S10E1 - Tyler, The Creator: IGOR

Dissect

Cole Cuchna

Music, Arts, Society & Culture

4.9 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Welcome to our season long examination of Tyler, The Creator's 2019 album IGOR, where we dissect the music, lyrics, and meaning of one song per episode. We begin with the album's first track "IGOR'S THEME," a mostly instrumental composition full of musical surprises, showcasing Tyler's skills as composer, producer, and arranger. And while subtle, the song's minimal lyrics actually foreshadow the album's narrative. Shop Season 10 merchandise here. Host, EP, Writer: Cole Cuchna Writer: Camden Ostrander Original Score: So Wiley Audio Editor: Kevin Pooler Theme Music: Birocratic Recreations: Andrew Atwood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's January 26, 2020, and the world's most popular musicians are inside the Staple Center in Los Angeles for the 62nd annual Grammy Awards.
0:12.0	Taking the stage now is Tyler the Creator,
0:15.0	wearing a blonde bob cut wig, sunglasses,
0:18.0	and a pink and red suit.
0:19.0	He's gathered around a trash can bonfire
0:22.0	alongside Charlie Wilson and Boys to Men, who begin to sing an
0:25.0	a cappella rendition of Tyler's song, Earthquake. You make my earth worse. Riding or riding me out.
0:37.0	Making my earth.
0:38.0	Earthquake is Tyler's biggest song to date.
0:43.4	It's got a memorable, easy to sing melody.
0:45.8	It only makes sense that Tyler would perform it on the Grammy stage.
0:48.8	But less than a minute into Earthquake, the lush harmonies come to a stop.
0:54.4	And Tyler, center stage now, begins to grunt and gasp into the microphone for 25 seconds
1:00.6	straight. It only gets more beautifully bizarre from here as Tyler launches into the brash
1:10.8	frenetic introduction of his song, New Magic Wand.
1:14.0	His body contorts and convulses, his blonde wig whipping violently as he lets out a primal scream.
1:20.0	What commences on stage for the next three minutes is elegantly orchestrated chaos.
1:28.0	Fifteen others dressed exactly like Tyler take the stage with him,
1:32.0	mashing and thrashing to his cues as the facade of houses on stage behind them catch fire. You're a work at me. What?
1:43.0	The bottom.
1:44.0	She's gonna be ten.
1:45.0	Yeah, I just gotta let you go.
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