The Genius of IGOR 

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“Your girlfriend look like my mom” - Tyler

Also: the ending note of ARE WE STILL FRIENDS? perfectly goes in to the opening note of IGORS THEME, what makes the album a perfect loop. A loop where Tyler wants to be friends with this person after he falls in love, but because he wants to be friends, he falls in love again and the whole thing loops

I also love how the album is a musical loop, signifying, ‘exactly what you run from is what you end up chasing' meaning no matter how many times you fall out of love, you’ll end up right where you started like a cycle.

He should just adapt this whole album into a two season HBO Show. Each episode; a song title, and tells its story with the overarching plot being Tyler's/Igor's journey. He can do it. He should do it.

This video honestly made me appreciate IGOR a lot more then I already did.

the moment you hear the “sometimes you gotta close a door to open a window” you know SHIT IS ABOUT TO GET REAL!

They could potentially make IGOR into a really cool movie. It has the storyline, so I don’t see why not🤷‍♂️

And to add to the story; Igor is a Russian name with meaning - Warrior. Tyler goes through heartbreak, toxic relationship, jealously, but he comes back with a Warrior side. He comes back with Igor, his stronger, more mature side.

The last song is a regression. He still loves him. That’s why the album is a loop

A boy is a gun* has an asterisk as it’s a correction of a popular phrase “a girl is a gun”

Idk if anyone has also picked up on this. But on my first listen through, when I was listening to “Are we still Friends”, when there’s that “I’ve got to... KNOOOWWW” and the voice gets deeper, I took it as the boy saying “NOOOO”. Thus, rejecting Tyler and the rest of the song is just him begging and pleading. The scream at the end is him realizing that this relationship is finally over, just like that. Idk, it might just be me tho

Such a well made video

Bro your visuals are what makes you the best music video essay channel on the internet

when i saw him in concert he even changed the lyrics in new magic wand to “i’ll kill you both”

I used this album while i had a crush on someone who had no interested in me. I was obsessed with the person which was never right of me and i feel like a fool. This album helped me through the whole crush thing. I apologised and me and the person went on separate ways. Still have a bit of feeling towards them but im not obsessive anymore. ("WHAT'S GOOD" is my favorite track of the album.)

Listened to it earlier tonight, no pauses, in the dark, with headphones and it was absolutely an incredible experience, it is my first tyler album too, and it made a damn good first impression on me

tyler relly said ‘i wish i were heather’ but in a much more violent way in new magic wand

Lets analyze that editing in this video god damn its good

every time i hear “i don’t want to end this season on a bad episode” i triggered my tear ducts, but i never really understood why. this album, even though i didn’t understand it, has meant so much to me and it’s helped me get through a lot of things. now that i get the story, i can enjoy it more and appreciate it more. thank you for opening my eyes

This album is so relatable. I started crying listening to this, realizing I've gone through the same shit. This album is so good. 10/10 my dude

Grammys: "Yeah this is definitely rap"

Omg I never understood the story behind “New Magic Wand” and I never made the connection that the New Magic Wand was symbolism for a gun. Damn.

don’t forget my literal favorite part of the album: on are we still friends it ends on the same note/key as igor theme implying if he is “still friends” he will inevitably fall back in love with the boy again and go through the whole loop all over again. it’s truly such an amazing album

Fun fact: at the end of the album you can hear IGOR's theme, implying that this story of falling in love and then realizing that it's breaking you is set to repeat.

I love how much he’s grown with his music. So many different ideas and phases in his discography now he’s finally starting to get the recognition he deserves.

Being a gay kid growing up in the 90s I thought I never see the day that a big name artist make a hip hop album about being in love with a guy. Just thinking about it makes me want to cry... Thank you Tyler

This album is actually the best composed story he has created. This is my favorite Tyler album because it’s truly just a beautiful, tragic, and healing story about complex and chaotic feelings of a shifty relationship. He truly delivered everything on this one.

“Oh no I hope I don’t fall” -Tyler the Creator

"the irony is I don't wanna *see you again*" Flower boy ; )

This video is fucking lit. You can see the effort and love put into this video just like the passion and heartbreak In the album. Bravo man. Bravo

This is Cherry Bomb erasure! He needed that album to define his sound. It gave him the ability to experiment with new instruments and lyrics, ultimately finding his wings afterwards. He would not have this refined sound of loud and grimy instruments with polished vocals if he never made cherry bomb. I wish more people would recognize the impact that album had on Tyler's whole career

“take your mask off “ that’s different now

The beat in, “A Boy is a Gun*” is amazing

The asterisk on A Boy is a Gun* signifies that he’s correcting the phrase “A Girl is a Gun,” it’s not just for emphasis

New Magic Wand has such a sinister beat, adding on to that motive to “get her out the picture”. It’s just beautiful

One of the reasons Igor stood out to me as a romance album is because the songs aren't stuck in a loophole, and there is actual progression and closure on the album.

THE MAGIC WAND COULD BE THE PHOTOSHOP TOOL ''GET HER OUT THE PICTURE'' LIKE SELECT HER USING A MAGIC WAND THEN EDIT HER OUT

Imagine he didn’t intend these things at all

This album literally helped me go through a break up and shit from this girl I really love. Even though the album was about a homosexual, it still spoke about what I was going through in a heterosexual frame.

BOYFRIEND is one of the best bonus songs to an album I’ve ever heard.

I feel that IGOR is my favorite album of all time. Tyler clearly used this to vent his problems with his ex boyfriend, but kept it vague enough for people of differing sexual orientations like myself to also use this album as a shoulder to cry on for emotional breakups. Hidden meaning and lyrics aside, the album has unique and incredible production, allowing a person to have a very casual listen. Tyler you hit the nail right on the head 10/10

I love igor so much it’s becoming one of my favorite albums ever

i am a gay guy and ive had a very similar experience to tyler recently. Recently ive learned i was gay about 2 years ago and developed a crush for this guy at my school. i tried to become his friend at first and my friend helped me out then the school year ended and i still had that crush and watched him from afar since he had a girlfriend and she didnt really like me, she even asked for my friend for my last name and idk what it was for, maybe she would have looked for my socials? I have no idea but i was starting to realize..i would never have him, both because he had a girlfriend but also because he is homophobic. I questioned ksm for a very long time since more and more people realized i was gay and started bullying me. Im guessing, he found out because he would weirdly look at me in the halls and in the lunchroom. i would obsess over him and i would watch him and go any way he was in the halls so i could yk be closer to him. I wanted to befriend him again but then we left school again. during this summer i started to accept he will never love me. I was so relieved i got rid of my crush for him and my friends were happy for me. although i never wanted to get rid of his girlfriend i feel like i had a very similar experience. Im glad i got rid of that crush for that guy because i was literally going insane but now it feels like i have dropped a huge weight from my back but i have one more year with him upcoming.

First time I listened to Igor,, I was in a vulnerable place and it helped me beyond words can describe. Funny not funny how something can catch you at that precise point in time and cradle you through. Thank You Tyler

The fact that he wrote the music and text himself and then PRODUCING it all himself just shows what a mastermind and genius Tyler really is. Let's all just let that sink in and appreciate it.

that ad sponser was smooth as hell i can't even be mad 😭

Its been a year since i first watched this video, and this was what made me listen to igor for the first time and get into tyler. since then ive found countless new amazing artists and it can all be traced back to this so thank youuu Changed my life and all that stuff

Never noticed how "New Magic Wand" is so creepy lmao thats my favorite one of the album

I love the "you gotta close the door to open a window" cause it's a metaphor for leaving an opportunity to vent

one of the best if not the best album of 2019

I think you got me into much more bands than id like to admit, really all my favourite artists rn are all people from your videos, king gizzard, radiohead...i love your stuff, it changes my culture!

The album's ending also perfectly loops to the beginning, showing that this is a never-ending cycle if he chooses to stay friends.

Almost everyone was able to relate to this album, but didn’t want to say it

when this album came out i was having difficulties with my ex girlfriend. i listened to this album in it’s entirety and ultimately made my decision that it’s better that we go separately. i thanked her for everything she’s done for me and everything that we’ve been through. i haven’t put myself out there since then. but we continue to be friends.

I've watched this video so much before but I just seem to always come back to it. It's honestly one of the most engaging videos on this platform with top tier analysis.

i’ve only listened to several songs from tyler and i love them and this just opened up a whole new view like i didn’t know his albums were like this and i love how they just explained everything

The transitions on this album are gorgeous. It plays like one song

WHOOAAA can’t believe I just realized “call me by your name cause I’m sorry” was from Timothée Chalamet’s call me by your name wooooow, and timmys a fan, they follow each other on insta

this album helped me through so many heart breaks, i honestly appreciate tyler for this. he changed my life and gave me a new mindset and i havent been happier. sometimes it isnt about the music but the impact it has on someone.

i just went and listened to igor for the first time after watching this. ive been listening to these songs since 2019 but the story when its put altogether makes it 10x better

I've never broken up with someone but this still makes me feel like 😔

Bruh I legit rethought this entire album cause of this vid wtf

This channel helped me really understand how much of a genius is Tyler. I fall in love with the production behind this project but his writing is amazing and unique

This album has always been one of my all time favorites because of the songs itself and the story, Tyler is just an overall extremely talented artist and I honestly can't wait for a new album from him

Bro I love how Tyler is super different from other artist and is very experimental. I loved like every song in this album

“Hated the popular ones now I’m Ones” -Tyler The Creator

Do more videos like this. Explaining the story of albums, please! It's so damn good

THIS VIDEO IS SO WELL DONE OMFG, DUDE THANK YOU FOR THIS AND DONT STOP CREATING.

The second part of gone gone/thank you is so beautiful and heartbreaking that shit almost made me tear up

The genius of IGOR is that it’s so good the Grammys thought it was a Rap Album.

“Thank you” is also sampled from the song fragile by yamashita tatsuro, which i think is particularly insightful to his changing feeling towards his love interest. The original song is a love song saying “thank you for you love, thank you for the joy, i dont ever wanna be alone again” but Tyler switched up the lyrics to show the sting of a love that he lost.

I started listening to Igor really heavy after a bad breakup and kind of relayed the concept of it to my own narrative, glossing over some very obvious points you mentioned. I have to say, it did help. Love your videos bro

Oh so BEST INTEREST was him accepting himself as a third wheel?

Magic wand could also refer to the photoshop tool and he literally wants to take her out of the picture

A really good video, I listened to this album so many times I didn't look at it this way, the way you're showing us.

This production quality is legit perfect, your ideas were great!

Am actually so happy he did a video on igor love you middle 8

if this doesn’t win album of the year i’m kms edit: yes it won.. but rap album? really? deserved album of the year

I already loved this album, i knew there was a story being told. But this video breaking down the album and learning the whole story makes me love it even more. Thanks you ❤

I've watched this sooo many times it just makes me appreciate his work even more! :)

Is no one going to talk about the fact that Tyler the creator is the David Bowie of rap?

Love how he skipped Cherry Bomb when explaining Tyler’s discography

The editing for this video is genuinely beautiful.

I love this whole album, it's one of my favorites..

"I don't know what's harder, letting go or just being okay with it." That hit different :(

Cherry Bomb aint happened i guess lol

its cool how different ppl understand the lyrics in different ways and create their own narrative in their heads as to what's going on, I feel like that is the calling card of a good album, the ability to really make it unique and special to everyone who listens to it

maaan GREAT VIDEO, i mean like for real thank you for explaining and analising this MASTERPIECE bro

“Tyler bloomed as Flower Boy” 👀 i see you Middle8

Honestly got me over my crush,it has helped me mentally so many times

This was absolutely perfect and amazing

This album and this video honestly changed my life. I never really understood how wonderful this album was until this video

In the CD and vinyl releases of IGOR, there's another song. It's called Boyfriend, and it precedes Exactly What You Run From. It's a bop and I think it perfectly complements your theory, you should give it a listen!

i feel like you missed on the "No need for masks, bust through the door" line. i see it more as a continuation to him plotting to murder the boy and his love interest. he follows the line with "get the job done like retirement, i admit you look concerned." he wouldn't need a mask because he's plotting to murder BOTH of them because the boy chose the girl over tyler. that's just how i see it though, and in my opinion it makes sense lyrically.

This is a great review video! You are truly inspiring.

I love albums and how you can just express so much in it with themes and all throughout a series of tracks

It's my favorite album ever. Just becuase IGOR resonates with me in every aspect, right now. It still hurts, but at least we´re friends. IGOR knows. It understands me and gives me a voice and a little bit of relief.

I fucking love Tyler. He has such an amazing vision and executes it beautifully

i love watching videos like this to see a new perspective on music. instead of seeing it how I would, I can see how he made it.