RIZGOD

5y

"As Tyler has become more refined, so has his aesthetic, evolving from youthful chaos to careful curation"

I can't stand the way these Pitchfork "journalists" write, it sounds like me in High School english trying to sound intelligent to finesse better grades

mr get dough

5y

Tyler didn’t even say that too black for the white kids too white for the blacks line

Goo

5y

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/tyler-the-creator-call-me-if-you-get-lost-new-album-takeaways/

Wes Anderson and whiteness as an aesthetic

As Tyler has become more refined, so has his aesthetic, evolving from youthful chaos to careful curation. And CMIYGL’s is complemented by a cohesive set of visuals, from the album cover to billboards to teasers and music videos. Wes Anderson’s influence looms large here, with wide-angle shots on diorama sets, and vintage luxury suitcases shot with a low-contrast, brown-and-pastel color palette. It’s hard to separate Anderson’s manicured aesthetic from whiteness, and how Tyler’s proximity to and relationship with whiteness throughout his career has proven to be awkward and, at times, problematic. Beyond the eyebrow-raising voiceover in the LUMBERJACK teaser talking about the “powder that’s reflecting on my porcelain skin,” the visuals as a whole recall Tyler’s early comments about being “too white for the Black kids and too Black for the white kids,” and his history of speaking of Black people as a monolith.

Tyler’s early comments about being “too white for the Black kids and too Black for the white kids,”

Ummm

RIZGOD

5y

"As Tyler has become more refined, so has his aesthetic, evolving from youthful chaos to careful curation"

I can't stand the way these Pitchfork "journalists" write, it sounds like me in High School english trying to sound intelligent to finesse better grades

Hi-C

5y

Also that line isn’t even about being mixed right? Someone corrected me about that on here I think

mr get dough

5y

It scares me as a musician knowing peoples ears do not work he clearly says you look malnourished lmao

treeman

5y

Earl isn’t biracial it’s about his personality

Hi-C

5y

Also that line isn’t even about being mixed right? Someone corrected me about that on here I think

Fries

5y

If you listen to it imagining he's putting on a mild accent and saying it like 'aww, you look 'bout nervoush' I legit think you'll be able to see what I mean

Buuuut my ears are pretty messed up and I can't use headphones as a result so my phone speaker probably impacted how it sounded

Hi-C

5y

Yeah that’s what I thought lol.

Honestly though, like still resonated with me because that’s exactly how I feel in a lot of situations. Even more so because I’m mixed but regardless I totally see what the line is actually about.

treeman

5y

I’m mixed too with a black mom and a white dad lol that line will always stick with me

mr get dough

5y

Lmao yeah I hear it when you say it its just everybody was laughing at the malnourished line when the snippet first dropped so its funny u were hearing it differently. Like hearing it the right way changes the whole song

RIZGOD

5y

"As Tyler has become more refined, so has his aesthetic, evolving from youthful chaos to careful curation"

I can't stand the way these Pitchfork "journalists" write, it sounds like me in High School english trying to sound intelligent to finesse better grades