On his seventh studio album, “Chromakopia,” Tyler, the Creator pulls back the curtain with multiple hyphens. In 14 songs, born rapper Tyler Okonma interrogates the anxieties that come with age and fame, interweaving them with his own wisdom and some that arrive through carefully placed voice messages.

Tyler is an all-rounder who excels in the music, fashion and television sectors. Like his hero Pharrell Williams, Tyler is known for his unconventional fashion sense as the founder of luxury label Golf Wang and Golf le Fleur, along with his television work on the Adult Swim sketch comedy series “Loiter Squad.” With his first mixtape, 2009’s ‘Bastard’, he established his role as a counterculture tastemaker and controversial rule breaker and continues to push the boundaries of music – it’s no wonder his latest release continues to break barriers.

“Chromakopia” starts strong with “St. Chroma” – an introduction to the new masked personality on the album cover – with powerful military cadences in the background of the vocals of both Tyler and R&B singer Daniel Caesar. At the beginning a reassuring female voice sounds: “You are the light. It’s not up to you. It’s in you.”

“I never had any doubts in me,” he raps. “And if I ever told you I did, I’m lying.”

As a whole, the album ‘Chromakopia’ represents the two-time Grammy award-winning artist as he dives into his thirties. In this new era, he seeks understanding in all aspects of his life, just as he seeks to understand himself.

It’s not all light, as on the song “Like Him,” in which Tyler explores similarities with an estranged father.

“Give me love and affection / Attention, protection (Go),” he sings in the second verse. “How could I ever miss an opportunity (Go) / that I never had?”

At a listening party for the album in Inglewood, California, on Sunday night, Tyler offered a mission statement of sorts for the album. “Oh, I’m not the man I was when I was 20,” he said. “I have gray hair on my chest. Life is alive. I just wanted to write about the things I think about when I’m dolo,” an abbreviation for the slang term “solo dolo,” which means “by myself.”

He thinks about a lot: ‘Hey Jane’ describes a pregnancy scare on top of a dreamy production, ‘Take Your Mask Off’ tells the story of several characters who are afraid to live in their truth. It’s as much about Tyler, the Creator himself, as it is about them. “I hope you find yourself,” he says. “I hope you take off your mask.”

Celebrity-centric lead single ‘Noid’ focuses on paranoia and the strange parasocial relationships that come with fame in a claustrophobic, transgressive package. The chorus samples the Zambian rock band Ngozi Family’s 1977 song, “Nizakupanga Ngozi.”

But the album is not all deep introspection. Tyler is as brash as ever on songs like “Thought I Was Dead” and “Rah Tah Tah,” which utilize deep bass that reverberates and can be felt in the listener’s bones.

His fun and outrageous personality is not hidden either. It can be clearly heard on songs like the cheerful ‘Sticky’ with Lil Wayne, GloRilla and Sexyy Red and ‘Balloon’ with Doechii.

The entire album, as featured on the “Chromakopia” artwork, was written, produced and arranged by Tyler Okonma. It is an early midlife memoir, which many people in their thirties will identify with: an album that takes into account everything he has achieved, fears and hopes for the future.