Listening Guide: IGOR by Tyler, The Creator

Companion Links for Exploring Tyler, The Creator's Sixth Studio Album

Sep 13, 2025

Tyler, The Creator (Photo by Sam Rock / Billboard)

Tyler, The Creator’s IGOR is an epic of grand proportions. On October 23 at 6pm ET, I’ll be leading a discussion on Tyler’s sixth album—and one of my personal favorites—for the chordinnate free album club. For more details, sign up below!

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I’ve loved joining

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’s album club meetings over the past few months. The discussions, which have centered on projects like Bon Iver’s SABLE, fABLE and Baby Rose’s To Myself, always energize me. In an effort not to bombard the chat, I’m also left with a bunch of links I want to share with the group.

For October’s meeting, I curated a listening guide to reference while you enjoy IGOR. Whether this is your first time listening or you know every lyric, I hope you have as much fun as I had pulling these together!

Listening Instructions

From Tyler the night of IGOR’s release:

“IGOR. THIS IS NOT BASTARD. THIS IS NOT GOBLIN. THIS IS NOT WOLF. THIS IS NOT CHERRY BOMB. THIS IS NOT FLOWER BOY. THIS IS IGOR. PRONOUNCED EEE-GORE. DON’T GO INTO THIS EXPECTING A RAP ALBUM. DON’T GO INTO THIS EXPECTING ANY ALBUM. JUST GO, JUMP INTO IT. I BELIEVE THE FIRST LISTEN WORKS BEST ALL THE WAY THROUGH, NO SKIPS. FRONT TO BACK. NO DISTRACTIONS EITHER. NO CHECKING YOUR PHONE NO WATCHING TV NO HOLDING CONVO, FULL [ATTENTION] TOWARDS THE SOUNDS WHERE YOU CAN FORM YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND FEELINGS TOWARDS THE ALBUM. SOME GO ON WALKS, SOME DRIVE, SOME LAY IN BED AND SPONGE IT ALL UP.
WHATEVER IT IS YOU CHOOSE , FULLY INDULGE. WITH VOLUME.
AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO PAINT A PICTURE AND TELL YOU MY FAVORITE MOMENTS, I WOULD RATHER YOU FORM YOUR OWN. IF WE EVER CROSS PATHS, FEFL FREE TO ARTICULATE WHAT THOSE MOMENTS WERE FOR YOU, KEEP IT TIMELY THO IM NOT TRYNA HAVE AN OPRAH EPISODE. STANK YOU SMELLY MUCHO.”