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Tyler, the Creator gives fans a behind-the-scenes peak in a new behind-the-scenes video.

Shot and edited by Lazaro Rodriguez — who also directed ” Tyler's “A warm wind is blowing” video and was its cinematographer “Heaven to me” video — the new video titled Mask is off: Chromakopia sees Tyler putting together his latest album. The six-minute, 18-second mini-documentary features clips of Tyler at home and in the recording studio as he writes lyrics, directs vocals and critiques his production. Chromakopia LP. We get an intimate look as he plays instruments, produces, raps, sings and makes references that we then see come to life in the studio. There are also cameos from Daniel Caesar, Sexyy Red, Thundercat, Teezo Touchdown and more.

These days it's rare for fans to get a behind-the-scenes look at how an album is made. Tyler is old enough to remember when MTV and VH1 used to put out profiles and mini-documentaries on some of the biggest artists in the world, and he's been adamant about artists talking about their creative process more often.

It was expressed both in a 2023 interview with Nardwuar where the rapper and producer seemed disillusioned with the current music media landscape. “We're at a point where a musician you know about music is interviewed on a platform about music and talks in detail about music and people say 'why does he keep doing that?'” he said. “But if I was here gossiping, talking about beef, and so on, people would feed on it. No, we need to get back to talking about music… Talk about your album, talk about your music.”

Chromaticity is the third no. 1 album by the West Coast rapper and tops the Billboard 200 for a second week in a row. Be sure to check out Mask is off: Chromakopia above.