wished to do I did, and I didn’t let no person inform me nothing else,” he exclaimed confidently. “So all people on the market, if y’all bought goals and y’all really feel some kind of manner about your self that may exceed how others really feel about themselves, f–ok ’em and don’t let that sh– cloud your mind for actual. That’s my TED Discuss.”
