Line #50 Music/IGOR


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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.
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69	->''Can't say goodbye...''

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