IGOR: The Art of the Friend Zone

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  • Опубліковано 11 сер 2022
  • Tyler, The Creator created his magnum opus with IGOR. So in this Tyler, The Creator Video Essay, I explain how the concept of the friend zone is explored on IGOR as well as on his other albums. I talk about Earfquake, New Magic Wand and a ton of older Tyler songs too.
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  • @turkeychicken69
    @turkeychicken69 Рік тому +632

    Tyler live is fucking crazy. I went to a festival expecting to like Kendrick the most. But I think Tyler stole the show that night. That energy was CRAZY.

    • @mintrommovies
      @mintrommovies  Рік тому +41

      Absolutely I couldn’t believe how wild it got when he did who dat boy and new magic wand, won’t ever forget those memories

    • @ramonsanchez3050
      @ramonsanchez3050 Рік тому +5

      Agreed I saw him 3 months back in Houston it was amazing and funny asf🔥🔥😂😂

    • @myajanette
      @myajanette Рік тому +1

      Yessss best night of my life fr

  • @arashv.2551
    @arashv.2551 Рік тому +308

    My first listen to Igor i didn't like the vocals. Now it's my favorite album

  • @Dusqu
    @Dusqu Рік тому +190

    If there’s one thing that puts Tyler as an artist above damn near everyone else I like, it’s the relatability factor of his music. Some of the situations he’s been in especially on IGOR are extremely similar to situations I’ve been in in the past. His music shows that others go through the same things you do and you’re not alone. It just gives me a sense of comfort. I absolutely adore Tyler and his creativity and I can’t wait to see what he does in the future

  • @drewvanderveen_
    @drewvanderveen_ Рік тому +60

    I didnt think id relate to this album so much until my heart was broken by somone i wasnt even dating😭. Great video!

    • @evadietz7359
      @evadietz7359 Рік тому +10

      For real. After my best friend betrayed me I really leaned on this album. There was nothing romantic between her and I but our bond was so strong and I went through so many mood swings after the loss of her that I really related to the album. It’s probably my favorite album

    • @drewvanderveen_
      @drewvanderveen_ Рік тому +8

      @@evadietz7359 Ah man im sorry to hear that. I hope things are better. But ultimately the best thing is to let go. Move on and cope with the music!

    • @h.syukurie4470
      @h.syukurie4470 Рік тому +1

      I feel u broski...

  • @ZOOSH
    @ZOOSH Рік тому +53

    this is why I love tylers early work, the gore and uglyness of his thoughts over a sweet upbeat “ LA LA LAAA LA LAA LAA LA” boasting the dark muddy mind of tyler. The friendzoned feel that comes from wolf and igor is uncanny.

  • @cocodude1029
    @cocodude1029 Рік тому +31

    "Whatever you run from, you end up chasing." Tyler runs from the friend zone itself but by chasing a relationship and trying to pursue it, but a force (life doing its uncool thing) pulls him back in the direction of the friend zone, making him chase it.

  • @biosavat9475
    @biosavat9475 Рік тому +96

    I relate with Igor a lot. The album feel very personal to me to an extent that it feels like it was tailored for me. I've been in a similar spot for more than a year now ever since I started developing feelings for my best friend

    • @noahcramer4765
      @noahcramer4765 Рік тому +7

      "you need to read between the lines, and stop pretending shit's funny." never related to a lyric as much as i did to that.

    • @ace-zj8dn
      @ace-zj8dn Рік тому +5

      oh u passive aggressive, oh u fakin yo laugh

  • @AidanDotDash
    @AidanDotDash Рік тому +35

    When I saw Tyler live on the CMIYGL tour I was absolutely baffled at how amazing a one man show could be

  • @urfavvirgo5807
    @urfavvirgo5807 Рік тому +9

    Igor is such a god album. In the 3rd grade i realized that my dad plays flower boy and igor in our car on my way to school. My dad is the person who took me to the call me if u get lost concert and i thank him for that. Being friendzoned is something that i’ve sadly gone threw before and tyler always helped me with that. From the lyrics and even to the beat.

  • @yangleo1368
    @yangleo1368 Рік тому +25

    3:18 never thought of that extra layer to the name Igor, thanks for deepening my appreciation of the title/persona!

  • @alexxx6349
    @alexxx6349 Рік тому +6

    at 8:40 the sound at the end of are we still friends is an unresolved note in the key of the song, meaning it doesnt return to the starting note of the key signature in the song... The bass sound at the start of igor resolves the key, representing that if they stay friends it will loop back around for igor having feelings for the boy... Its so cool how tyler added things like this into his music even if it is like nerdy music theory stuff its just that extra bit of immersion to the music

  • @JohnSmith-np3cd
    @JohnSmith-np3cd Рік тому +6

    Igor is the absolute most relatable album of existence 🥲

  • @Grayog
    @Grayog Рік тому +11

    The first note of Igors Theme is the resolving note the the chord at the end of are we still friends. A perfect loop

  • @donitovendan
    @donitovendan Рік тому +8

    If nobody got me I know IGOR: The Art of the Friend Zone got me 👆🔥💯

  • @xxnoobmasterxx4430
    @xxnoobmasterxx4430 Рік тому +8

    You forgot i dont love you anymore so ima talk bout it, idlya starts with muffled drums and some instruments i dont know, the way they blend together make a feeling you cant feel anywhere else, idlya has Tyler fully move on from his feelings, you can tell since he says “you wasted my time” and the way he says “i dont love you anymore” in the tone he does sounds like he really means it this time, near the middle of the track, he wants to know “where the time go” he repeats himself alot, ending it with “idlya” perfectly leading to are we still friends

  • @mr.unlimited7923
    @mr.unlimited7923 Рік тому +22

    Bro you have no idea how excited I get when you upload.

  • @YaBoiDoi
    @YaBoiDoi Рік тому +13

    "there is no rapper more down bad"
    Say you a lesbian girl me too.

    • @PoloRollo
      @PoloRollo Рік тому

      That’s why drake is a billionaire

  • @hamter9316
    @hamter9316 Рік тому +3

    Tyler’s jus like me fr

  • @IAmNessie
    @IAmNessie Рік тому +5

    T actually has a very old track called “Friend Zone” from tha Ace, The Creator era. i believe around tha same time he had been workin on Eargasm.

  • @Cie999
    @Cie999 Рік тому +7

    Went to Flog Gnaw back in 2019 when the album was released. Probably the best performance ive seen in my entire 23 years on earth. Ive never heard so many people chant lyrics like that. Not to mention his crowd control is just insane.

  • @pukkademps
    @pukkademps Рік тому +2

    Your breakdown is absolutely amazing

  • @garp9535
    @garp9535 Рік тому +1

    Dude this video is so in depth. I understand much more now, more than I could ever had.

  • @InvaderWist
    @InvaderWist Рік тому +1

    Your channel is genuinely underrated. I've been binging all your Tyler & Kanye videos, keep up the great work!

  • @derrinthompson2890
    @derrinthompson2890 Рік тому +1

    This was great dude. Such a good analysis

  • @sandiso5129
    @sandiso5129 Рік тому +9

    Yeah unrequited love is the worst, went thru the exact same thing in high school. Igor is therapeutic ❤️❤️❤️😭

  • @becketclark9942
    @becketclark9942 Рік тому +5

    I heard once new magic wand is in reference to the Photoshop wand editing tool where one could remove / edit out someone from a photo

    • @TDB18
      @TDB18 Рік тому +2

      Tyler responded to this on twitter and confirmed it’s about a gun

  • @samgdhkm5500
    @samgdhkm5500 Рік тому

    your channel crazy underrated

  • @liquid3324
    @liquid3324 Рік тому +3

    i saw tyler live while tripping, that was something

  • @Riley-mx1hq
    @Riley-mx1hq Рік тому +2

    been like 2 weeks since I went to see him live it was insane!!! my favourite song he performed live was Who Dat Boy shit crazy, but great point of view on video just subbed.

  • @dawn9534
    @dawn9534 Рік тому +2

    i was at the sydney concert, it was so good made me enjoy CMIYGL and IGOR more.

  • @chuchutheservant
    @chuchutheservant Рік тому +11

    This video was amazing love it so much. Ur so creative ✨👌🏽

  • @wavemanj14
    @wavemanj14 Рік тому +9

    How do you get friend zoned as a multi millionaire success artist

    • @RS-ti7bz
      @RS-ti7bz Рік тому

      He’s making it up

  • @K176Y
    @K176Y Рік тому +3

    0:33 if i was a rapper id be up there

  • @mynameisaaron_0615
    @mynameisaaron_0615 Рік тому

    Great Analysis

  • @merrygoround7557
    @merrygoround7557 Рік тому +2

    you lucky bastard i wish i could go to a tyler concert 😭😭

  • @jeswafjeswaf7104
    @jeswafjeswaf7104 Рік тому +2

    realized so much from this video🤯it's crazy to see how much nuance Tyler has😳Friendzone got me all fucked up too shit is real

  • @baptiste270399
    @baptiste270399 Рік тому

    Great video!

  • @SubTheHan
    @SubTheHan Рік тому +3

    Igor is a perfect loop

  • @kL-hu1hj
    @kL-hu1hj Рік тому

    Great man

  • @NasByTheWay24
    @NasByTheWay24 Рік тому

    I saw Tyler 4 Days before my birthday at his Dallas Show and all this shit is so crazy

  • @pranjalmishra5087
    @pranjalmishra5087 Рік тому

    Wowwwwww!!!!!. THIS WAS REAL GOOD

  • @Lilracky64
    @Lilracky64 8 місяців тому +1

    New Magic Wand is the closest we'll get to a modernized version of his earlier dark stuff, in the best way ever. Its a song where he describes his jealousy, but it also leads to him almost describin how he'd get rid of her. Its also a perfected version of French! .
    If Tyler had Igor like how Sarah or any weird and dark unreciprocated feelin tracks he has still that style, the album would've ended on New Magic Wand 😭😭😭

  • @marangelynrodriguez3094
    @marangelynrodriguez3094 Рік тому

    i remember reading the lyrics of new magic wand for the first time like damm

  • @-Scrapper-
    @-Scrapper- Рік тому

    That title itself is Art

  • @lilveacky
    @lilveacky Рік тому

    thank god i changed my mindset from tyler to the weeknd

  • @curolate
    @curolate Рік тому

    this is a sign that i too have been friend zoned

  • @MoriohAnime
    @MoriohAnime 10 місяців тому

    1:45 Wilshire. They just couldn’t be together but it mutual for both.

  • @ishmaelottmam
    @ishmaelottmam Рік тому

    I remember reading a Twitter thread earlier this year of someone actually taking the time to do research on who Tyler was talking about on Igor, shits pretty fucking wild.

  • @TheSnoozeFox
    @TheSnoozeFox Рік тому

    Call Me When You Get Lost heavily reminds me of The Avalanches album, Since I Left You.

  • @lilcheese5780
    @lilcheese5780 Рік тому

    Crazy

  • @LuckyFelix56
    @LuckyFelix56 Рік тому

    Did you see that video by dissect podcast about the musical loop of igor with the chord progression of Are we still friends, into Igors theme? I think it's such a cool video and if you haven't seen it, please try to. Your videos are really cool:^)

  • @seshiontheartist951
    @seshiontheartist951 Рік тому +1

    New magic wands green eyes line is an erykah badu reference

  • @broknskwid2861
    @broknskwid2861 Рік тому +4

    Love your videos but can you make one about Blonde please.

  • @bxezcr.m4a
    @bxezcr.m4a Рік тому

    genius.

  • @BATOMNI
    @BATOMNI Рік тому +1

    Black Rabbit approves of Minitrom!

  • @z0uLess
    @z0uLess Рік тому

    at least he has friends

  • @jaklair
    @jaklair Рік тому +1

    I jus wan Tyler noice me
    Funny how the roles have switched

  • @sirdushon
    @sirdushon Рік тому +1

    mörę reâsøns whÿ i love Tyler, dudes å fuckin genius

  • @serodio_petitseum
    @serodio_petitseum Рік тому

    This video was great but you misunderstood the wolf stuff a bit,on awkward and ifhy it's not Tyler talking but the Character Sam,it's also a concept Album about love

  • @alonemike
    @alonemike Рік тому +4

    Tyler went from being jealous of the girlfriend and wanting to kill her to get her out of the picture to then falling in love with her and wanting to do the opposite and get rid of her man 😂 bro got friendzoned by one couple

  • @fourfityakilo8969
    @fourfityakilo8969 Рік тому

    Yo what you were at RLA? For Tyler?

  • @antonyntema501
    @antonyntema501 Рік тому

    Can you please do wolf?

  • @tipanca10
    @tipanca10 Рік тому

    Literally me

  • @destirimoon
    @destirimoon Рік тому +1

    Honestly while I think you made some really good points, I think it's a bit reductive to just call it "friend zoned", there's a lot pointing to the guy IGOR is about having feelings back, but the thing keeping them apart is the love interests fear of homophobia and unwillingness to come out of the closet. A BOY IS A GUN* in itself has enough proof of this. The guy being over Tyler's house all the time in the video. We see them getting out of the same bed and dressing, implying Tyler was involved with this man. Sexually, romantically, however way, it was behind the scenes because the love interest was closeted, and Tyler was not. A BOY IS A GUN* lyrically is a cry for this guy to just accept that he's attracted to men and let him and Tyler be seen together, but he continues to be unwilling. If anything, my take as a gay dude is that the guy Tyler's seeing is leading on this girl to appear more heterosexual, so maybe people wouldn't suspect he was seeing Tyler. On the other hand though, Tyler refers to the girl as his "ex", so it's hard to tell. I know BEST INTEREST did not make the final cut of IGOR but the entire song is DEFINITELY just Tyler saying "Even if I have to suffer because of it I won't out you." His vow to keep that secret feels very deeply personal and something I'd only expect to hear from one queer man to another.
    I don't remember exactly what they brought up, but the podcast "Dissect" has some very valuable insight on A BOY IS A GUN* including direct info on it from Tyler himself, rather than pure speculation. They do their research, anyone who deeply enjoyed IGOR should definitely take some time to complete the entire season on IGOR they did.
    I don't care who IGOR is about or if my read of it is correct, I just wanted to share my ramblings. If you read this far thank you

  • @msita6006
    @msita6006 Рік тому

    I was supposed to be at that concert 😢

  • @spacehunternebulanm7003
    @spacehunternebulanm7003 3 місяці тому

    the songs on wolf do not count for anything because awkward, IFHY, and several other songs on the album are about the character sam, and not tyler

  • @tristanchuey
    @tristanchuey Рік тому +1

    Man, Tyler can’t find love! He just like me fr

  • @TheRealT0ad
    @TheRealT0ad Рік тому

    this is literally me

  • @timeenbyvictorious
    @timeenbyvictorious Рік тому +3

    GOATed album

  • @swano4948
    @swano4948 Рік тому

    I have no clue why but once I listened to the Igor album for the first time I didn’t like it. But once I appreciated and listened to it more it became so much better. Seems like other people in the comment section feel this way too.

  • @hamish7873
    @hamish7873 Рік тому

    From New Zealand??

  • @daniel82220
    @daniel82220 Рік тому

    hey i was there too

  • @AzzaBatteries
    @AzzaBatteries 8 місяців тому +1

    Bro do you know modest pelican? Cause you sound the exact same

  • @martinrazingar8335
    @martinrazingar8335 Рік тому

    Tyler the GREAT

  • @conduit1109
    @conduit1109 Рік тому

    Fuck yes

  • @jzaaaa4372
    @jzaaaa4372 Рік тому

    bro are you a twin? the guy next to you looks so alike

  • @chasey4069
    @chasey4069 Рік тому

    damn, tyler is just like me

  • @DrogenFruit
    @DrogenFruit Рік тому

    Can’t believe this just came into my recommended the minute my gf friend-zoned me

  • @twiklexic
    @twiklexic Рік тому +2

    the friendzone is not real. that’s just friendship

  • @Cayleb365
    @Cayleb365 Рік тому +1

    aka my life lmao

  • @bento9007
    @bento9007 Рік тому

    Praise God 🙏🏾

  • @massimocamillo7525
    @massimocamillo7525 Рік тому

    Melbourne concert was incredible so glad I actually went 😍

  • @not_my_names3586
    @not_my_names3586 Рік тому

    kendrick contender for most down bad too

    • @geezus4418
      @geezus4418 Рік тому

      He isn’t

    • @not_my_names3586
      @not_my_names3586 Рік тому

      @@geezus4418 nah "texting so many birches my thumbs hurt" "i lost love for missionary this the first time i confess" bunch of his shit is talking about sex

  • @Shinyaaron
    @Shinyaaron 3 місяці тому

    FYI tyler does not talk about himself in the albums, they are kinda like fictional alter-agos.
    And his first three albums are also a trilogy of STORYS not about the REAL tyler

  • @macwilliams1727
    @macwilliams1727 Рік тому +4

    I'm in this exact romantic situation right now, igor help me please 🙏🙏💋💋💋

  • @ilanguy7415
    @ilanguy7415 Рік тому

    2:57
    Is it just me or is this lip-synced?

  • @harlemmahararichardson7904
    @harlemmahararichardson7904 Рік тому +1

    I didnt know bro was gay??

  • @abhaysargwan3766
    @abhaysargwan3766 Рік тому +1

    A friend of mine had said:
    Even if you are rich , I am not going gay for you.

  • @blatztheruler
    @blatztheruler Рік тому

    u forgot bastard😨

  • @The-New-Age
    @The-New-Age Рік тому

    The cardi verse almost ruined the song for me

  • @chilltfout1006
    @chilltfout1006 Рік тому

    Asap rocky lol

  • @uhhcallmejefe
    @uhhcallmejefe Рік тому

    Ok

  • @galaxychildeustass1210
    @galaxychildeustass1210 Рік тому +1

    I love Tyler,but he needs to stop hitting on other people’s boyfriends and girlfriends 😂😂😂

  • @lilhen4578
    @lilhen4578 Рік тому +1

    Spread the gospel god loves you so as jesus love you all and goodnight and I I I have a great day today and I pray that you Spread the word of God amen to that God bless you and repent for your sins and prayers for Ukraine and don't let temptation ever overcome you be strong against temptation guys love you all and goodnight and repent asap 💖..

  • @ItsYaBoi888
    @ItsYaBoi888 Рік тому +1

    is tyler the created really that good? he's kinda lame, his look and vibe, I mean.

    • @treboleekem499
      @treboleekem499 Рік тому +4

      I think that's what an outsider would probably assume, imo he's up there with KDOT, Cole and Kayne. Mad underrated.
      Igor, Cmiygl, Flower Boy or wolf are great albums to start with and he doesn't have any bad ones

    • @ItsYaBoi888
      @ItsYaBoi888 Рік тому

      @@treboleekem499 maybe i never took him seriously cuz of the way he presented himself. If he's as good as you say he is (artistically), then maybe it warrants for me to give his music a listen then.
      I've heard him singing though. He's not a great singer. Lol

    • @treboleekem499
      @treboleekem499 Рік тому +2

      @@ItsYaBoi888 ok respond l8r with what you thought

    • @ItsYaBoi888
      @ItsYaBoi888 Рік тому

      @@treboleekem499 i couldn't do it, buddy. His overall look and vibe is just too wack for me. 😆

    • @geo8bitje603
      @geo8bitje603 Рік тому

      I avoid this dude...He's just always popping up of recommendations when u listen to people like Travis Scott😂,Carti,Uzi,Cudi or rocky I was saying.