IGOR's Hidden Story EXPLAINED • Tyler, The Creator 1 Year Later
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- IGOR's Hidden Story • Tall Skeleton Video Essay
Tyler the Creator's album 'IGOR' turns 1 year old today. We dive in to explore it's story structure, and how Igor embarks on the hero's journey from Earfquake to Are We Still Friends.
Edited, Written, and Narrated by Zane Berry
Music Instrumentals by CTP / COUREN THE PRODUCER
Featuring "Earfquake by KK Slider" by Gunk
IG: @Zane_Berry_DP • @TallSkeletonPresents
Twitter: @ZaneCBerry • @TallSkeleton
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.
Cherry bomb was bad. I didn’t listen to Flower boy either because of that
@@pineapplesplash9166listen to flower boy
@@pineapplesplash9166I agree cherry bomb was a huge flop
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
Mr. Geltz I think Tyler is more concerned with moving on and not looking back - however I think he could become the first person in history to become nominated for best director and best composer for the same movie at the oscars one day
YES
I literally visualised a musical while listening to the album on the train
OH MY GOSH. IVE LITERALLY BEEN SAYING THIS!!!!! I honestly took it into my own hands to write a script and make music based off this album along. I LOVE IGOR!!!!!!
Bruno Mars. Seeing as these two are basically one and the same now
To everyone:
Please stop gatekeeping music. It ain't cool
thank you bruh ppl gate keep everything 🌚🌚
Periodt
@@neverxnice3577 Periodk
I sometimes gatekeep bc ppl always make fun that i like Tyler and Kanye so i don’t want them tho think I’m weird by liking it
@@jameskrupp7878 dilemma
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 got sum close to my heart too pimp
Popeyes
Its such a perfect album
Similar experience
@@ahha6063 what
Same but for me it was just an infatuation on my part. Kind of like the story behind channel orange.
Listening to this and having a crush that doesn’t like you back is just....
Or when you’re going through a divorce. Which was me when this album came out.
Oh man I was on and off with my ex the summer this came out and that was an experience lol
when this album came out I was seeing someone and was happy and then they ended things with me and got back with their ex and I revisited this album and I’ve never resonated with an album so much
@Jenett Perez, same bro, but we thru this together man
leomega Period 💅🏽🤧
i'm shook this video is SO GOOD you deserve so many subscribers and more attention!! thoroughly enjoyed
Diego Guillen it’s a good analysis
@Tatum.... don't leave, it's my fault.
You're shook, so was Tyler 😉. Peace
Heyo Tatum. This is random but i checked your channel n found your music n really enjoyed it. If anything you should place your music better n more accessibly on your channel.
Could it be true love. Don't stop making music cuz i don't want you to say goodbye. You're music makes me wanna dance with you even tho i hate dancing. XD
Would reccomend others to try for sure
_Thisconnected_ haha this made my day!! i probably will start posting my music on my youtube! and i have a new single coming out on august 22nd if you wanna check it out 🥴💓
@@tatumshumway9713 Can't wait. :D
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!!
and in okra he says, "Tell Timotheé Chalamet to come get at me"😳✋
What part of the song
Aislinn Doyle “i wish you would call me by your name cuz i’m sorry”
The video for boy is a gun is heavily influenced by call me by your name too!
fuck that movie
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
thank you! Adobe Premier for video editing, After effects for motion graphics, illustrator and photoshop for asset creation, Audition for recording audio. I appreciate the kind words
Blue Yeti microphone for ~$100
@@tallskeleton so much work put in...i immediately subbed
Someone needs to make a movie with Igor as the music
IGOR: (2025)
Tyler, The Creator: The Movie
a movie about tylers life and his music career, if done right, would be fucking amazing
this makes me appriciate igor twice as much
fgteev
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.
good to hear Jose
why does everyone forget about the real version of "EXACTLY WHAT YOU RUN FROM YOU END UP CHASING", BOYFRIEND
I think its bc its only on vinyl and he just realized it a couple of months ago on youtube
Boyfriend is such a good song
i wanna buy the vinyl just for that song, it's my favourite on the album
Sam Jasper yea you definitely should. it caught me off guard tho bc i had never heard that song before bc i bought it last year
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!!
*Hard to believe in god when there ain't no mirrors around. He is calling himself a god.
Yah I was gonna say that
Miracles around*
@@unique6778 nah look it up
DavidResetzZ-_- mirrors*
Because god is supposed to be the light within you, not the all above. The drive in your body that keeps you going, you are the only one you control, not god. He might be referring to the fact that he’s the only one who can help himself in this time, as he continues to drive himself deeper into the ground he sees no light of god there as there are no mirrors he can not see it in himself anymore. There is no happy only dark muck that continues to brew as these situations continue.
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
Zain Dixon perfect
Albums went from anger, having fun, then at peace and then Igor had all three 😂
Amuro Ray flower boy was nice to but i think wolf and cherry bomb gone forever be golden
Agreed mostly, but I feel like the trilogy of Bastard, Goblin and Wolf (Wolf more than any of them) has more story telling while IGOR is more of an emotional character study of Igor's feelings during this toxic relationship
I know as someone who loves all of Tyler's album I can't agree more
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.
As Controversial as I sound, I THINK. That Wolf=>IGOR
@@red1.vs.red1 I know this is 10 MONTHS late, but why?
@erintheperson7145 I'm not a too neo soul guy, so Wolf is just right for me
@@red1.vs.red1 Ahh that's fair, hope you enjoy IFHY lol
@erintheperson7145 I don't try to listen to IFHY too much, reminds of a failed situationship I had, we used to listen to it alot together 🥲
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
Yeah, and even tho hes done so many different styles, every single song by him is a masterpiece. Everything from bastard 2 Igor is art
this comment hurts my brain when i read it
why my dog, is it that hard to make the correction between “and” and “can”
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
thank you Angelee!
It’s gone be ok
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.
Basically, his whole discography is 2 trilogy’s. Wolf and uhhh cherry bomb and flower boy Igor
Flower boy was his first album he ever actually got personal. He was himself. That album more expressed feelings of loneliness and love and coming out obviously and acceptance. Igor is about obviously a toxic relationship that doesn’t sound like it lasted very long. Those are both really personal albums about himself. Obviously Tyler is known to never be taken seriously so it was a drastic change. I think all his albums before play more into characters where flower boy and Igor are still characters but they are versions of himself as the other albums weren’t really.
actually i think that applies better to flower boy
not really, tyler himself has said that cherry bomb was the first album in which he actually got to be himself
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!
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
this album is genius. many different ways to interpret
It could also be a reference to Kelis track Scared Money and Pharrels outro on Frontin. It’s a reach but Tyler is both a Kelis and P stan.
@@ArmLegLegArmHead47 I can see it
2IK u dig?
I literally got choked up listening to you dissect this album. Thank. You.
I know right🖤. I feel like the plot of this album most of can relate to because we have been in there. Loving someone that doesn’t deserve it and or reciprocate it
Literally
This album came out at a perfect time for me. Honestly this extracted why it felt so right on time.
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
thanks Victor!
you missed tyler’s boyfriend’s girlfriend and all the problems that comes with that
Yeah, this is a big part of the New Magic Wand/A Boy is a Gun pair. The narrator goes from murderous/nihilistic on New Magic Wand ("I want to be found/passenger in your car" feels like a reference to a deadly car crash, which would be fitting seeing as Tyler was in a serious crash) to pleading for his life on A Boy is a Gun. If it was just about Igor and the object of his affection it would be hard to tell who's the victim and who's the abuser, but Igor's jealousy and violence makes him out to be the darker character.
Feeling a strong 9 to a 10 on this video essay.
This really made me cry...
the use of the 'call me by your name' scenes along with this is true ✨art✨
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.
thank you Dasha! I need some distance from it to re-visit again, but once its time, it will be a good one. I suggest another album that came out the same day as IGOR "Injury Reserve" by Injury Reserve
@@tallskeleton I actually finished listening to "Injury Reserve" for the first time earlier this afternoon; I really liked it. Do you have any other album recommendations?
Also, are you planning on doing more video essays on albums? (I certainly hope that you do.) If so, which albums are you considering making videos about (if you don't mind telling)?
@@tallskeleton I'll check those guys out. I'll check out your video essay tomorrow too. Also, I really respect that you are creating a large variety of content on your channel without sacrificing quality, and I also respect how you have a variety of passions that you actively pursue--that is a quality I want to improve in myself. Good luck with all your future endeavors.
@@dashaberezhanskiy7764 That is the entire plan. Thank you
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
i bought a physical copy of igor recently lol its about time. perfect album
Are you still close?
AHAAAA ME FROM LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO fym "im no longer in love with her" LMFAOOOOOO what was i YAPPING ABOUT
@@mohamedyaeesh873 eeeyyup
@@LL-tr5et glad i brought you back LMAOO how is everything now
Im only asking because im in a similar situation 🙃
How has this not blown up?
AYO THANK YOU FOR USING MY REMAKE
without you this video wouldn't exist, thank you my guy
You thinking about doing more of his music?
love your videos man, keep it up
This is like a visual episode of Dissect. Respect!
thats high praise
the sad thing is i relate to this PERFECTLY ....my relationship relates to this PERFECTLY ...
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😊
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
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 😭❤️
This album made my summer, when I went to Belgium,
I love this feeling
Id love to listen to it in Belgium
This album makes me so happy 😊
Lol I think it's pretty depressing
@@joshbeck9120 lol you're not wrong...😅 I think I find happiness in it's beauty and emotion. And just it's execution.
@@charleneraymond4036 mixed emotions in this album, so I understand you clearly
THIS IS SO GOOD UR DESCRIPTION ON EVERYTHING IS SO WELL DESCRIBED THIS VIDEO DESERVES WAYYY MORE LOVE
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 !
love it, i cant get enuff of all the igor video essays
I've never looked at IGOR like this until I saw this, Keep up the good work!
Fireeeee breakdown. Had similar thoughts throughout listening.
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.
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.
!!! More subs headed your way for sure. This was so good Zane!
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 an absolute masterpiece of an interpretative review. You’ve done an incredible job Zane!
Thank you !!
This is so eye-opening, thank you, just makes me love and appreciate Tyler even more and I didn't think that was possible
this is a very high quality video essay. great stuff thanks for making it
I remember being in highscool listening to Bastard and Goblin and Odd Future. I’m so proud of how far he’s come❤️❤️❤️
Glad to say I found a small/medium UA-camr right before they blow up. This is a greatly edited and narrated essay. Well done dude.
Thanks Matthew hope you’ve been well
dude you deserve so much more subs, this was so detailed.
You broke it down, logically, emotionally, and musically. Your understanding and appreciation of the music is the cherry on top! Good job👍🏽
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.
thank you! the pace you described is mostly what Im brought up on with video essays over the last 6 years. Seeing the others talk the way you described is very disconcerting
WAIT IS THAT GUNK’S KK SLIDER EARFQUAKE
That’s the animal crossing composer/artist right?
Haut Strange yup
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.
man, im going to cry with this video, its my favourite album, and you deserve more, this is an amazing video
woah dude i thought you had way more subscribers your quality is through the roof keep on making good vids 😆
Fantastic analysis, happy to be subbed here and can't wait to watch the rest of your content.
thanks man I appreciate it! we'll have music videos, podcasts, short films, and more goodies in addition to the video essays but theres a new VE coming soon ~
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.
Great video man! The amount of effort you put in this deserves more respect. Motivating to say the least.
straight bodied this
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.
Thank you! I really appreciate it :) There's another video essay in the works right now
Fantastic video. This is my favourite album ever and this video taught me so much. Thank you so much for sharing this!
wow this video should deserve more attention happy it ended in my recommendations, def a new sub
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.
Loved this! Great analysis of a great album
This is an unreal reflection. Amazing work!!!
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 was sure u have like over a million subscribers on how perfect this video is. damn you really deserve so much more
Paavo Saarinen my current favorite video essayist “only” has 340K so it will be an uphill battle. Thanks for the support
I love Tyler and all his albums but this one just hits different, and the story is immaculate
this editing is so good! holy shit keep up the good work
Love this video in between the breakdown showing clips of call me by your name 🤙
thanks Keelan
this a fire vid kieep moving bro fr fr
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
You are severely underrated bro this was amazing 👏
Watched a couple of your videos now, shits great keep it up, you deserve far more subscribers
This album got me through one of the darkest times of my life
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
It’s his ex’s new girlfriend. Unlike Igor, the ex is still in the closet. Middle 8 also does a great breakdown of the album. Highly recommend.
Oh yeah I forgot how on a boy is a gun it says his ex is at the breakfast
How does this only have 9k views? This is one of the best videos I’ve seen about Igor and its so well edited!
Wonderful retrospective. Makes me appreciate an album I already love even more
hard to believe you made such a great vid and only have 100 subscribers
aw thank you! hopefully 200 soon and on and on we go
Tall Skeleton yes man i wish you luck 🙏
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?
This was beautiful, thank you for this!!
YOU SAID IT VERY WELL BRO, YOU DESERVE LOTS OF SUBS
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
welcome
This video is so good, I feel like you are talking to me and this video is just so.... real
this is literally so good!! loved that you used the KK Slider version for EARFQUAKE
>:)
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 !
One of my favorite albums of all time. Never gets old 🥺
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.
dude, this is gorgeous. you got me cryin. amazing video
this video made me very happy, like i love tyler, and i can easily say he’s my favorite artist of all time and learning Igor is portrayed in The Hero’s Journey format gives me huge reason to do another full album listen through.
the way I came to this video is that I felt that all the tracks conceptually went into eachother and seemed like the bell-curve you go through from falling to someone to having to get over them, in order, and after hearing interviews with him it seemed like thats what he thought too, so I wanted to break down that arc. Thanks for watching the video, and I recommend dissect podcast if you're into this sorta thing
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.
"I SEE THE LIGHT" hook on "WHAT'S GOOD" was done by slowthai not Tyler, I think.
Wow. That's literally all I can say to this. Wow. This video makes so much sense and adds so much more volume to 'Igor' for me. Thank you for making this video, and I'd love to see more like this in the future :)
Literally
Please keep this up this was great!
i always thought it was “hard to believe in god with no mirrors around” and tbh i like that version a lot more
It is lol