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Don't Tap the Glass (2025)

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At under thirty minutes, Tyler, the Creator's shortest studio album still debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

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Ninth studio album by Tyler, the Creator, released 21 July 2025 through Columbia Records
Guest appearances from Pharrell Williams (also under the alter ego Sk8brd), Madison McFerrin and Yebba
Tyler was the sole producer of all ten tracks
At 28 minutes 30 seconds, the shortest studio album in his discography
Release date coincides with the eighth anniversary of Flower Boy (2017)

Tyler began work on the album in December 2024
Most of it was recorded during the Chromakopia: The World Tour
Teased three days before release through art installations on the tour and a website selling merchandise tied to the title
A fabricated track listing spread by Complex on Twitter on 19 July 2025; Tyler denied it and Complex deleted the post
Tyler denied speculation that the album was a concept album
Tyler described the quick rollout as freeing in an interview with Zane Lowe

Credits list Tyler as executive producer, producer and recording engineer on all tracks
Vic Wainstein, Ivan Marcelo, Garrett Duncan, Danforth Webster and Collin Clark credited as recording assistants or recording engineers on individual tracks
Neal H Pogue mixed all tracks, with Zachary Acosta as assistant mixer
Mike Bozzi mastered all tracks
Ron "T.nava" Avant credited for vocoder on tracks 2, 3 and 6

Tyler Gregory Okonma, born March 6, 1991, in Hawthorne, California.
Co-founded the alternative hip-hop collective Odd Future in 2007 with Hodgy, Left Brain, and Casey Veggies.
Released the self-produced debut album Bastard in 2009.

Solo artist known as Tyler, the Creator, and the founder and leader of Odd Future.

Goblin (2011) brought mainstream attention through the single "Yonkers" and its music video.
Wolf (2013) marked a shift away from horrorcore toward jazz, soul, and R&B.
Flower Boy (2017) received widespread critical acclaim and commercial success.
Igor (2019) and Call Me If You Get Lost (2021) both debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and won Best Rap Album at the Grammy Awards.
Chromakopia (2024) and Don't Tap the Glass (2025) also debuted at number one in the U.S.
Founded the clothing brands Golf Wang and Le Fleur, and the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival festival.
Has won three Grammy Awards in total.

Critics gave the album positive reviews overall
Metacritic: generally favorable reviews, weighted average 77 out of 100 from 11 critic scores
AnyDecentMusic?: average 7.1 out of 10 from 10 reviews
The Line of Best Fit (John Amen): said Tyler renews the existing ground more than he breaks new ground, and that the album shows how multifaceted he is
Clash (Shahzaib Hussain): described the album as a dancefloor mash-up that dials back conceptual overload and celebrates fun
HotNewHipHop (Gabriel Bras Nevares): called it the shortest, sweetest and most blunt LP in Tyler's discography

Debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States
First-week sales of 197,000 album-equivalent units, including 93.34 million on-demand streams and 128,000 pure album sales
Gave Tyler his fourth consecutive number one album on the Billboard 200

The title first appeared at a Barclays Center concert on 18 July 2025, during the Chromakopia: The World Tour.
On 20 July, Tyler held a listening party for 300 guests at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, with cameras and cell phones banned.
A second listening party was held on 23 July 2025 in Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York.
Five music videos for songs from the album were released in the days after launch, with people dancing and the album logo shown at the end.
The album's opening track, Big Poe, samples Pass the Courvoisier, Part II by Busta Rhymes.