Rapper appears to be gearing up for first project since 2021’s Call Me If You Get Lost
Tyler, the Creator appears to be gearing up for his next project, as the rapper released a teaser Wednesday that suggests that new music is on the way.
In the 90-second “St. Chroma” clip, an apparently masked Tyler is shown leading a line of similarly dressed men marching into an oversized shipping container with the word “Chromakopia” spray-painted on it. In the teaser’s final seconds, the clip shifts from sepia-tinted to full-color, and the shipping container is detonated and exploded.
The teaser was uploaded onto Tyler, the Creator’s social media accounts and YouTube, each bearing a different caption. “1. st chroma,” read the Instagram caption, while the YouTube caption simply states, “8.”
Tyler, the Creator’s last album, Call Me If You Get Lost, arrived in 2021. While the rapper has appeared on other artists’ songs since then (like Pharrell Williams’ “Cash In Cash Out”), he hasn’t released any new music of his own since Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale — a deluxe version of the LP with extra songs from its recording sessions — came out in 2023.
However, Tyler’s recent activity suggested he could be ramping up toward new music, as he headlined festivals like Coachella and the past two weekends’ Austin City Limits — but canceled on Lollapalooza and Outside Lands — this year. However, Tyler didn’t perform any new songs during either ACL set.