Tyler, the Creator’s highly anticipated album “CHROMAKOPIA” was released on Oct. 28, 2024. On only its second day of being released on global Spotify, it gained 63.7 million streams. It also had the biggest hip hop album debut of 2024, placing its third consecutive #1 album on the Billboard 200. It contains 14 new songs.
Born and raised in Hawthorne, California, Tyler Gregory Okonma goes under the stage name Tyler, the Creator. He is known for his unique hip-hop-esque style and genre-bending nature combining jazz and neo-soul into his music.
Tyler promoted his album by using trucks branded with the “CHROMAKOPIA” logo, which toured around select states and quickly became an attraction among fans.
With “CHROMOKOPIA,” Tyler, the Creator broke his pattern of releasing an album every two years since it came out only one year after “CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: The Estate Sale.”
In addition, Tyler originally tweeted that there would not be any features on his new album. In a twist of fate, he hid the features on his album on the first day of release, not making their names visible.
Later on, he added the features into the titles of the songs. His listeners were shocked by the surprise.
Artists in his new album include Daniel Caeser, Lola Young, Lil Wayne, GloRilla, and Doechii.
“CHROMAKOPIA” follows the storyline of Tyler, the Creator’s life. It’s the most personal album he has created. His album is narrated by his mother, Bonita Smith. Songs like “Darling I” and “Like Him” explore deeper topics such as cheating and mistakes made in life.
Many different styles of music are incorporated in the album. For example, “Rah Tah Tah” is hip hop and rap while other songs like “Judge Judy” have a more laid-back vibe. This just goes to show his creativity and imagination.
Emily Daniels ’27 expressed, “I think that ‘CHROMAKOPIA’ is a very unique and catchy album that has an interesting storyline which made me more intrigued with Tyler, The Creator and his music.”
Accompanying this album was a world tour that started on Feb. 4 with openers Lil Yachty and Paris Texas.
As a huge fan, this tour was life-changing, the effects were insane with pyrotechnics and multicolored lights.
He also brought back old songs such as “Tamale” and “Yonkers.’ Most of the songs he played though were only snippets of them and not the fullness of the songs.
Even though the concert was amazing, the crowd was apathetic and not engaged in many of the songs, which broke my heart.
Overall, this album is great. It shares similar vibes to his album “IGOR.” Make sure to tune in to “CHROMAKOPIA” now.
