IGOR'S THEME • EARFQUAKE ⟶
IGOR'S THEME is the opening track to Tyler, the Creator's sixth studio album Igor (2019). It is an ominous track that introduces the listener to some of the album's soundscape with the chorus sung by Lil Uzi Vert.[1][2] The song's drums come from "Head West" by Attention and some vocals from "Scatin (Toward the Light)'" by Dâm-Funk.[3][4][5][6]
Fittingly, this track was used as the first teaser for the album. The quick video was shared on May 1, sixteen days before the album's release. The song's visuals feature eighteen clones of Tyler staring blankly into the distance before one starts dancing to the drums about twenty-four seconds into the track.[7]
Background[]
The album's features were not announced immediately upon its release, so many people did not expect the chorus to have been sung by rapper Lil Uzi Vert.[8]
YES, THATS LIL UZI VERT ON IGORS THEME, THOUGHT YALL KNEW
Uzi would go on to sample Tyler's voice from his Camp Flog Gnaw 2019 set in his single "Futsal Shuffle 2020," released later the same year.[9]
Music video[]
Credits[]
- (T. Okonma, S. Woods)
- Produced by Tyler, the Creator
- Vocals by Lil Uzi Vert
- Background vocals by Anthony Evans, Amanda Brown & Tiffany Stevenson
- Recorded by Vic Weinstein at Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA & Shangri-La Studios, Malibu, CA and Tyler Okonma at COLDWATER STUDIOS, Los Angeles, CA
- Assisted by John Armstrong & Ben Fletcher at Conway Studios and Rob Bisel at Shangri-La Studios
- Lil Uzi Vert appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Drum samples from "Head West" by Attention (1970)[3]
- Vocal samples from "Scatin' (Towards the Light)" by Dâm-Funk (2015)[6]
References[]
- ↑ "IGOR'S THEME" by Tyler, The Creator. Genius. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ↑ @tylerthecreator (May 28, 2019). "IGOR, CREDITS". Twitter. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Head West" by Attention. WhoSampled. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ↑ Igor (album). Wikipedia. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ↑ Hunt, El (May 24, 2019). "The hidden symbols in Tyler, The Creator's 'Igor'" NME. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Scatin' (Toward the Light)" by Dam-Funk. Genius. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ↑ Tyler, The Creator (May 1, 2019). "IGOR'S THEME." YouTube. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ↑ @tylerthecreator (February 24, 2022). "YES, THAT'S UZI..." Twitter. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ↑ "Futsal Shuffle" by Lil Uzi Vert. Genius. Retrieved November 15, 2022.