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Tyler, the release date of the creator’s new album ‘Chromakopia’ has been announced
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Tyler, the release date of the creator’s new album ‘Chromakopia’ has been announced

Tyler, the Creator is back. The Grammy Award-winning rapper announced plans for his eighth studio album on Thursday (October 17). Titled Chromacopythe set will be released later this month.

After an initial teaser on Wednesday (October 16), Tyler revealed Chromacopy‘s album cover along with the project’s release date of October 28, which is a Monday instead of the typical Friday.

“All songs written, produced and arranged by Tyler Okonma,” reads the text on the cover in a shade of emerald green. As for the art, it’s a black and white photo of Tyler as the soldier rocking a mask that fans glimpsed in the “St. Chroma” visual earlier this week.

Chromacopy will serve as the official sequel to 2021 Call me if you get lost. Tyler had released an album every two years since then Goblin debuted in 2011, but that streak came to an end when no project arrived in 2023.

Fans have access to the Chromacopy website, where they can pre-save the album and pre-order merchandise bundles filled with CDs, hoodies, hats, T-shirts, tote bags and mini commemorative items Chromacopy containers.

Fans got their first look at Tyler entering his new era on Wednesday, when the musician posted a clip of the “St. Chroma’ video, which some fans believed was the opening track from his next album. Solange Knowles, Lil Yachty, Gunner Stahl, IDK, Lil Dicky, Wolfacejoeyy, Laila!, Swizz Beatz, Doechii, Wynne and more jumped into his IG comment section to show him love.

Call me if you get lost arrived in June 2021 and debuted atop the Billboard 200 with a total of 169,000 album units sold in its first week. The LP won Best Rap Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards.

Next up, Tyler will perform at his Camp Flog Gnaw festival at Dodger Stadium during the weekend of November 16 and 17, where attendees will likely hear music from his upcoming album. A full line-up for the carnival has not yet been announced.

View the Chromacopy coverage below.