Chromakopia
{{Short description|2024 studio album by Tyler, The Creator}}
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{{Use American English|date=November 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}{{Infobox album
| name = Chromakopia
| type = studio
| artist = Tyler, the Creator
| cover = Chromakopia CD cover.jpg
| alt = A photo in a single chroma of a masked man in a suit, with his right hand stretched out
| released = October 28, 2024
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = * Hip-hop
| label = Columbia
| producer = Tyler, the Creator
| length = 52:54
| prev_title = Call Me If You Get Lost
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| type = studio
| single1 = Noid
| single1date = October 21, 2024
| single2 = Sticky
| single2date = November 12, 2024
}}
}}
Chromakopia is the eighth studio album by the American rapper Tyler, the Creator. It was released through Columbia Records on October 28, 2024, serving as the follow-up to Call Me If You Get Lost (2021). Chromakopia was written, produced, and arranged by Tyler himself. The album features guest appearances from Daniel Caesar, Doechii, GloRilla, LaToiya Williams, Lil Wayne, Lola Young, Santigold, Schoolboy Q, Sexyy Red, and Teezo Touchdown, with physical releases of the album additionally featuring Playboi Carti.
The album blends different genres like hip-hop, jazz, and soul, evocative of Tyler's previous releases Flower Boy (2017) and Igor (2019). Conceptually, Chromakopia is narrated by Tyler's mother, Bonita Smith, as a diary that pieces together Tyler's perspective on past timeline experiences separated by tracks. The album received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised the lyricism, cohesiveness, and production, and even noted its messy and confusing nature as a positive.
Chromakopia was supported by the singles "Noid" and "Sticky", as well as two promotional singles, from "St. Chroma" and "Thought I Was Dead". The album was a commercial success, debuting at number one in nine countries. In the United States, the album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, earning Tyler his third US number-one album. Several other songs from the album also charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as "Noid" and "St. Chroma". In support of the album, Tyler embarked on Chromakopia: The World Tour in 2025.
Background and recording
On October 28, 2024, during Tyler, the Creator's Chromakopia exclusive listening event, Tyler revealed the meaning behind the album, noting that the album was originally about him growing up in Hawthorne, Inglewood. He revealed on stage that "no one knows anything about me from before I was like 17" and that the record turned into Tyler "taking a bunch of shit my mom told me as a kid." Tyler uploaded a video on his official YouTube channel titled "MASK IS OFF: CHROMAKOPIA" on November 12, 2024, which chronicles the creative process of the album, including behind-the-scenes clips from composition sessions, instrumentation arrangements and engineering work.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Aaron |date=November 12, 2024 |title=Tyler The Creator Shares BTS 'Chromakopia' Process In 'Mask Is Off' |url=https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-bts-in-mask-is-off-video/ |access-date=November 22, 2024 |website=Uproxx |language=en-US |archive-date=November 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241114032001/https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-bts-in-mask-is-off-video/ |url-status=live }}
Composition
= Music =
Primarily a hip-hop, R&B, and jazz album, Chromakopia embraces eclectic instrumentation.{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Simone |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Tyler The Creator Drops Chromakopia, His Boldest Album Yet |url=https://www.mefeater.com/tyler-the-creator-drops-chromakopia-his-boldest-album-yet/ |access-date=October 29, 2024 |website=MEFeater |language=en |archive-date=November 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111163053/https://www.mefeater.com/tyler-the-creator-drops-chromakopia-his-boldest-album-yet/ |url-status=live }} It blends musical styles reminiscent of Tyler's fourth and fifth albums Cherry Bomb (2015) and Flower Boy (2017), such as neo soul melodies and synthesizer-based arrangements. Military cadences and soulful elements are also present on the album.{{Cite web |last=Hudson |first=Alex |date=October 17, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Announces New Album Chromakopia |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/tyler-the-creator-teases-new-project-chromakopia |access-date=October 29, 2024 |website=Exclaim! |language=en |archive-date=November 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111155946/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/tyler-the-creator-teases-new-project-chromakopia |url-status=live }} This is Tyler's first album since his second studio album Goblin to not have the 10th track on the album feature multiple titles.{{Cite web |author1=lesleysteele |author2=herChoyce |author3=LettySetGo |date=July 11, 2017 |title=What Track 10 On Every Tyler, The Creator Album Has In Common |url=https://genius.com/a/what-track-10-on-every-tyler-the-creator-album-has-in-common |access-date=November 30, 2024 |website=Genius |language=en |archive-date=December 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207223732/https://genius.com/a/what-track-10-on-every-tyler-the-creator-album-has-in-common |url-status=live }}
= Themes and lyrics =
Chromakopia is narrated by Tyler's mother, Bonita Smith.{{Cite web |last=Loftin |first=Steven |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Tyler, The Creator: Chromakopia Review – time crisis |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-midlife-crisis |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}} Its concept was inspired by his experience growing up in Greater Los Angeles and the life lessons he learned from Smith as a child, that he began to understand and appreciate as he grew older.{{Cite web |last=Cowen |first=Trace Willam |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Reflects on Monogamy and Artistic Ambition in "Darling, I" Song: 'Lonely With These Grammys' |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/tracewilliamcowen/tyler-the-creator-darling-i-lyrics |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=Complex |language=en |archive-date=November 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111155933/https://www.complex.com/music/a/tracewilliamcowen/tyler-the-creator-darling-i-lyrics |url-status=live }} Before the album's release, publications speculated that the album could be based on the story of Chroma the Great, a powerful conductor whose orchestra creates the colors of the world, from the 1961 children's novel The Phantom Tollbooth.{{Cite web |last=Barlas |first=Jon |date=October 18, 2024 |title=Five things to know ahead of Tyler, The Creator's Chromakopia |url=https://ourgenerationmusic.com/news/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-five-things-to-know/ |access-date=October 18, 2024 |website=Our Generation Music}} Dork{{'}}s Jake Hawkes notes the character ties into the album's aesthetics, but has little impact on the lyrical material.{{Cite web |last=Hawkes |first=Jake |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia |url=https://readdork.com/albums/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=Dork |language=en-US}}
Smith describes him as the light and tells him to never dim his light for anyone.{{Cite web |last=Curto |first=Justin |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Unmasking the World of Tyler, the Creator's Chromakopia |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-meaning-everything-we-know.html |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=Vulture |language=en |archive-date=November 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120131051/https://www.vulture.com/article/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-meaning-everything-we-know.html |url-status=live }} "Rah Tah Tah" features braggadocious lyrics, as Tyler declares himself as the biggest rapper from Los Angeles after Kendrick Lamar. "Noid", on the other hand, explores his anxieties with celebrity culture and parasocial relationships.{{Cite magazine |last=Gee |first=Andre |date=October 23, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator's Anxieties About Fame Are Starting to Feel Universal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tyler-the-creator-noid-celebrity-culture-1235140842/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |url-access=subscription |archive-date=November 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113145437/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tyler-the-creator-noid-celebrity-culture-1235140842/ |url-status=live }} In "Darling, I", featuring vocals by Teezo Touchdown, Tyler reflects on his artistic ambition and the practice of monogamy.
Titled after the abortion-related healthcare company, "Hey Jane" stages a conversation between Tyler and an anonymous, older woman in the wake of an unplanned pregnancy.{{Cite web |last=Bustard |first=Andy |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Tyler, The Creator Opens Up About 'Terrifying' Pregnancy Scare With Older Woman |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/tyler-creator-child-pregnancy-scare-hey-jane |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}} Billboard{{'}}s Mackenzie Cummings-Grady wrote that on the record, Tyler "speaks on his consuming paranoia" while narrating his "desire for children".
Release and promotion
Provoked by Beyoncé's surprise release of her 2013 self-titled album,{{cite news|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/l36y58/beyonce-surprise-drop-legacy-new-retro|title=Beyoncé's Surprise Drop Changed The Industry. Now It's A 'Familiar' Process|last=Gonzalez|first=Alex|date=January 18, 2023|access-date=October 28, 2024|publisher=MTV News|archive-date=May 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523142939/https://www.mtv.com/news/l36y58/beyonce-surprise-drop-legacy-new-retro|url-status=dead}} the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) changed the day of the week when music is released worldwide from Tuesday to Friday.{{Cite magazine |last=Flanagan |first=Andrew |date=February 26, 2015 |title=Industry Sets Friday as Global Record Release Day |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/friday-global-record-release-day-ifpi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519163523/https://www.billboard.com/pro/friday-global-record-release-day-ifpi/ |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Tyler criticized the industry standard in a 2023 interview with Nardwuar, suggesting that it promotes "passive listening".{{cite news |last=Cowen |first=Trace William |title=Tyler, the Creator's New Album Dropping on a Monday After His Prior Criticism of Fridays as Industry Standard |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/tracewilliamcowen/tyler-the-creator-album-release-date |access-date=October 25, 2024 |work=Complex |date=October 17, 2024 |archive-date=November 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241103150412/https://www.complex.com/music/a/tracewilliamcowen/tyler-the-creator-album-release-date |url-status=live }} He chose to release Chromakopia on Monday, October 28, 2024, at 6 a.m. ET.{{Cite news |last=Shah |first=Neil |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Is Trying to Reset the Music Industry's Release-Day Rules |url=https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-monday-album-release-0b6a277c |access-date=October 28, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal |issn=1042-9840}}
Trucks and shipping containers promoting Chromakopia were spotted in various cities across the U.S., including Tyler, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbus, Philadelphia, Roswell, Phoenix, Hawthorne (Tyler's hometown), and Los Angeles.{{Cite web |last1=Carrillo |first1=Nayeli |last2=Garcia |first2=Michael |last3=Escatel |first3=Daisy |last4=Heriman |first4=Robbie |date=October 18, 2024 |title=Trucks promoting new Tyler The Creator album spotted in Tyler |url=https://www.ketk.com/news/local-news/trucks-promoting-new-tyler-the-creator-album-spotted-in-tyler/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=KETK-TV |archive-date=November 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113071227/https://www.ketk.com/news/local-news/trucks-promoting-new-tyler-the-creator-album-spotted-in-tyler/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Ratcliff |first=Jude |date=October 18, 2024 |title=Tyler the Creator teases 'CHROMAKOPIA' in East Texas, truck makes stop near Tyler Public Library |url=https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/tyler-the-creators-chromokopia-trucks/501-83205b40-206b-4f58-9cae-eded00c34b5b |access-date=December 25, 2024 |website=KYTX |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Cartagena |first=Rosa |date=October 29, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator bought $4,000 worth of cheesesteaks at Shank's to promote new album 'Chromakopia' |url=https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-philadelphia-shanks-20241029.html |access-date=December 25, 2024 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |language=en |archive-date=December 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225172516/https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-philadelphia-shanks-20241029.html |url-status=live }} Shortly after the video for "St. Chroma" released, the phone number +1 (855) 444–8888, which was previously used as promotion for Call Me If You Get Lost, was changed to a voicemail concerning the "Chromakopia Trucking Company", where a voice said that all the company's drivers were unavailable and to call later. One day before its release, Tyler held an album listening party at Intuit Dome.{{Cite magazine |last=Millman |first=Ethan |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Tyler, The Creator's Chromakopia Homecoming: Takeaways From His Listening Party |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-listening-party-intuit-dome-1235144559/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |url-access=subscription |archive-date=November 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241116003529/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-listening-party-intuit-dome-1235144559/ |url-status=live }}
= Singles =
On October 16, 2024, Tyler posted a teaser for Chromakopia{{'}}s opening track, "St. Chroma", on his social media accounts.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=October 16, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Hints at New Music With 'St. Chroma' Teaser |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tyler-the-creator-st-chroma-teaser-1235135134/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US|url-access=subscription}} He revealed the album's name, release date, and cover art the following day.{{Cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=October 17, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator's New Album, Chromakopia, Will Arrive on October 28 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/tyler-the-creator-new-album-chromakopia-release-date-october-28-1236181202/ |access-date=October 17, 2024 |website=Variety}}{{Cite magazine |last=Saponara |first=Michael |date=October 17, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Announces Chromakopia Album Release Date & Reveals Cover Art |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/tyler-the-creator-new-album-chromakopia-release-date-cover-1235804098/ |access-date=October 17, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}} The album's lead single, "Noid", was released on October 21.{{Cite magazine |last=Diaz |first=Angel |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Tries to Outrun His Celebrity in "Noid" Video Featuring The Bear Star Ayo Edebiri |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/tyler-the-creator-noid-video-the-bear-ayo-edebiri-1235806945/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=November 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109032216/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/tyler-the-creator-noid-video-the-bear-ayo-edebiri-1235806945/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Keeps One Eye Open on "Noid," Taps Ayo Edebiri for Music Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tyler-the-creator-noid-ayo-edebiri-1235139013/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |url-access=subscription |archive-date=November 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241113145435/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tyler-the-creator-noid-ayo-edebiri-1235139013/ |url-status=live }} The following single, "Sticky" featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red, and Lil Wayne, was released to rhythmic contemporary radio stations on November 12.{{Cite web |date=November 12, 2024 |title=Crossover: Your Radio Add Recaps |url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/crossover%26id%3D343652 |access-date=January 11, 2025 |website=Hits |language=en |archive-date=January 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250111064344/https://hitsdailydouble.com/crossover%26id%3D343652 |url-status=live }} A teaser for its eleventh track, "Thought I Was Dead", was shared on October 26.{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=October 26, 2024 |title=Watch Tyler, the Creator's New "Thought I Was Dead" Video |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-tyler-the-creator-new-thought-i-was-dead-video/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=October 26, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Previews Chromakopia With New Song '"Thought I Was Dead" |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tyler-the-creator-new-song-thought-i-was-dead-1235144056/ |access-date=October 28, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US|url-access=subscription}} Three more songs were teased in a promotional video for the album's limited edition vinyl.{{cite web |last1=Caraan |first1=Sophie |date=October 23, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Announces Chromakopia Vinyl LP |url=https://hypebeast.com/2024/10/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-vinyl-lp-release-info-new-song-teaser |access-date=October 25, 2024 |website=Hypebeast}}
= Tour =
{{Main|Chromakopia: The World Tour}}
Chromakopia: The World Tour was announced on October 23, 2024, with additional shows announced October 29, 2024.{{Cite news |last=Yates |first=Jonny |date=October 30, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator announces extra dates on his Chromakopia World Tour |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/10/30/tyler-the-creator-tour-dates-tickets/ |access-date=April 19, 2025 |work=PinkNews}} Promoted by AEG Presents, the tour will feature Lil Yachty and Paris Texas as supporting acts, with 53 dates across North America, including the U.S. and Canada, 24 dates in Western Europe and the UK, and 12 shows scheduled in Oceania, covering Australia and New Zealand. The tour will take place throughout 2025.{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=October 23, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Plots 'Chromakopia' World Tour for 2025 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-tour-2025-1236187880/ |access-date=October 25, 2024 |website=Variety}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| title = Chromakopia ratings
| MC = 85/100{{cite web |title=Chromakopia by Tyler, the Creator Reviews and Tracks |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/chromakopia/tyler-the-creator |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=November 5, 2024 |archive-date=November 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108222050/https://www.metacritic.com/music/chromakopia/tyler-the-creator |url-status=live }}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Crone |first=Dave |title=CHROMOAKOPIA – Tyler, the Creator |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/chromakopia-mw0004400291 |website=AllMusic |access-date=November 5, 2024}}
| rev2 = Clash
| rev2score = 9/10{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Niall |title=Tyler, the Creator – Chromakopia |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia/ |website=Clash |date=October 29, 2024 |access-date=October 29, 2024}}
| rev3 = Consequence
| rev3score = A–{{cite web |last1=Krueger |first1=Jonah |title=Tyler, the Creator Dazzles on Chromakopia: Album Review |url=https://consequence.net/2024/10/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-album-review/ |website=Consequence |access-date=October 28, 2024 |date=October 28, 2024}}
| rev4 = The Daily Telegraph
| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Hobbs |first=Thomas |title=The Cure, review: perversely uplifting in its nihilism and the best thing since their debut |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/the-cure-songs-of-a-lost-world-review/ |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=November 2, 2024 |language=en |date=November 1, 2024}}
| rev5 = The Guardian
| rev6 = The Line of Best Fit
| rev7 = NME
| rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last1=Garratt-Stanley |first1=Fred |date=October 30, 2024 |title=Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia review: a landscape of chaos that reflects his own psychological conflict |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-review-3807791 |magazine=NME |access-date=November 26, 2024 |archive-date=November 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241118043619/https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-review-3807791 |url-status=live }}
| rev8 = Pitchfork
| rev8score = 7.6/10{{cite web |last1=Haile |first1=Heven |title=Chromakopia by Tyler, the Creator |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=October 31, 2024 |date=October 31, 2024 |archive-date=November 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241102004633/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia/ |url-status=live }}
| rev9 = Rolling Stone
| rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last1=Ihaza |first1=Jeff |title=On Chromakopia, Tyler, the Creator Has to Deal With the Truth |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-review-1235147040/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=October 31, 2024 |date=October 30, 2024 |archive-date=November 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111060811/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-review-1235147040/ |url-status=live }}
| rev10 = Slant Magazine
| rev10score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |last1=Attard |first1=Paul |date=October 30, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Chromakopia Review: An Intentionally Messy Early Midlife Crisis |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-album-review/ |magazine=Slant Magazine |access-date=November 26, 2024 }}
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Chromakopia was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 81, based on 17 reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 8.0 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, David Crone claimed that, "Chromakopia is less of a cohesive statement than Tyler's fans are used to hearing; it's erratic and candid at once, a strange pressure cooker of boasts and doubts that falls out of step with its deftly sequenced and thematically tight predecessors." Writing for Clash, Niall Smith wrote that "the project's mid-section advances the album's winning streak", however, "while there aren't any outright weak tracks" on the record, occasionally, "the pacing feels slightly less focused than Tyler's previous work". Smith concluded that "while some elements feel a bit safe, the sound design is chiseled and sharper" while noting that the album showcases Tyler's "now-mastered style in HD glory". Consequence{{'}}s Jonah Krueger wrote that "the maternal presence is felt throughout the tracklist" and that Tyler "[explores] his anxieties and trauma" throughout the record. Writing for Dork, Jake Hawkes noted that Chromakopia is a project "that bulges at the seams" and that "Tyler somehow wrangles it into something cohesive". Hawkes continued, "lyrically, Tyler seems at his most confessional in years", before concluding, stating that the album "has depth, it has worldbuilding, but just as importantly, it has some absolute bangers, too".
The Guardian{{'}}s Alexis Petridis wrote that "tracks shift and slip their moorings, lurching from one sound to another" and that often, they change "completely over the course of a few minutes". Petridis concluded that "Chromakopia ultimately seems to manifest a state of confusion, in which everything is in flux and nothing is quite as it initially seems".{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia review – early midlife crisis triggers a freaked-out psychodrama |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/28/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-album-review |access-date=October 28, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Steven Loftin for The Line of Best Fit wrote that "Chromakopia{{'}}s execution has been well thought out and finessed", however, "it is messy and it is truthful". Loftin expressed that the album "continues piecing together the Tyler, the Creator puzzle without making the picture any clearer". Tom Breihan, writing for Stereogum, mentioned the album's similarity with Kendrick Lamar's album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022), noting that Chromakopia is "Tyler's therapy record, his self-conscious attempt to figure his shit out in full view of the public".{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Premature Evaluation: Tyler, The Creator Chromakopia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2285632/premature-evaluation-tyler-the-creator-chromakopia/reviews/premature-evaluation/ |access-date=October 29, 2024 |website=Stereogum |language=en}} Billboard{{'}}s Mackenzie Cummings-Grady wrote that the album "contains something for everyone" and that "within this universal and at times nostalgic construction, the album is also incredibly reflective".{{Cite magazine|last=Cummings-Grady|first=Mackenzie|date=October 28, 2024|title=Tyler, the Creator's Chromakopia Album: All 14 Tracks Ranked|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-tracks-ranked/like-him/|access-date=October 29, 2024|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}
Less enthusiastic reviews complained that the album's sound was too messy and chaotic. NME{{'s}} Fred Garratt-Stanley regarded the album's sound as "deliberately messy" and the overall message about not trusting people as "lazy" but appreciated the themes and the honest and empathetic lyrics. Slant Magazine{{'s}} Paul Attard similarly criticized the album's sound and the "overworked" composition, saying that "Tyler's ambitions on Chromakopia are grand, but the album attempts to do a lot while saying little".
=Rankings=
Chromakopia was featured on several publications' year-end lists of 2024. It was placed second by Clash{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Niall |date=December 18, 2024 |title=Albums Of The Year 2024 |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/general/albums-of-the-year-2024/ |access-date=December 19, 2024 |website=Clash |language=en-GB |archive-date=December 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218161656/https://www.clashmusic.com/general/albums-of-the-year-2024/ |url-status=live }} and Complex, and within the top 10 by Billboard, BrooklynVegan,{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=December 19, 2024 |title=BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2024 |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/brooklynvegans-top-50-albums-of-2024/ |access-date=December 19, 2024 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US |archive-date=December 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241219221506/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/brooklynvegans-top-50-albums-of-2024/ |url-status=live }} Crack, Dazed, Exclaim!, The Guardian, The Independent, The Ringer,{{Cite web |last=Sayles |first=Justin |date=December 11, 2024 |title=The Ringer's 30 Best Albums of 2024 |url=https://www.theringer.com/2024/12/11/music/best-albums-2024-kendrick-lamar-charli-xcx-brat |access-date=December 12, 2024 |website=The Ringer |language=en |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211201054/https://theringer.com/2024/12/11/music/best-albums-2024-kendrick-lamar-charli-xcx-brat |url-status=live }} and The Skinny.{{Cite web |last=Qureshi |first=Arusa |date=December 3, 2024 |title=The Skinny's Albums of 2024 |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/albums-of-the-year/the-skinny-albums-of-2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=The Skinny |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204113258/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/albums-of-the-year/the-skinny-albums-of-2024 |url-status=live }} The album appeared in the top 20 of rankings by The A.V. Club,{{Cite web |last=Gillis |first=Drew |date=December 18, 2024 |title=The 25 best albums of 2024 |url=https://www.avclub.com/best-albums-2024-waxahatchee-charli-xcx-the-cure |access-date=December 18, 2024 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en-US |archive-date=December 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218202851/https://www.avclub.com/best-albums-2024-waxahatchee-charli-xcx-the-cure |url-status=live }} Consequence, KCRW,{{Cite web |last=Contreras |first=Ro "Wyldeflower" |title=The 30 Best Albums of 2024 |url=https://www.kcrw.com/best-of-2024/best-albums |access-date=December 6, 2024 |website=KCRW |archive-date=December 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205083738/https://www.kcrw.com/best-of-2024/best-albums |url-status=live }} The Line of Best Fit,{{Cite web |last=Loftin |first=Steven |date=December 9, 2024 |title=The Best Albums of the Year |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/articles/2024-best-albums-ranked |access-date=December 9, 2024 |website=The Line of Best Fit |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209215932/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/articles/2024-best-albums-ranked |url-status=live }} Paste, PopMatters,{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Sean |date=December 28, 2024 |title=The 80 Best Albums of 2024 |url=https://www.popmatters.com/best-albums-of-2024/7 |access-date=December 28, 2024 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US |archive-date=December 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226083607/https://www.popmatters.com/best-albums-of-2024/7 |url-status=live }} Rolling Stone,{{Cite magazine |last=Ihaza |first=Jeff |date=December 2, 2024 |title=The 100 Best Albums of 2024 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2024-1235031987/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-1235156660/ |access-date=December 3, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=February 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250228193113/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-2024-1235031987/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-1235156660/ |url-status=live }} Stereogum,{{Cite web |last=Berry |first=Peter A. |date=December 2, 2024 |title=The 50 Best Albums Of 2024 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2288841/best-albums-2024/lists/album-list/ |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Stereogum |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202220257/https://www.stereogum.com/2288841/best-albums-2024/lists/album-list/ |url-status=live }} and Yardbarker.{{Cite web |last=Sawdey |first=Evan |date=December 14, 2024 |title=The 50 best albums of 2024 |url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/the_50_best_albums_of_2024/s1__41402824 |access-date=December 17, 2024 |website=Yardbarker |language=en |archive-date=December 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214225706/https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/the_50_best_albums_of_2024/s1__41402824 |url-status=live }} Chromakopia was also included in the top 50 of publications' lists like Time Out{{Cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=Chiara |date=December 16, 2024 |title=The best albums of 2024 |url=https://www.timeout.com/music/the-best-albums-of-2024 |access-date=November 23, 2024 |website=Time Out |archive-date=November 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123021531/https://www.timeout.com/music/the-best-albums-of-2024 |url-status=live }} and NME,{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Surej |date=December 6, 2024 |title=THE 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2024 |url=https://www.nme.com/lists/end-of-year/best-albums-2024-3818995 |access-date=December 6, 2024 |website=NME |language=en |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209205455/https://www.nme.com/lists/end-of-year/best-albums-2024-3818995 |url-status=live }} as well as in unranked compilations and honorable mentions done by Alternative Press,{{Cite web |last1=Zanes |first1=Anna |last2=Hardman |first2=Neville |date=December 12, 2024 |title=50 best albums of 2024 |url=https://www.altpress.com/best-albums-2024/ |access-date=December 14, 2024 |website=Alternative Press |language=en-US |archive-date=April 3, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403052839/https://www.altpress.com/best-albums-2024/ |url-status=live }} Cosmopolitan,{{Cite web |last=Iwegbue |first=Annabel |date=December 3, 2024 |title=The Best Albums of 2024, According to Cosmo Editors With *Taste* |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/g61075925/best-albums-2024/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=Cosmopolitan |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204033501/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/music/g61075925/best-albums-2024/ |url-status=live }} HuffPost,{{Cite web |last=Finley |first=Taryn |date=December 11, 2024 |title=The Best Albums Of 2024 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/best-albums-of-2024_n_675892b6e4b063b52a9a0dd1 |access-date=December 12, 2024 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=December 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211121713/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/best-albums-of-2024_n_675892b6e4b063b52a9a0dd1 |url-status=live }} Hypebeast,{{cite web |last=Bernstein |first=Elaina |date=December 5, 2024 |title=The 10 Best Music Projects of 2024 |url=https://hypebeast.com/2024/12/the-10-best-albums-of-2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |work=Hypebeast |archive-date=December 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205160720/https://hypebeast.com/2024/12/the-10-best-albums-of-2024 |url-status=live }} NPR,{{Cite web |last=Pearce |first=Sheldon |title=The 50 Best Albums Of 2024 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/12/02/g-s1-34684/best-albums-2024 |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=NPR |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204001714/https://www.npr.org/2024/12/02/g-s1-34684/best-albums-2024 |url-status=live }} Uproxx,{{Cite web |last=Pointer |first=Flisadam |date=December 3, 2024 |title=The Best Albums Of 2024 |url=https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2024-list/ |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=Uproxx |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204180945/https://uproxx.com/music/best-albums-2024-list/ |url-status=live }} and Vulture.{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Craig |date=December 3, 2024 |title=The Best Albums of 2024 |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-albums-2024.html |access-date=December 6, 2024 |website=Vulture |language=en}} On individual critics' lists, the album was ranked fourth by Variety{{'}}s Jem Aswad,{{Cite web |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |last2=Garcia |first2=Thania |last3=Horowitz |first3=Steven J. |last4=Willman |first4=Chris |date=December 13, 2024 |title=The Best Albums of 2024 |url=https://variety.com/lists/best-albums-2024/ |access-date=December 13, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=December 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213215722/https://variety.com/lists/best-albums-2024/ |url-status=live }} and respectively tenth and eighth by Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot, the hosts of Sound Opinions.{{Cite magazine |last1=DeRogatis |first1=Jim |last2=Kot |first2=Greg |date=December 6, 2024 |title=The Best Albums of 2024 |url=https://www.soundopinions.org/show/993 |access-date=December 7, 2024 |magazine=Sound Opinions |language=en |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209025210/https://www.soundopinions.org/show/993 |url-status=live }}
Commercial performance
Despite being released on Monday, Chromakopia debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with 299,000 album-equivalent units sold in its partial week along with 142,000 pure sales.{{Cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=November 3, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator's 'CHROMAKOPIA' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 |url= https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-debuts-no-1-billboard-200-1235818700/|access-date=November 4, 2024|magazine=Billboard}} Chromakopia surpassed Call Me If You Get Lost (169,000 units) as Tyler's biggest first week sales. The album also marked the biggest debut, by units, for a rap album released in 2024 at the time.{{Cite web |last=Horvath|first=Zachary|date=October 28, 2024 |title=Tyler, The Creator's "Chromakopia" Receives Highly Impressive Chart Projections Despite Odd Release Date |url= https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/855201-tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-chart-projections-hip-hop-news|access-date=October 29, 2024|magazine=HotNewHipHop}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Brown |first1=Eric Renner |last2=Denis |first2=Kyle |last3=Lipshutz |first3=Jason |last4=Unterberger |first4=Andrew |last5=Saponara |first5=Michael |date=November 5, 2024 |title=How Did Tyler, the Creator's 'Chromakopia' Score the Best Debut for a 2024 Rap Album With Just a Half-Week Release? |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-number-one-five-burning-questions-1235820799/ |access-date=November 17, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=November 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112231901/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-number-one-five-burning-questions-1235820799/ |url-status=live }} The single "Noid" and the track "St. Chroma" peaked at number 10 and seven on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively, marking his first top 10 hits on that chart.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=November 4, 2024 |title=Shaboozey's 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' Ties Decade's Longest Hot 100 Rule With 16th Week at No. 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/shaboozey-a-bar-song-tipsy-ties-decade-hot-100-number-one-16-weeks/ |access-date=November 4, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
In Chromakopia{{'}}s second week, the album earned 160,000 equivalent album units in the United States, securing a second consecutive week at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=November 10, 2024 |title=Tyler, The Creator's 'CHROMAKOPIA' Nabs Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-second-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235824962/ |access-date=November 10, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=November 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241117014824/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-second-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235824962/ |url-status=live }} On the Hot 100, "Sticky" jumped to a new peak of number 10, having debuted at number 14. The album became Tyler's first to spend multiple consecutive weeks at number one and to secure three songs in the Billboard Hot 100's top 10.{{Cite magazine |last=Anderson |first=Trevor |date=November 12, 2024 |title=Tyler, The Creator Replaces Himself at No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tyler-the-creator-sticky-number-1-rb-hip-hop-songs-chart-1235827174/ |access-date=November 12, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=November 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241116223639/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tyler-the-creator-sticky-number-1-rb-hip-hop-songs-chart-1235827174/ |url-status=live }} It earned 104,000 units on its third week, securing the top spot on the Billboard 200.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=November 17, 2024 |title=Tyler, The Creator's 'CHROMAKOPIA' Spends Third Week Atop Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-third-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235831468/ |access-date=November 19, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=November 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119130822/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-third-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235831468/ |url-status=live }}
The album debuted atop the UK Albums Chart. The single "Noid" and two other songs for the album charted on the UK Singles Chart: "Noid" (16), "St. Chroma" (15), and "Darling, I" (24).{{Cite web|last=Loftus|first=Alex|date=November 1, 2024|title=Tyler, The Creator lands first UK number one album|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxv7g4qglpo|access-date=November 2, 2024|website=BBC News}}{{Cite magazine|last=Smith|first=Thomas|date=November 1, 2024|title=Tyler, the Creator Lands His First U.K. No. 1 Album With Chromakopia|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-number-1-uk-albums-chart-1235817646/|access-date=November 2, 2024|magazine=Billboard}} UK chart rules prevent artists from having more than three songs in the top 40 at once; without these rules, Chromakopia would have generated further new entries in the countdown.{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Carl|date=November 1, 2024|title=Tyler, The Creator secures first-ever Number 1 album with Chromakopia|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-number-1-album/|access-date=November 2, 2024|website=Official Charts Company|archive-date=November 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123040359/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-number-1-album/|url-status=live}} The album also debuted atop the Australian ARIA Charts, the Dutch Album Top 100, the Irish Albums Chart, the New Zealand RMNZ chart, the Portuguese Albums Chart, and the Scottish Albums Chart.
Track listing
All tracks are written, produced, and arranged by Tyler Okonma, with additional writers noted. "Balloon" was additionally produced by Jayda Love.{{Cite magazine|last=Cowen|first=Trace William|date=October 28, 2024|title=Tyler, the Creator's Chromakopia Album: Features and Credits|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/tracewilliamcowen/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-credits|access-date=October 28, 2024|magazine=Complex|language=en-US|archive-date=November 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108230503/https://www.complex.com/music/a/tracewilliamcowen/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-credits|url-status=live}}
{{Track listing
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| total_length = 52:54
| title1 = St. Chroma
| note1 = featuring Daniel Caesar
| writer1 = {{hlist|Ashton Simmonds}}
| length1 = 3:17
| title2 = Rah Tah Tah
| length2 = 2:45
| title3 = Noid
| writer3 = {{hlist|Paul Nyirongo{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length3 = 4:44
| title4 = Darling, I
| note4 = featuring Teezo Touchdown
| writer4 = {{hlist|Kamaal Fareed{{ref|b|[b]}}|Barry White{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length4 = 4:13
| title5 = Hey Jane
| length5 = 4:00
| title6 = I Killed You
| length6 = 2:48
| title7 = Judge Judy
| length7 = 4:29
| title8 = Sticky
| note8 = featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne
| writer8 = {{hlist|Gloria Woods|Dwayne Carter, Jr.|Janae Wherry|Deanna Brown{{ref|c|[c]}}|Deidre Brown{{ref|c|[c]}}|Yamma Brown{{ref|c|[c]}}|David Brown{{ref|c|[c]}}|Timothy Clayton{{ref|c|[c]}}|Jamal Jones{{ref|c|[c]}}|Zachary Wallace{{ref|c|[c]}}|Elvis Williams{{ref|c|[c]}}|Rex Zamor|Timothy Mosley|Aaron Bolton|Dudley Duverne}}
| length8 = 4:15
| title9 = Take Your Mask Off
| note9 = featuring Daniel Caesar and LaToiya Williams
| writer9 = {{hlist|Kathryn Thomas|Gregory Cook}}
| length9 = 4:13
| title10 = Tomorrow
| writer10 = Simmonds
| length10 = 3:02
| title11 = Thought I Was Dead
| note11 = featuring Schoolboy Q and Santigold
| length11 = 3:27
| title12 = Like Him
| note12 = featuring Lola Young
| length12 = 4:38
| title13 = Balloon
| note13 = featuring Doechii
| writer13 = {{hlist|Jaylah Hickmon|Luther Campbell{{ref|d|[d]}}|Harry Wayne Casey{{ref|d|[d]}}|Richard Finch{{ref|d|[d]}}|James Brown|Robert Ginyard}}
| length13 = 2:34
| title14 = I Hope You Find Your Way Home
| length14 = 4:29
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = CD and vinyl test pressing
| total_length = 54:24
| title1 = St. Chroma
| note1 = featuring Daniel Caesar
| writer1 = Simmonds
| length1 = 3:06
| title8 = Sticky
| note8 = featuring Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne
| writer8 = {{hlist|Carter|Wherry|Deanna Brown{{ref|c|[c]}}|Deidre Brown{{ref|c|[c]}}|Y. Brown{{ref|c|[c]}}|David Brown{{ref|c|[c]}}|Clayton{{ref|c|[c]}}|Jones{{ref|c|[c]}}|Wallace{{ref|c|[c]}}|Williams{{ref|c|[c]}}|Zamor|Mosley|Bolton|Duverne}}
| length8 = 4:28
| title11 = Mother
| note11 =
| length11 = 4:01
| title12 = Thought I Was Dead
| note12 = featuring Playboi Carti and Santigold
| length12 = 3:27
| title13 = Like Him
| note13 = featuring Lola Young
| length13 = 4:34
}}
= Samples and composition notes =
- {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} "Noid" contains excerpts from "Nizakupanga Ngozi" (1977), written by Paul Nyirongo, performed by Ngozi Family.{{Cite web |last=Peter |first=Dennis Ade |date=October 21, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator Samples Iconic Zamrock Band Ngozi Family on New Single, "Noid" |url=https://www.okayafrica.com/tyler-the-creator-zamrock-sample-noid/ |access-date=October 22, 2024 |website=OkayAfrica |language=en}}
- {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} "Darling, I" contains a sample from "Vivrant Thing" (1999), written by Kamaal Fareed and Barry White, performed by Q-Tip.{{Cite web |last=Coleman II |first=C. Vernon |date=October 28, 2024 |title=9 Surprises on Tyler, The Creator's Chromakopia Album |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-album-surprises/ |access-date=November 6, 2024 |website=XXL |language=en}}
- {{sup|{{note|c|[c]}}}} "Sticky" contains a sample from "Get Up Offa That Thing" (1976), written by Deanna Brown, Deidre Brown, and Yamma Brown, performed by James Brown; and a sample from "Get Buck" (2007), written by David Brown, Timothy Clayton, Jamal Jones, Zachary Wallace, and Elvis Williams, performed by Young Buck.
- {{sup|{{note|d|[d]}}}} "Balloon" contains excerpts from "I Wanna Rock" (1992), written by Luther Campbell, Harry Wayne Casey, and Richard Finch, performed by Luke and Rob Base.{{Cite magazine |last=Cummings-Grady |first=Mackenzie |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Tyler, the Creator's 'Chromakopia' Album: All 14 Tracks Ranked |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-tracks-ranked/balloon/ |access-date=November 6, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=November 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120043329/https://www.billboard.com/lists/tyler-the-creator-chromakopia-tracks-ranked/balloon/ |url-status=live }}
Personnel
=Musicians=
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- Tyler Okonma – lead vocals, production, arrangement, executive production (all tracks)
- Daniel Caesar – featured vocals (tracks 1, 9), background vocals (tracks 6, 10), bass (track 10)
- Teezo Touchdown – featured vocals (track 4)
- GloRilla – featured vocals (track 8)
- Lil Wayne – featured vocals (track 8)
- Sexyy Red – featured vocals (track 8)
- LaToiya Williams – featured vocals (track 9)
- Schoolboy Q – featured vocals (track 11)
- Santigold – featured vocals (track 11), additional vocals (track 6)
- Playboi Carti – featured vocals (track 11){{Efn|Playboi Carti only appears on the physical edition of the album.{{Cite web |last=Horvath |first=Zachary |date=October 28, 2024 |title=Playboi Carti Has A Feature On Tyler, The Creator's Chromakopia, But There's A Twist |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/855188-tyler-the-creator-playboi-carti-feature-chromakopia-hip-hop-news |access-date=October 29, 2024 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241116233928/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/855188-tyler-the-creator-playboi-carti-feature-chromakopia-hip-hop-news |url-status=live }}}}
- Lola Young – featured vocals (track 12)
- Doechii – featured vocals (track 13)
- Bonita Smith – additional vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4–5, 9–15)
- Willow – additional vocals (track 3)
- Jazmine Freeman – additional vocals (track 8)
- Laila S. Freeman – additional vocals (track 8)
- Childish Gambino – background vocals (tracks 6, 7)
- Rex Orange County – background vocals (track 7)
- Justin Levy – background vocals (track 12)
- Robert Stevenson – background vocals (track 12)
- Pedro Martins – guitar (tracks 1, 3–6, 10)
- Thundercat – bass (tracks 3, 6, 7, 9, 12, 11b)
- Steve Lacy – guitar (track 7)
- Inflo – drums (track 3), additional vocals (track 3)
- Solange – background vocals (tracks 8, 14)
- Kevin Kendrick – piano (tracks 3, 7, 9, 14)
- Biako – guitar (track 10)
- Johnny May – strings (track 10), keyboard (track 13)
- Klynik – keyboard (track 13)
- Vic Wainstein – keyboard (track 13)
- Christopher Burns – horn (tracks 8, 11)
- Jason P. Freeman – horn (tracks 8, 11)
- Jerry E. Freeman Jr. – horn (tracks 8, 11)
- Kebbi Williams – horn (tracks 8, 11)
- Brandon Lee Brown – whistles (track 8)
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=Technical=
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- Vic Wainstein – engineering (all tracks)
- Tyler Okonma – recording engineering (all tracks)
- Neal H Pogue – mixing (all tracks)
- Mike Bozzi – mastering (all tracks)
- Andrew Keller – additional engineering (track 4)
- Childish Gambino – additional engineering (tracks 6, 7)
- Aaron Bolton – additional engineering (track 8)
- Adam Clark – additional engineering (track 8)
- Chris Carmouche – additional engineering (track 8)
- Manny Galvez – additional engineering (track 8)
- Mikaelin BlueSpruce – additional engineering (track 8)
- Salvador Majail – additional engineering (track 8)
- Romil Hemnani – additional engineering (track 11)
- Jayda Love – additional engineering (track 13)
- WavyBoyJodii – additional engineering (track 14)
- Zachary Acosta – engineering assistance (all tracks)
- Collin Clark – engineering assistance (track 4)
- Danforth Webster – engineering assistance (track 4)
- Garrett Duncan – engineering assistance (track 4)
- Jonathan Lopez Garcia – engineering assistance (track 4)
- Patrick Gardner – engineering assistance (track 4)
- Terena Dawn – engineering assistance (track 4)
- Jordan Schneider – engineering assistance (track 14)
- Nicole Llorens – engineering assistance (track 14)
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Weekly chart performance for Chromakopia ! scope="col"| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Tyler, the Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 1, 2024|refname="ARIA"}} |
| scope="row"| Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/hip-hop-r-and-b-albums-chart/2024-11-04|title=ARIA Top 40 Hip Hop/R&B Albums Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=November 4, 2024|access-date=November 1, 2024}}
| 1 |
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| {{album chart|Austria|3|artist=Tyler, The Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 6, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|2|artist=Tyler, The Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 10, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|4|artist=Tyler, The Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 10, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Tyler the Creator|rowheader=true|access-date=November 5, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Czech|3|date=202444|rowheader=true|access-date=November 4, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Denmark|4|artist=Tyler, The Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 6, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Tyler, The Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 2, 2024|refname="Album Top 100"}} |
| {{album chart|Finland|10|artist=Tyler, The Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 2, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|France|19|artist=Tyler, The Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 4, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|4|id=543661|artist=Tyler, The Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Hungary|7|year=2024|week=44|rowheader=true|access-date=November 6, 2024}} |
| scope="row"| Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn){{cite web | url = https://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/ | title = Tónlistinn – Plötur – Vika 44 – 2024 | publisher = Plötutíðindi | language = is|trans-title=The Music – Albums – Week 44 – 2024|access-date=November 3, 2024|archive-date=November 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104055728/https://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|url-status=live}}
| 3 |
| {{album chart|Ireland3|1|date=20241101|rowheader=true|access-date=November 1, 2024|refname="OCC"}} |
| {{album chart|Italy|10|artist=Tyler, the Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 4, 2024}} |
| scope="row"| Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon){{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/dia/w/2024-11-11/p/5/|title=Oricon Top 50 Digital Albums: November 11, 2024|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=November 6, 2024}}
| 42 |
| scope="row"| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA){{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s44-3/|title=2024 44-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=AGATA|language=lt|date=November 4, 2024|access-date=November 6, 2024|archive-date=November 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111153133/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s44-3/|url-status=live}}
| 2 |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Tyler, the Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 1, 2024|refname="RMNZ"}} |
| scope="row"| Nigerian Albums (TurnTable){{cite magazine|url=https://www.turntablecharts.com/charts/2|title=Official Top 100 Albums: October 25th, 2024 - October 31st, 2024|magazine=TurnTable|access-date=November 9, 2024|archive-date=November 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109083027/https://www.turntablecharts.com/charts/2|url-status=dead}}
| 60 |
| {{album chart|Norway|2|artist=Tyler, The Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 2, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Poland2|4|date=25.10.2024–31.10.2024|rowheader=true|access-date=November 7, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Portugal|1|artist=Tyler, The Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=January 31, 2025|refname="AFP"}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20241101|rowheader=true|access-date=November 2, 2024|refname="SAC"}} |
| scope="row"| Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI){{cite web|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/36?weekId=2931|title=Top 100 Slovak Albums|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|access-date=November 4, 2024}}
| 2 |
| {{album chart|Spain|7|artist=Tyler, the Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 6, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|3|artist=Tyler, the Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 2, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Tyler, The Creator|album=Chromakopia|rowheader=true|access-date=November 3, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|1|date=20241101|rowheader=true|access-date=November 1, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|UKR&B|1|date=20241101|rowheader=true|access-date=November 2, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Tyler the Creator|rowheader=true|access-date=November 3, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|1|artist=Tyler the Creator|rowheader=true|access-date=November 5, 2024}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Chromakopia}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Tyler, the Creator|title=Chromakopia|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2024|certyear=2025|access-date=May 31, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Tyler, the Creator|title=Chromakopia|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2024|certyear=2025|access-date=January 7, 2025|source=radioscope}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Tyler The Creator|title=Chromakopia|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2024|certyear=2025|id=20577-4783-2|access-date=March 28, 2025}}
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Notes
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References
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