Rumors are suddenly swirling around Tyler The Creator’s Flower BoyLP. After the album apparently leaked late Sunday night (July 9), fans are saying it features a confessional Tyler who admits he’s gay, or at least bi-sexual. Several subsequent social media posts claim the Odd Future rapper “comes out of the closet” on the album.
On the song “I Ain’t Got Time!,” he raps: “Next line will have ’em like ‘Whoa’/ I been kissing white boys since 2004.”
Another track, “Garden Shed” featuring Estelle, revolves around forbidden love and keeping secrets.
Ayo
Garden shed, garden shed, garden shed, garden shed
For the garden
That is where I was hidin’
That was where love I was in
Ain’t no reason to pretend
Garden shed, garden shed, garden shed
Garden shed for the garçons
Them feelings I was guardin’
Heavy on my mind
All my friends lost
They couldn’t read the signs
I didn’t wanna talk and tell ’em my location
And they ain’t wanna walk
Truth is, since a youth kid, thought it was a phase
Thought it’d be like the Frank; poof, gone
But, it’s still goin’ on
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Other people are also saying it’s nothing new and that he’s mentioned multiple times that he was gay. Interestingly enough, in 2015 Tyler posted an tweet that read: “I TRIED TO COME OUT THE DAMN CLOSET LIKE FOUR DAYS AGO AND NO ONE CARED HAHAHHAHAHA.”
Flower Boy is expected to officially arrive on July 21, and features guest appearances from Frank Ocean, A$AP Rocky, Lil Wayne, Estelle, Roy Ayers and Jaden Smith.
Tyler has not responded to the speculations or leak yet. Check out some of the reactions below.
