IGOR's Hidden Story EXPLAINED • Tyler, The Creator 1 Year Later 

To be honest, I was a fan of Tyler since 2011. Somewhere along the way I kind of fell off after cherry bomb, completely overlooked Flower Boy, and when IGOR came out I only really liked earfquake (I know right). Yet, here I am today in 2023 replaying Tyler’s Flower Boy, IGOR, (all the old albums) and CMIYGL nonstop for the past 2 months. Nonstop. I’m completely enamored with this dudes amazingly great discography. I feel so stupid for having lost interest in Tyler over the recent years, not to mention I was 2 years late into Call Me If You Get Lost. I guess what I’m trying to say is, sometimes we all need to do a bit of “living life” and gaining new experiences, new traumas, heartbreaks, new loves, just generally LIVING LIFE in order to finally come back and UNDERSTAND certain music. I absolutely love Flower Boy, absolutely love IGOR. My ears were closed to these specific albums when they initially dropped, but thanks to my experiences I’m glad I came back and gave these albums a second try. Classics, 10/10. I’m all up to date on all his music. I’m excited for what’s to come. I’m READY FOR ANYTHING HE’S GOING TO DROP.

This honestly has made me realize that Igor would literally be an AMAZING musical, like literally, this would be perfect someone needs to talk to Tyler about this

To everyone: Please stop gatekeeping music. It ain't cool

Igor dropped when my first gay relationship was coming to a nasty chaotic end. The story was so similar to mine that this album's going to stay close to my heart the rest of my life.

i'm shook this video is SO GOOD you deserve so many subscribers and more attention!! thoroughly enjoyed

Listening to this and having a crush that doesn’t like you back is just....

I LOVE the way you used 'call me by your name' in this video. Its obvious that that movie had an impact on tyler, with him including the name of the movie in the lyrics of "I think." and him even going on vacation to the region that the movie was filmed. Amazing use of the visuals combined with the lyrics of the album!!

I need to say a couple things: -this video essay is edited to perfection. -the way you speak on this essay is impeccable. -visuals were outstanding. -bro- you got me in my feelings

Someone needs to make a movie with Igor as the music

this makes me appriciate igor twice as much

the clean motion graphics, the amount of time it must have taken to hunt down ALL of this footage, the supplementary music throughout. oh yeah and then there’s the entire essay that taught me a shit ton about this album. the quality is already there dude just keep doing what ur doing im looking forward to your next video essay!!

Went through the worst break up last year, lost my job, gained 40lbs, but this album saved me. I’m here now, 50 lbs lower, happy with a new person, I found myself.

*Hard to believe in god when there ain't no mirrors around. He is calling himself a god.

why does everyone forget about the real version of "EXACTLY WHAT YOU RUN FROM YOU END UP CHASING", BOYFRIEND

Igor is like all his other albums combined It has the story telling of his first three albums but more refined. The musical variation of cherry bomb And the aesthetic of flower boy

I love that Tyler and try new things, be weird, and be himself and all his fans still support him and love it. He’s one of the rare talents that stay true to his talent regardless of what radios or music producers say

people forget that the WOLF trio was also a theatrical tale, a fun gory story of mental health, betrayal, jealousy, etc. tyler loves telling stories, and he's only gotten better and better at it.

this video made me tear up. I've been listening to Igor non stop non stop figuring out and putting together this story together. you explained what ive been thinking for so long so perfectly. THANK you

Its interesting knowing that all of his albums are based on a character played out like a movie, but igor is based on him and hes playing himself staying.

I think the “close a door to open a window” part is referring to looking at different options for the same outcome (“leave the building”), which in new magic wand he pleads one more time but this time with the option of threatening the life of the person this piece is about and their other partner

7:13 he says "hard to believe in god when there ain't no mirrors around" not miracles. Sometimes sleepy editing brain makes mistakes :-) Thanks for all the nice comments and new subscribers! New video essays, music videos and podcasts are on the way!

The visual representation montage of the music at 0:50 is *chef's kiss* Also love the explanations of Jerrod Carmichael's quotes, stitching together the themes of the album. Awesome job man

AYO THANK YOU FOR USING MY REMAKE

I literally got choked up listening to you dissect this album. Thank. You.

This album came out at a perfect time for me. Honestly this extracted why it felt so right on time.

Feeling a strong 9 to a 10 on this video essay.

I have been revisiting Igor these past couple of weeks, and this analysis makes me want to revisit it many times more. The analysis was very thorough and enlightening; I knew Igor was a story, but I did not think of how it is more like a musical with a complex hero's journey as you explained. Also, (as the majority of comments have already mentioned) the visuals and general editing are superb. I absolutely loved this. Great work.

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the use of the 'call me by your name' scenes along with this is true ✨art✨

This really made me cry...

you missed tyler’s boyfriend’s girlfriend and all the problems that comes with that

WAIT IS THAT GUNK’S KK SLIDER EARFQUAKE

Oh my god I did not expect an emotional rollercoaster. The Call Me By Your Name clips killed me. Thank you so much! :') (like, I almost cried like Elio in the Gone gone/thank you part 😭❤️

IGOR, as a project is more then just a story, let alone an album. It’s a recurring flush of emotions that all of us as humans feel in the chronological order that Tyler laid out. From the first passionate feeling of intimacy when you feel that this love interest is “making your earthquake”; to when you come to the conclusion that you are “falling in love”; to when the stress of “running out of time to make you(r love interest) love” you kicks into a high gear; to when you find yourself feeling enthusiastically jealous of anyone your love interest talks to (new magic wand). and so on so on. This video allowed me to understand this project on so many different levels so thank you😊

This is like a visual episode of Dissect. Respect!

2 years later and this album makes me cry still every time i listen to it. Explicitly now since i can relate with every song more because of the situation ive been in. It makes me happy that people really see the story behing Igor. One of the best albums ive listed to in my life

THIS IS SO GOOD UR DESCRIPTION ON EVERYTHING IS SO WELL DESCRIBED THIS VIDEO DESERVES WAYYY MORE LOVE

i fell in love with my best friend. her name is tyler, and ironically igor perfectly described the progress of our relationship. it really helped me with the complicated mess i found myself in. i'm no longer in love with her. its been 2 years. disillusionment hits hard. its hard for us to stay friends after everything. but i still adore igor and all the songs on it

Damn man, that was so good! Such an incredible talent to explain the album with a great sense of setting a rhythm to the video to make it really entertaining and to draw our attention. The editing is really good too man ; you can be really proud of you, this is awesome !

As someone who loves learning the magic and power of editing, you really knocked the ball out of the park. Amazingly cohesive and well edited video! Keep grinding, brother.

How has this not blown up?

This album makes me so happy 😊

love it, i cant get enuff of all the igor video essays

!!! More subs headed your way for sure. This was so good Zane!

I remember being in highscool listening to Bastard and Goblin and Odd Future. I’m so proud of how far he’s come❤️❤️❤️

straight bodied this

This was put together really well. Kudos and thank you. It's been a month or so since I've visited this album and like all of his works , I've listened since day one of release. So much went into Igor that it's good to hear it discussed like this in a serious manner. Great job.

This is an absolute masterpiece of an interpretative review. You’ve done an incredible job Zane!

I've never looked at IGOR like this until I saw this, Keep up the good work!

You broke it down, logically, emotionally, and musically. Your understanding and appreciation of the music is the cherry on top! Good job👍🏽

man, im going to cry with this video, its my favourite album, and you deserve more, this is an amazing video

Glad to say I found a small/medium RU-vidr right before they blow up. This is a greatly edited and narrated essay. Well done dude.

Fireeeee breakdown. Had similar thoughts throughout listening.

This is so eye-opening, thank you, just makes me love and appreciate Tyler even more and I didn't think that was possible

dude you deserve so much more subs, this was so detailed.

no way this man has only so many subscribers add one to the number this was smooth and easy to understand, eye catching visuals, music. Best described as greatly put together Keep doing you.

the sad thing is i relate to this PERFECTLY ....my relationship relates to this PERFECTLY ...

i love how you used 'Call Me By Your Name' for some of the background of parts of the explanation. it really gives a visual to behind the scenes to how he felt.

this is a very high quality video essay. great stuff thanks for making it

Thank you for being calm, soothing, and conversing in the video essay realm. It feels like we’re being overwhelmed with LOOK HERE LISTEN HERE information overload. Pacing is everything. I can listen to this before bed. I love it.

This makes me want to really *experience* the album instead of just listening. I really need to go back to it and sit all the way through it. Thank you.

Ur such a good editor, I’m glad this video was recommended to me I’m looking forward to more content like this from you !

I love Tyler and all his albums but this one just hits different, and the story is immaculate

Fantastic analysis, happy to be subbed here and can't wait to watch the rest of your content.

wow! this video was so well spoken, it opened up my eyes to the real meaning of igor and made me realize how well this album tells a story. thank you!

this is literally so good!! loved that you used the KK Slider version for EARFQUAKE

wow this video should deserve more attention happy it ended in my recommendations, def a new sub

Loved this! Great analysis of a great album

This album made my summer, when I went to Belgium, I love this feeling

This is an unreal reflection. Amazing work!!!

Great video man! The amount of effort you put in this deserves more respect. Motivating to say the least.

woah dude i thought you had way more subscribers your quality is through the roof keep on making good vids 😆

i was sure u have like over a million subscribers on how perfect this video is. damn you really deserve so much more

Watched a couple of your videos now, shits great keep it up, you deserve far more subscribers

I can relate to so many of the songs on this album and I just got out of a toxic relationship. This album has kept me going and has made me realize that I’m not alone in world where relationships are toxic while we use our guilt to gaslight our so called “lovers”. My explanation is short but this masterpiece means much more than what words can form

i love how he used call me by your name clips alluding to the fact that tyler’s love is a forbidden love to a man

this a fire vid kieep moving bro fr fr

This was beautiful, thank you for this!!

Wow this is so beautiful idk how I’ve not seen this until now. I’ve listened to Igor over a million times and it’s one of my favourite albums of all time and even now I’m still learning more and more. Thank you for this amazing video much love.

This album got me through one of the darkest times of my life

hard to believe you made such a great vid and only have 100 subscribers

Fantastic video. This is my favourite album ever and this video taught me so much. Thank you so much for sharing this!

dude, this is gorgeous. you got me cryin. amazing video

I saw this in my recommendation and I saw it had like 200 views and I really wanted to watch it but I forgot, I’ve been looking for this video for like 10mins

I thought on New Magic Wand it's about his ex's new boyfriend (or at least someone he likes) and he says that he has a gun/ new magic wand and if Igor can't have him he'd kill them both

How does this only have 9k views? This is one of the best videos I’ve seen about Igor and its so well edited!

WOOO THAT MIDDLE TO END PART OF THE VIDEO WAS HARD HITTING WOW YOU HAVE A WAY WITH YOUR WORDS BE PROUD OF THAT

I need this man to have 1 million subs by tomorrow. I also really need and hope that Tyler is able to watch this video. If the algorithm can just put it on his recommended??...okay thanks. also what is the movie clips tied in this?

One of my favorite albums of all time. Never gets old 🥺

You are severely underrated bro this was amazing 👏

this editing is so good! holy shit keep up the good work

This video is so good, I feel like you are talking to me and this video is just so.... real

I had a really rough breakup as this album rollout was coming and at this point i had forgot about it, watching this made me realize that i really have grown as a person since then thanks mate.

Wonderful retrospective. Makes me appreciate an album I already love even more

Love that when he was talking about igor’s theme he put cmbyn vids in the background because Tyler references call me by your name in one of the albums songs

The video is great, but I think you missed a ver important part of New Magic Wand. Igor is convinced of closing a door (to attempt to kill their crush’s lover) to spread the message of “if I can’t have you, no one will”, and possibly considers killing him as well. The window is to hopefully being with them if they manage to do this, but they never fall through.

"I SEE THE LIGHT" hook on "WHAT'S GOOD" was done by slowthai not Tyler, I think.

This video is so well done. Love the Call Me By Your Name comparison visuals.

this needs more recognition this video is awesome

i always thought it was “hard to believe in god with no mirrors around” and tbh i like that version a lot more