A voice at the beginning of Don’t Tap That Glass declares “None of that deep shit!” in reference to the music to come on the record — and that’s the vibe Tyler, the Creator wanted on the album. In a new interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music on Thursday, the rapper shared why it was important to keep things “fun” on the record.

“It was being silly, just fun again. Because Chromakopia was so like, for me… I’m not saying it’s the most mature, deep shit. Everyone has different lives,” Tyler told Lowe. “But for me, whether it’s me talking about my relationship with my hair and how that’s affected me, or me almost being a father last year, or the relationship that I have with my father now, just so many things that I decided to dive deep into.”

He added of his LP, Chromakopia

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