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Maybe the most moving number, “Giving You Away,” is addressed to a daughter about to get married, and the set concludes with “Smile,” which stresses the nurturing power of personal connection: “I think of you and I can’t help but smile.” The title track offers similar comfort: “You’re not alone.” And help might come from above: “God won’t give us more than we can handle.” Nelson maintains a measured optimism while staring down that darkness: “Summer’s healing coming soon,” he assures on “Perennial Bloom (Back to You).” “We’ll Be Alright” sets the tone for an album that sounds deeply intimate but also resonates broadly as a reaction to the pandemic’s isolation and upheaval. “Despite all the darkness, we’ll be all right,” Lukas Nelson sings on the first track of his new album, his voice and the steel-accented accompaniment as soothing as the sentiment. “Black bodies hanging from trees, I can’t make sense of this,” he raps in “Manifesto,” wondering, “Am I doing enough?” Call Me is a formidable record that’s confronts the world with honesty and uncertainty. That’s clear as he reconnects with the joy of rapping, expands his musical palette, and takes time to reflect. “I came a long way from my past, it’s obvious,” he states plainly. “When I got her out, that’s the moment I knew made it.“ On the delightful “Momma Talk,” his mother makes clear how far she would go to stand up for her son.Įarly on, he was unrepentant after being condemned for homophobic lyrics: “Protesting outside my shows, I gave them the middle finger.” Now, he’s open about dating men. “Mom was in a shelter when ‘Yonkers” dropped,” he raps on “Massa” about his 2011 single. He can’t help but reflect on how far he’s come. Rapper and producer Tyler made his name as provocateur of the bountifully talented Los Angeles collective Odd Future, along with Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, Syd Tha Kyd, and Domo Genesis. “We just landed in Geneva … We on a yacht, a young lady just fed me French vanilla ice cream.” On Call Me If You Get Lost, the Philly-raised Drama serves as hype man, setting the scene for Tyler’s adventures. The album is a homage to DJ Drama’s popular Gangsta Grillz mixtapes from the 00′s.

Its packed-with-ideas songs last only as long as they need to, whether two minutes or 10. Tyler, the Creator’s sixth album - the follow-up to 2019′s Grammy-winning Igor - is a beautiful mess: a free-flowing rumination that jumps abruptly from one style to the next, by turns braggadocious and anxiety-ridden, celebratory, and introspective.