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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''I don't know where I'm goin', but I know what I'm showing''.]] |
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4 | ''IGOR'' is the fifth studio album by Music/TylerTheCreator. It was released on May 17, 2019. The album features notable artists like Music/KanyeWest, Music/CeeLoGreen, and Music/{{Solange}}. The album follows Igor, [[TheIgor who plays with the trope of the same name]], as he falls in and out of love with a close friend. The album marks a shift in Tyler, The Creator's style. Rapping is undoubtably his strength, but the album stands more on pop and R&B-like vocals. It makes use of repetition and synths to help carry the listener through Igor's journey. |
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6 | ''IGOR'' was released to widespread critical acclaim. Critics praised it for its narrative and ability to convey a range of emotion. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. |
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8 | !!Tracklist |
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10 | # IGOR'S THEME |
11 | # EARFQUAKE |
12 | # I THINK |
13 | # EXACTLY WHAT YOU RUN FROM YOU END UP CHASING |
14 | # RUNNING OUT OF TIME |
15 | # NEW MAGIC WAND |
16 | # A BOY IS A GUN |
17 | # PUPPET |
18 | # WHAT'S GOOD |
19 | # GONE, GONE / THANK YOU |
20 | # I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE |
21 | # ARE WE STILL FRIENDS |
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23 | !! This work contains examples of the following tropes: |
24 | * AlbumIntroTrack: "Igor's Theme." It contains no rapping and is meant more as a tone-setter. |
25 | * AntiLoveSong: All over the record. "A Boy Is a Gun" ends with Tyler saying "stay the fuck away from me." |
26 | * BlasphemousBoast: This line from "WHAT'S GOOD": |
27 | --> ''Hard to believe in God when there ain't no mirrors around.'' |
28 | * CapsLock: Every track on the album, and the title. |
29 | * ConceptAlbum: One about love and subservience. |
30 | * ContinuityNod: |
31 | ** A bridge from "Igor's Theme" is sped up from a track from ''Flower Boy'', "Boredom". |
32 | ** A line from "Pothole", another track from ''Flower Boy'', is referenced in "GONE, GONE / THANK YOU". |
33 | ---> ''But I listen to that weatherman 'cause it might rain''\ |
34 | -Pothole |
35 | ---> ''The weatherman told me it wasn't rainin'''\ |
36 | ''My stupid ass brought umbrellas''\ |
37 | -Gone, Gone / Thank You |
38 | * DestructiveRomance: The album's main theme----the boy is compared to a gun, and the hold that the boy has over Igor leads him to destroy other people and himself. |
39 | * EpicRocking: "Gone, Gone / Thank You" is six minutes on account of it being two songs in one. |
40 | * EvilLaugh: At the start of "New Magic Wand." |
41 | * FaceOnTheCover: Completely black. |
42 | * GreenEyedMonster: Referenced on "New Magic Wand." The phrasing is a specific ShoutOut to Music/ErykahBadu's "Green Eyes." |
43 | --> ''I saw a photo you looked joyous'' |
44 | --> ''My eyes are green I eat my veggies'' |
45 | --> ''I need to get her out the picture'' |
46 | --> ''She's really fuckin up my frame'' |
47 | * TheIgor: {{Deconstructed}}. The main character is meant to be one, as conveyed by creepy synths and [[{{Dracula}} references to Gothic villains]], but the album fleshes out the effect this has on his emotional state and arc. |
48 | * MinisculeRocking: "Exactly What You Run from You End Up Chasing", a 14 second interlude. |
49 | * NewSoundAlbum: The album is more AlternativeRAndB and NeoSoul-influenced than previous records, and contains not as much rapping. |
50 | * PleaseDontLeaveMe: Said verbatim on "New Magic Wand." |
51 | * QuestioningTitle: "Are We Still Friends?" |
52 | * {{Sampling}}: Notable in Tyler's discography for containing samples, which he previously was opposed to using. |
53 | ** "Igor's Theme" samples "Attention" by Head West. |
54 | ** "I Think" samples "Special Lady" by Bibi Mascel and "Get Down" by Nkono Teles. |
55 | ** "Running Out Of Time" samples "Hit And Run" by Music/RunDMC. |
56 | ** "New Magic Wand" samples "Vsichni Praznj" by Sileutes 61. |
57 | ** "A Boy Is a Gun" samples "Bound" by The Ponderosa Twins Plus One. |
58 | ** "Puppet" samples "It's Alright With Me" by Part Time and "Today" by Czar. |
59 | ** "What's Good" samples "Black Grass" by Bad Bascomb. |
60 | ** "Gone, Gone / Thank You" samples "Hey Girl" by Cullen Omori, and "Fragile" by Tatsuro Yamashita. |
61 | ** "I Don't Love You Anymore" samples "Caramel" by Cluster. |
62 | ** "Are We Still Friends?" samples "Dream" by Al Green. |
63 | * SpokenWordInMusic: All over the record using snippets of comedian Jerrod Carmichael. |
64 | * StraightGay: Igor [[https://genius.com/17191227 makes]] [[https://genius.com/17195497 numerous]] [[https://genius.com/Tyler-the-creator-a-boy-is-a-gun-lyrics allusions]] to being in love with a man, but the content and style of the music certainly aren't campy in any sense. |
65 | * StudioChatter: On "Gone, Gone / Thank You" before the transition between songs. It's fitting for the song's themes. |
66 | --> ''"Can we do it over?" "What?" "Everything."'' |
67 | * {{Yandere}}: "New Magic Wand" is about Igor planning to kill his love interest's new girlfriend. |
68 | ---- |
69 | ->''Can't say goodbye...'' |
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