Just days after announcing his new album, Tyler, the Creator dropped “Don’t Tap the Glass” early on Monday morning.
The rapper’s ninth album contains 10 tracks with titles including “Big Poe,” “Sucka Free,” “Stop Playing With Me” and “Don’t Tap That Glass/Tweakin,’” and clocks in at 28 minutes and 30 seconds.
Tyler announced the album on Friday night with the launch of merch on his Golf Wang website. He also shouted out the album title while addressing the crowd in New York City, and fans took note that an instillation both inside and outside the venue featured a depiction of the rapper from the album cover with the title emblazoned on the encasement.
As it turns out, Tyler had been gesturing towards the album with an Easter egg during his recent shows. At a Brooklyn performance, a camera focused in on a crate of records as Tyler sorted through them, and fans only noticed after the record’s announcement that “Don’t Tap the Glass” was included in the batch.
Tyler had also been teasing on social media over the past week that something would arrive on Monday, though fans were unclear what that would be.
“Don’t Tap the Glass” follows last year’s “Chromakopia,” which similarly arrived without a long rollout. The record, which dropped in October just two weeks after its announcement, featured guest appearances from Doechii, Childish Gambino and Lil Wayne, and was accompanied by a “Chromakopia” tour that’s currently making its way around the globe. Tyler recently wrapped a four-night run in New York city with plans to touch down in Japan, South Korea and Thailand before wrapping in the Philippines on September 20-21.
Listen to “Don’t Tap the Glass” below:
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