Tyler, The Creator's new record Scum Fuck Flower Boy is out today and it's got plenty of people talking, mostly because it's his most personal effort yet. It's simultaneously uplifting, lonely, emotional and loved-up with lyrics that give us the closest insight into his personal life yet. With that in mind, we've decided to take a look into the most important lyrics on the record.

"Tell these black kids they can be who they are / Dye your hair blue, shit, I'll do it too"

Where This Flower Blooms

Scum Fuck Flower Boy is the most positive album that Tyler has rolled out yet and this is one of a number of motivational lyrics he has on it. The flower metaphor is used throughout as one of growing into yourself and Tyler has never sounded more comfortable than he does here. Tyler has never died his hair blue, FYI, but Frank Ocean has.

"Yeah I'd give up my bakery to have a piece of your pie"

See You Again

Tyler is the king of romantic metaphors and this is one of many sweet ones. It's a little cheesy but that's indicative of a lot of this album. He's not afraid to put his emotions on the line anymore and depict that moment where a crush feels really damn good. 

"Fuck the rap, I'm tryna own a planet / From my other fuckin' business ventures"

Who Dat Boy

Tyler, The Creator has never just been about rap music. He's started a fashion line, an app, he's about to make a TV show and he started his own collective Odd Future when he was just a teenager. If you invest in Tyler, you invest in the whole brand and that's something that's always been admirable about Tyler.

"Since everyone is a sheep / Not everyone here is cool"

Pothole

You couldn't really say that Tyler has ever really followed trends, he's set them. A number of fans are reading into this one by saying that coming out as a black man in hip-hop is a total juxtaposition to being a sheep. It may be that or it may simply be that he's always been ahead of the curve. 

"Truth is, since you kid, I thought it was a phase / Thought it would be like the Frank poof, gone / But, it’s still going on"

Garden Shed

Here's the line from the record that everyone is taking as Tyler coming out. It certainly seems like that and if so, it's pretty damn brave to be able to come out on an album that so wholeheartedly embraces individuality. You get the feeling that this record is going to have a real depth and meaning to kids that are struggling with sexuality and differences in general. 

"Ringy dingy dong, I can't be alone / I'm starting to feel like I don't know anyone"

Boredom

The notion of lonlieness is one that's tied through the record. Boredom sounds so comfortable in its own boredom of slow moving melodies but its juxtaposed by Tyler admitting that he can't be left in his own head. The questions posed in another track November seems like the result of being left alone.

"Next line I'll have 'em like whoah / I been kissin' white boys since 2004"

I Ain't Got Time

No one's quite sure whether Tyler is actually coming out or joking as he's always walked a thin line between truth and sarcasm. In 2015 he tweeted, "I tried to come out the damn closet like four days ago and no one cared." You gotta wonder whether Tyler is actually tryna come out of the closet and getting really damn frustrated that no one's taking him seriously. Here he makes light of that. 

"Conversations with Converse finalised, 'cause Vans fucked up"

I Ain't Got Time

Up until about a week ago Tyler's label GOLF was collabing with Vans but he's jumped ship to Converse and his first shoe with them sold out in less than a day. It's really interesting how Tyler drops these little pieces of business into his lyrics and then moves on.

"My thirst levels are infinity and beyond / Sippin' on that Lemonade, I need a Beyoncé"

9/11 / Mr Lonely

Another example of how clever Tyler's wordplay can be. There are so many levels to this line stemming from the Toy Story line, "to infinity and beyond," and then moving into the Beyoncé Lemonade reference.  

"What If 'Who Dat Boy?' is rhetorical and this shit is over?"

November

November sees Tyler get really real and pose a lot of questions about his own career and relevancy. This is sees him questioning the first single off the record and whether people are going to be able to answer the question that he poses in the song title. 

"What If my music is too weird for the masses?"

November

Tyler boasts about setting trends and never following the pack but in his weakest moment he questions whether people are going to care and what he is without and audience and relevancy. 

"Could be a DJ when I see you my heart beat changes tempo"

Glitter

Scum Fuck moves at a glacial pace at points which suits the laid-back aesthetic of the record but he pairs this line with an actual tempo challenge in one of the most thrilling verses on the whole album.