“BOYFRIEND” features guest vocals from Charlie Wilson (who also provides backing vocals on “EARFQUAKE” and “I DON’T LOVE YOU ANYMORE”) and dense, distorted production akin to Cherry Bomb-era Tyler with parts a bit reminiscent of Kanye’s epic Yeezus closer, “Bound 2” (which coincidentally also features Wilson I detailed the similarities between Yeezus and IGOR in my initial review of the latter). In other words, it’s the same thing as George Lucas changing old Star Wars movies whenever a new video format hits the market.) In the end, however, I happily ordered the $13 German-manufactured CD (packaged in a nice “digipak” gatefold sleeve with extra artwork and a lyrics booklet), despite having already spent crazy money on this album and its associated merch this year (don’t worry, it’s worth it). Other artists who’ve TLOP-ed their albums include Travis Scott, Young Thug, Trippie Redd, and hilariously enough, Taylor Swift. Kanye West pioneered this move with his 2016 masterpiece The Life Of Pablo, affectionately abbreviated as TLOP. (TLOP-ing, for those who don’t know, is the act of making significant changes, such as changing lyrics, noticeably remixing, and/or adding and subtracting songs on an album already released to the public. You know that “ah shit, here we go again” meme? That’s exactly how I felt about Tyler TLOP-ing a flawless album, meaning I have to (sort of) review it again. Excited because it’s a new Tyler track on one of the greatest albums of all time, but unhappy because he changed the album after I’d already done an extensive, albeit incomplete (I could’ve written 1000 more words had I found the patience and time to do so) IGOR narrative dissection. In the physical track list, “BOYFRIEND” takes the place of the 14-second spoken interlude “EXACTLY WHAT YOU RUN FROM YOU END UP CHASING.” That piece, narrated by comedian Jerrod Carmichael, is tacked onto the end of “BOYFRIEND,” which fits right in with the album’s narrative (more on that in a minute).Īs the news began to spread about “BOYFRIEND”, I became excited yet a slight bit unhappy at the same time. As advance copies of IGOR’s CD edition circulated, word spread that Tyler quietly dropped a physical-only (vinyl, CD, and cassette) “bonus track” entitled “BOYFRIEND.”Ĭalling it a bonus track, however, isn’t the most accurate description. I got a bit of exclusive information from Jack White about “ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?”, which I reported on, but even more happened with this LP. My initial plan was to follow the original 3500-word review with a later update on the vinyl edition’s sound quality, but plans change.
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