Tyler, The Creator Adds ‘Mother’ to ‘Chromakopia+’ for Album’s Anniversary: ‘It’s Pretty Much the Grounding Piece’
Tyler, The Creator has added “Mother,” which he described as the first song he made for his eighth album, Chromakopia, but took off last minute, to the LP’s deluxe edition on its first anniversary.
In an Tuesday (Oct. 28) Instagram post, the rapper reflected on riding his bike through his old neighborhoods — Inglewood, Hawthorne and South Bay in California — in 2020, and questioning what home really meant. “Is it a feeling i carry or a place? convos with my mother i found out things that was opposite of what i’ve built a narrative around,” he wrote underneath a childhood photo of him and his mother.
The IG carousel also included a photo of his RIAA platinum plaque for Chromakopia, snapshots from his recently concluded world tour with openers Lil Yachty and Paris Texas, and a video of him recording with Thundercat in the studio.
While Tyler said “Mother” is “pretty much the grounding piece of the album,” he also opened up about approaching Chromakopia as his diary. “things ive touched on before, things i havent. the pressure of monogamy, the fear of fatherhood, how i felt about my hair, the judging of sexual freedom, my paranoia, etc. nothing too ‘deep’ or crazy, just thoughts that stay on loop,” he continued. He also said Chromakopia “ended up taking me places the others didnt. 15 years in; biggest its ever been. im in awe of the success…. its been a year since release, time is moving. to those who love this body of work, tell me about it. i hope it holds weight in your life.”
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Tyler released Chromakopia one year ago on Oct. 28, 2024, via Columbia Records. The 14-track project spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and notched three top 10 hits: “Noid” (No. 10), “St. Chroma” featuring Daniel Caesar (No. 7) and “Sticky,” featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne (No. 10). It earned 299,500 equivalent album units in its first week, marking Tyler’s biggest album to date even after arriving on an off-cycle Monday and therefore only having four days of activity in its first tracking week. He wrote on his IG post that he planned on Chromakopia “being my last album for a VERY long time. release it. do the big tour. go disappear and only pop out for movies roles. see what a life is like without work being top of mind. its hard tho, i love making things.”
But in July, he released his ninth studio album, Don’t Tap the Glass, which also debuted atop the Billboard 200 and earned the rapper his fourth No. 1 LP. He’s also making his feature film debut alongside Timothée Chalamet in the Josh Safdie-directed Marty Supreme.
See his post and listen to “Mother” below:
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