Welcome to Tyler, the Creator SZN. The superstar rapper has dropped off a new teaser, scored by the single “ST. CHROMA,” hinting at the future release of the album Chromakopia.
The video delivers the energy of a music video. A marching soldier treks through plains with an army of suited men behind him as Tyler’s whispering bars carry the energy. You can see the men march into a Chromakopia shipping container, which eventually explodes below.
It’s been three years since Tyler The Creator‘s most recent album, Call Me If You Get Lost. But, he appears to be teasing a new project.
In the video for a new song “St. Chroma,” a man wearing a mask walks through desert followed by others directly behind him. There’s whispered rapping over a marching beat and a choir, and a container with the word “Chromakopia” on it. The footage ends with the container bursting into flames following an explosion. Could Chromakopia be the title of his next album? We’ll have to wait and see, although the timing is, let’s say, interesting with Tyler’s Camp Flog Gnaw (the best festival in America) coming up next month.
Tyler The Creator recently had Steve Lacy’s back when he was being harassed by fans for new music. “album this album that what happen to hello? the “Bad Habit” singer wrote on Instagram. Tyler commented, “i feel you. sh*t is annoying especially when i never said out my mouth an album was coming. i wanna be an actress lmfao.” He’ll have to settle for starring in an A24 movie alongside Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Tyler, The Creator has returned with a new teaser, “ST. CHROMA,” marking what appears to be the first song from his upcoming seventh studio album. In doing so, he dropped a music video to promote the track, which ends with the word, “Chromakopia,” displaying across a green screen, likely referencing the title of Tyler’s next album. On the song, he raps in a whispered tone about being in the “top ten” and the “hottest in this b*tch.”
Fans are expectedly loving the new release, having already flooded the YouTube comments section with praise. “Tyler wasn’t kidding when he said he wanted to work in film and cinematography, the production of this teaser is incredible, even though it’s so short,” one user posted. Another wrote: “This gonna be the craziest Tyler album yet. Just this teaser is fire! (literally). Tyler never disappoints.”
US Rapper Tyler Gregory Okonma, aka ‘Tyler, the Creator’ performs on stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
Chromakopia will mark Tyler’s first album since 2021’s critically acclaimed Call Me If You Get Lost. That album earned him the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. He followed it up with a deluxe version the following year titled subtitled, The Estate Sale. In addition to music releases, he made headlines, earlier this year, for performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Tyler The Creator Teases His Next Album, “Chromakopia”
Check out the entirety of Tyler’s “ST. CHROMA” below. The announcement comes after he trolled fans for theorizing he was gearing up for a new album, earlier this month. When Steve Lacy complained on social media about fans demanding a new project, Tyler commented: “I feel you. Sh*t is annoying especially when I never said out my mouth an album was coming.” Be on the lookout for further updates on Tyler, The Creator on HotNewHipHop.
