Tyler, The Creator is beyond grateful for all of the love and the feedback he’s gotten on his new album, Chromakopia.
In a post to his Instagram Story on Thursday (November 7), Tyler thanked everyone who tuned in to the new body of work, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 earlier this week.
“Thank you to everyone who has listened, skimmed through, put it on repeat, turned off, loved it, hated, grew on, grown off, related to, was foreign to, anything,” Tyler wrote.
“I really appreciate any ears. I’m at a different point in my life than I was when most of you met me so to share these thoughts or feelings that I may/may not have lightly touched on before felt like such a release, and to see so many of you resonate with it is such a great feeling I’ve never experienced. Thank you.”
Tyler, The Creator reacts to ‘Chromakopia’ fan response: “Such a great feeling” pic.twitter.com/cyUDigmJ9Z
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) November 7, 2024
Chromakopia earned Tyler, The Creator the biggest first week of his career – as well as the second highest tally of any rap album this year ( behind only the commercial release of Travis Scott‘s 2014 mixtape Days Before Rodeo.)
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The Odd Future founder’s eighth album debuted atop the chart after earning 299,500 equivalent units, according to Billboard.
Of that figure, 157,000 came from on-demand streams (which totaled 212.55 million), while album sales accounted for 142,000. The remaining 500 was from TEA (track equivalent album) units.
Making Chromakopia’s sales all the more impressive is the fact that the album had a short tracking week due to it being released on a Monday instead of the customary Friday.
After releasing the LP, Tyler revealed his favorite moment on each of the album’s 14 songs, highlighting various specific sounds and behind-the-scenes details from the critically acclaimed LP.
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“[A]t 1:54 of ST CHROMA, that siren and low end together feels like a blast wave after an explosion,” he wrote on X (formery Twitter). “[T]he ’20 thousand on me…’ part of RAH TAH TAH, the delivery is from a dumb joke of mine but i couldnt get it outta my head, why not record it.”
He added: “[T]hat JUDGE JUDY bridge…..what! the synth lead out of it? donalds decending harmonies on the last verse? the ending keeps transposing up, this my favorite song, its very tyler coded with every sound ive always used.
“STICKY really love how the brass only comes in on the last hook, that climax pays off. and it feels so much bigger cause wayne whispers right before it charges in.”
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After continuing to nerd out over the remaining tracks, Tyler signed off with a message of gratitude to his fans: “[T]hank you all for listening.”
