Article content Musician brings The former member of the groundbreaking hip-hop collective Odd Future released his seventh album in his typically offbeat and alternative fashion. The single Noid and it’s accompanying video featuring the artist in a futuristic mask dropped on Monday, Oct. 28, rather than the industry-standard Friday release.
CHROMAKOPIA looks at his youth growing up in Hawthorne, Inglewood, Calif., and is actually narrated by his mother Bonita Smith. There was speculation before the release that the eclectic singer might be basing the record on the conductor Chroma the Great.
Chroma the Great’s orchestra creates the colours of the world in author Norton Juster’s book the Phantom Tollbooth. It’s overall rating on Metacritic was 91/100. In a 2023 interview with Vancouver’s very-own , the musician had criticized the standard release date as promoting “passive listening.
” In a previous interview at Vancouver’s Main Street retailer Neptoon Records, Tyler, the Creator, had called Nardwuar a “sexy beast.” The duo have chatted 12 times in the past six years. The CHROMAKOPIA world tour was announced a few days before the album drop.
A number of other tracks from the album, which features contributions from Canada’s Daniel Caesar, Doechii, GloRilla, Lil Wayne, Lola Young, Santigold and others, have been teased with video clips as well as the promotional tracks St. Chroma and Thought I Was Dead. Joining Tyler, the Creator on the 50 date tour are Lil.