Tyler, the Creator releases new album, DON’T TAP THE GLASS

Less than a year after the release of 2024’s Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator has released another new album, DON’T TAP THE GLASS. He teased the album in recent days, and now the concise, 10-track album is out. Hear it below and check out the tracklist.

Tyler made a statement about the album: I asked some friends why they don’t dance in public and some said because of the fear of being filmed. I thought damn, a natural form of expression and a certain connection they have with music is now a ghost. It made me wonder how much of our human spirit got killed because of the fear of being a meme, all for having a good time. I just got back from a ‘listening party’ for this album and man was it one of the greatest nights of my life. 300 people. No phones allowed. No cameras. Just speakers and a sweatbox. Everyone was dancing, moving, expressing, sweating. It was truly beautiful. I played the album front to back twice, it felt like that pent up energy finally got released and we craved the idea of letting more of it out. There was a freedom that filled the room. A ball of energy that might not translate to every speaker that plays this album but man did that room nail it. This album was not made for sitting still. Dancing driving running any type of movement is recommended to maybe understand the spirit of it. Only at full volume.

Chromakopia is featured on our list of the 50 Best Albums of 2024. His 2021 album Call Me If You Get Lost is also on our list of the 100 Best Albums of the 2020s So Far.

Tyler, the Creator DON’T TAP THE GLASS tracklist:

1. Big Poe
2. Sugar On My Tongue
3. Sucka Free
4. Mommanem
5. Stop Playing With Me
6. Ring Ring Ring
7. Don’t Tap That Glass / Tweakin’
8. Don’t You Worry Baby
9. I’ll Take Care of You
10. Tell Me What It Is