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Igor (Pronouced e-gor) (stylized as IGOR) is the sixth studio album by Tyler, The Creator, released on streaming services through Columbia Records on May 17, 2019. The album is completely self-produced by Tyler and is a synth-heavy album that depicts a story of a love triangle between the title character, a man of interest, and that man's girlfriend. The album also features hidden guest appearances from Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, Solange, Kanye West, slowthai, CeeLo Green and Pharrell Williams as well as narrations from Jerrod Carmichael and background vocals from Charlie Wilson, Jessy Wilson, Santigold and others.

The album achieved critical success, granting Tyler his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.

Concept[]

The album follows the story of a love triangle between the title character, a man of interest, and that man's girlfriend. The entire album is told in the perspective of Igor, who is portrayed by Tyler.

Plot[]

The opening track "IGOR'S THEME" introduces us to the title character Igor. In the second track, "EARFQUAKE", Igor is trying to show his love towards a man of interest. However, the man leaves. In "I THINK", Igor is at a party where he meets the man again. He tries buying things for the man to get his attention. On physical releases, the next song is "BOYFRIEND". In this song Igor and the man leave the party, and Igor tries to tell him that he wants to be his boyfriend. The man doesn't exactly want that, as he's scared of what the public will think of him being gay. The man ends up leaving again. The short song (hidden track on physical releases) "EXACTLY WHAT YOU RUN FROM YOU END UP CHASING" explains exactly what the rest of the album is about. The next song, "RUNNING OUT OF TIME", Igor finds out the man has been dating a girl. Igor immediately gets mad, and confronts the man. The man leaves once again to avoid the conflict. In "NEW MAGIC WAND", Igor starts going nuts over his discovery in the previous song, and threatens to kill the girl if the man doesn't break up with her. They both tell him to calm down, and he ends up doing that. Later, the man invites Igor to breakfast at his house. In the next track, "A BOY IS A GUN*", Igor arrives at the man's house, only to see the girl there too. He doesn't know how to feel, as he wants to be with the man but it doesn't look like the man wants to. He ends up declaring that he doesn't want to see the man again, and leaves. In "PUPPET", Igor starts to regret over what he said earlier and wants to be with the man. He feels like he's being controlled like a puppet. In "WHAT'S GOOD", Igor realizes he needs to fix his own mental issues, saying stuff like "a car crash couldn't take me, but a dude could!?". At the end of the song, Igor finally calms down. In the first part of "GONE, GONE / THANK YOU", "GONE, GONE", Igor accepts that the man left him and reflects over everything they did together. In the second part of said song, "THANK YOU", Igor thanks the man for everything, but he doesn't wanna fall in love with him again. In I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE, Igor has fully declared that he doesn't love the man anymore. However, he feels that maybe there's still a chance for them to be together in some way. In the closing track, ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?, Igor asks if the man wants to still stay as friends. He ends up accepting, which leads to the entire story looping again.

Track listing[]

  1. IGOR'S THEME
  2. EARFQUAKE (album single)
  3. I THINK
  4. EXACTLY WHAT YOU RUN FROM YOU END UP CHASING
  5. RUNNING OUT OF TIME
  6. NEW MAGIC WAND
  7. A BOY IS A GUN*
  8. PUPPET
  9. WHAT'S GOOD
  10. GONE, GONE / THANK YOU
  11. I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE
  12. ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?

Physical Release Differences[]

Throwaways[]

Samples[]

  • "IGOR'S THEME" incorporates uncredited elements of "Attention", performed by Head West; and "Scatin'", performed by Dâm-Funk.
  • "I THINK" incorporates elements of "Get Down", written and composed by Bodiono Nkono Télesphore, and performed by Nkono Teles; and "Special Lady", written and performed by Bibi Mascel.
  • "RUNNING OUT OF TIME" contains samples of "Hit It Run", performed by Run-DMC.
  • "NEW MAGIC WAND" incorporates elements of "Vsichni Praznj", written and performed by Siluetes 61.
  • "A BOY IS A GUN*" contains excerpts from "Bound", written by Bobby Dukes, Bobby Massey, and Lester Allen McKenzie, and performed by Ponderosa Twins Plus One.
  • "PUPPET" incorporates elements of "Today", written by Mick Ware and performed by Czar; and contains excerpts from "It's Alright With Me", written by David Smith and performed by Part Time.
  • "WHAT'S GOOD" incorporates uncredited elements of "Black Grass", performed by Bad Bascomb.
  • "GONE, GONE / THANK YOU" contains excerpts from "Hey Girl", written and performed by Cullen Omori; and interpolations from "Fragile", written by Alan O'Day and Tatsuro Yamashita, and performed by Yamashita.
  • "ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?" contains excerpts from "Dream", written and performed by Al Green.
  • "BOYFRIEND" contains excerpts from "Fluid", written by John Charles Alder and performed by Twink.

Videos[]

Industry awards[]

Awards and nominations for Igor
Ceremony Year Category Result
BET Hip Hop Awards 2019 Album of the Year Nominated
Grammy Awards 2020 Best Rap Album Won

Personnel[]

Trivia[]

  • Okonma originally wrote the song "EARFQUAKE" for artists Justin Bieber and Rihanna but they both turned down the song.
  • Okonma felt reassured about singing after rapper Kendrick Lamar expressed his appreciation for his vocals.
  • The song "RUNNING OUT OF TIME" was written while taking a break from a recording session with A$AP Rocky.
  • "I THINK" was recorded in Lake Como, Italy.
  • Okonma produced the beat for "GONE, GONE" back in 2013 while on tour for his third studio album Wolf but decided not to put the song on either Wolf or his fourth studio album Cherry Bomb.
  • The song “EARFQUAKE” was the first song he had finished for the album in 2017.
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