text: VERY MUCH A WORK IN PROGRESS!!!
  Tyler, The Creator. Is he extremely ridiculous? Yes. Is he extremely talented? Definitely. We are about to embark on an adventure through the making of the album: Cherry Bomb. Take a seat, and relax
  Yo, what up, its Tyler, and Im about to show yall what really went down when I was recording the album: Cherry Bomb! The album!
  I had a show New Years 2015, and I havent came out with music in a while
  Damn, finally, you gonna drop a new album
  That show fuckin sucked dick! That show was trash. What none of these kids knew was that I was halfway done with a brand new album
  Tyler recording verse from DEATHCAMP
  DEATH CAMP
  Im recording songs, directing these videos, doing these photoshoots, the release date is comin
  We look like Puffy and Mase on our jiggy shit, you feel me?
  And right before it releases, this bullshit happens
  Tyler here, and Im makin this video, just to prove the fact that I dont wanna get sued for sampling on my song DEATHCAMP that appeared on Cherry Bomb
  Now, I rarely sample. I usually play the instruments or get someone to play it if I cant. And the one time I sample for this album, it gets rejected, right before I have to turn the album in. I got Coachella, I got a tour comin up, I dont really have time. But, fuck it, I gotta figure it out
  Cole Alexander adding his vocals to DEATHCAMP
  Tyler recording clapping
  Cole Alexander playing a guitar riff
  Tyler playing and recording the tambourine
  Tyler recording his verse on DEATHCAMP
  Live performance of DEATHCAMP at Camp Flog Gnaw
  BUFFALO
  Theres obviously an incredible intelligence and shit that I have no opinion on, but hes the dude to make that statement if he backs it up with intelligent thought. The problem is, America doesnt have the intelligent conversation that, they read a headline, but thats actually the problem. So half of me goes, fuck, this aint my thing, but if this dudes gonna push a button that causes important dialogue, then fuckin A dude, you know what I mean, cause Im not proud of our whole shit, its like, you know what I mean?
  I usually just make shit cause it look cool, but peoples brains misinterpret it whatever way they want it to, man...
  Offstage filming of BUFFALO
  I should be that white face character I was in Tamale, because its like no deeper underlying shit
  Youre just making art and then its interpreted after. 
  At a live performance
  I performed this shit in my bedroom, so this shits personal when Im just in my room dancin alone. Play that shit, Travis?
  Me and my friends hang out at my house a lot, whether were skateboarding or swimming or playin a game or someone cooking some food that is really really trash
  Im just really hungry, this shit is garbage
  Live performance of PILOT
  I recorded Cherry Bomb in random houses because I like the windows and looking outside and stuff, and I think why the album has such a bright tone to it
  Yo, 
  You got cum in your ear. Laughs
  Alright, back to my house, cause thats my, thats my comfort zone
  PILOT
  Tyler records his verse on PILOT in his room
  Im about to put this banana in my fuckin ass! That shit is amazing! Wow! And Im only on thirty-three percent, that charger is fufu. Ive been gone for three hours. Damn, that shit sounds amazing. Alright, can I hear it from the top?
  Kali Uchis recording an unreleased verse
  TYLER AND ROCKY TOUR TEXAS
  Listen, yesterday, me and young Corey played a game of NBA 2k—
  What? You gonna come clean, what, cause I whooped your ass?
  You wasnt even playing, nigga! Get the fuck out of here, nigga! You wasnt even there, nigga! Ayy bro, Imma come clean, you got me—
  Jay in first, Im in third! Where the fuck you at?!
  Yo blue! What place did you come in? Everybody know when you play Mario go-karts, you dont play one race
  Coming on this tour, I didnt know what to expect
  Its crazy, it kinda, I think it kinda makes me not judge as much
  See, this is really us together, like, we chose to do this, this not no higher powers, like, I know what this nigga does, no-one, comin around, giving this nigga ideas, he gets with his niggas and he really do what I do, and be like yo, we need to, ah man, I need to, we need to do this, do this, do that, thats real creative shit
  And, when youre really not afraid to be yourself, youre comfortable, its like a web or a umbrella. When youre not afraid to be you, youre comfortable, when youre comfortable with yourself, you dont have that much hate in your heart, youre not that quick to judge, and when youre not that quick to judge, youre open to more things, and when youre open to more things, youre not ignorant, and when youre not ignorant, racism doesnt exist
  Mocking Rocky Yo, what up, Im ASAP Rocky, you gettin jiggy here with my mans, uh, I love bad bitches, thats my fuckin problem
  This nigga Tyler though, almost killed me and Nico, on Washington Boulevard, the day before the carnival last year, just because this nigga was listening to some fuckass, turnt up Death Grips shit, bro
  Yeah, I wrote RUN at like, nine in the morning. I wake up really early all the time, and I had logged in on Twitter just to, and I saw someone tweet bout to roll up... Dude, thats all you do? And thats how that first line came, cause I thought to myself, all yall niggas smokin yall brains out. That song is really about a lot of the gang violence circle:
  All yall niggas smoking yall brains out
  In the car called life take the lame route
  Going nowhere fast but you think that you not
  Cause you never hesitate to take the thang out
  In the drop top, pop the trunk then pop pop
  At his drop top, took another lame out
  Oh you the big nigga? Took a hit nigga?
  Well I hope you understand you aint shit nigga
  Cause them niggas whole purpose is to get niggas
  And make sure that your mama cry the pain out
  Now that gang is out to get you
  But you stuck in the same house
  Nigga never came out, wow
  Its a shame how you got sucked in that life
  But hey man at least you got a name now
  They say you a real nigga cause you kill niggas
  Nuts for that ice and that cream banana peel niggas
  Banana clips spill, niggas wanna bang out
  For they approval boy, you cant even hang out
  That light you hit, it was the light I held
  Thats why you never ever see me with my chains out
  I dont need to, truth they dont feed you
  Lies what they got on their plate, they gon eat you
  They got a homie called Karma he gon meet you
  Better look the other way if he ever see you
  And run as fast as you can, nigga
  Plus, thats in my top three songs to perform
  Live performance of RUN in Paris, France 
  You gotta uh, you gotta follow direction. Watch my hand, okay? No nigga, dont put your hands up, just watch my hand. Ill do this, and then Ill do this. Lets try this
  
  Proceeds to perform RUN live
  CALABASAS, CALIFORNIA 8PM MONDAY NIGHT
  Got big arms
  Whats up with you? Laughs You good? Aight?
  Yo, chill bro!
  MORE LIVE STUFF
  So Chaz, from Toro, one of my favorite artists ever, there was this melody that I had in my head forever, just in my head, Im runnin, Im runnin, Im runnin, Im runnin, Im runnin, Im runnin, like some weird opera stuff, but I didnt want it to be too extrad out. I easily coulda hired a lady who sings opera or got one of the female singers who hits runs and coulda, Im runnin Im runnin, just to emulate a string, but, I know Toro would do it perfect, and he does high pitch, like, he can do high, he can do low, he has such a middle thats really good too, so I just stacked all of em and... It came out perfect
  Toro y Moi plays the chords to FUCKING YOUNG on his guitar
  Those chords are gorgeous. I cant do without em. The day that I met Tony-
  Yo, yo yo yo yo! Back to RUN!
  I set up, like, all my recording stuff and my instruments in my living room downstairs
  You did it in your regular voice?
  Runnin, Im runnin, Im runnin-
  Look, it doesnt even have to be high-pitched cause, cause this is, remember the original, the originals, like, fast as fuck and pitched high. So, but I just couldnt record it at that speed, but that shit is- plays instrumental I couldnt record it that fast. And, its going to be higher pitched, but right now, its- plays instrumental
  Runnin, Im runnin, Im runnin, Im runnin, Im runnin, Im runnin, Im runnin
  Follow the keyboard
  Runni- might have to overdub it
  What you mean?
  Its such a weird jump. Its like, jumpin octaves, its kinda weird
  re-records his line on RUN
  Uh, that last note right here, try to hold that
  Hold it. Okay
  Man, black people are gonna hate this song
  I dont see yall niggas bein challenged to jump over a fucking car, jump over a trash can with both feet! Where your knees at, nigga? Where your knees at? Oh, okay!
  He clipped that shit!
  Trash! Ay, go up, go up! Trunk now! Go up, trunk!
  What, hes not gonna do it, did I not do it? Did I do it? I Already did it. I have nothing else to prove
  The trunk! Its taller! Do the trunk, its taller! Do the trunk, its taller! See, look at him. Theres always an excuse
  What the fuck!
  When I made, so, 2SEATER was made at the end of 2013, in my room, in like, twenty minutes, out of boredom again. I had just got my house, I was in my room, no furniture, no nothin. And, this is cool, like, one minute and thirty second song, but Im like, I wanna take it somewhere. I literally had wrote that string section, played it, and was like, okay, add all these instruments, Imma get real players to play this, and then, hearing it come to life was so sick!
  HOLLYWOOD HILLS 5PM 2015
  So, thats like the main part. Imma use it throughout the song, but thats like the important part. Um cause eight bars, for the first four bars, you could get, like, riff it, get crazy, but like, when I start saying two seater and shit, like that part, you could get like soulful, repetitive, just so it doesnt get, uh, it doesnt get lost in jumble with my vocals
  Aaron Shaw begins playing the sax
  That sounds amazing. Just do like, another pass where you just fuckin let it all out, just do what this tells you
  Aaron Shaw begins playing the sax
  Alright, alright, alright, you get it, you get it. So its 8 PM, Im about to record at Hans Zimmer studio, Im a little nervous cause this is my first time with a actual string section, but, I know its gonna be tight as fuck. Trust me, a lot of thought was put into this
  Doubling things, and tripling-
  These pads, they-
  So that should actually be A -
  Well, if were doubling lots of-
  But Imma just pan this one-
  Coming in with a swell is nice-
  It might be easier to have-
  Yeah, or, no, it should be, it should be on three. Dun dun dun dun dun-
  But dog, when you get that finished product? Its all worth it
  ____ begin playing strings
  Im like, what is that? I think I could go higher!
  Oh, shit! Whyd you do that?!
  Im starting over. Im starting over! That was so 
  SAME NIGHT 30 MINS LATER WANDERING THE STUDIO
  Hey! How are you!
  Im fine man, how are you?
  This is Hans Zimmer. If youre not familiar with his work, he scored a bunch of movies like Spiderman and Despicable Me, and... Oh yeah, Inception, and a bunch of other crazy shit, cause hes really talented and the list just goes on and on and on. And I got to see his secret little stuff in his secret little room
  Like, you cant make the same sound
  No, exactly, and thats what I love, is its totally unpredictable
  Is this the one where you just plug in shit?
  Yes
  Oh my god
  And theres a whole back wall. I got all this stuff 
  But more importantly, I got the nod of approval. So sick!
  High five! High five! Then you aint shit, hoe
  Okay, okay, Im fully not feeling this
  Black diamonds, yellow canary diamonds, white diamonds...
  BROWN STAINS
  Tyler records his verse on Brown Stains
  I think ScHoolboy Q is a actual shermhead, and no-one can tell me any different. Hes my fucking favorite ever, I love him so much. Hes a shermhead
  I produced a song off his first album, I mean, weve been homies ever since, hes one of the only few rappers I fuck with, and I had made this beat, it sounded like, schizophrenic shermhead, whatever you wanna call it, automatically thought that the tone of voice ScHoolboy Q has would just sound ridiculous over it. I hit him up, he came at night, knocked his shit out in an hour. Bam
  Nigga that really makes me sad
  TYLER AND SCHOOLBOY Q RECORDING SESSION HOLLYWOOD CA 2015
  ScHoolboy Q records his verse on Brown Stains
  We gotta do it again. Let me 
  What are you doin?
  Just goin in, man, you know, gon body some shit cuz
  What kinda draws are you wearing?
  Um...
  Dude, thats weird
  Some Calvin Kleins-
  Dont answer! No! No!
  Live performance of Brown Stains
  What the fuck
  This is $80,000, nigga. Fashion, youth, dab, lit, gas emoji, bitch
  Why you hiding, Tyler? Where you goin?
  Oh beans its lit!
  What else you get?
  What else?
  Me and Q both got white Mclarens, but he got it after I dusted him in his weak ass Porsche of course
  It was dope as fuck. Shout out to Tyler, we got the same car, its tight
  When Im not making a song I can drive fast to or wild out on stage, Im tryna figure out the right chords and melodies
  SINGERS
  Tiffany Palmer, Onitsha Shaw and Samantha Nelson record their part for Find Your Wings
  I feel like rap has a timestamp on it. You could listen to My Cheri Amor by Stevie Wonder any time frame, ever. A five-year-old could listen to it. A eighty-year-old could listen to it. Its less boundaries with singing songs
  Keeping ALL the fuckups too
  My boy Austin, whos in a band called Slow Hollows, is really sick with guitar. Hes playing on three songs on the album, and the things that Ive learned from him, just over the years made me more comfortable, with who I am, and the things that I like, and just learning more stuff, and what keeps things fresh is just, new energy, and, not getting complacent and stuck. Working with these three girls was just amazing, they knew exactly what I wanted, and then in unison, they just sounded together, and they were open, and they- they made me feel comfortable
  KALI & TYLER RECORDING SESSION HOLLYWOOD TUESDAY 11 PM
  Oh, my names Kali Uchis, usually he already has something ready and hell already have an idea, most of the time he writes everything, or hell have a melody idea. Obviously he produces everything, so he really hones in on making sure everything is exactly how he wants it to be. Cause, when I met him, I had just started singing, I feel like I was still really learning about my voice. He definitely made me a lot more comfortable and experiment more with my range. I think what I admire most about Tyler, how dedicated he is, how much he really wants to make something meaningful thats gonna be lasting, rather than make something that, you know, will get to radio, or, will be, something that people listen to right now, and then maybe goes away later, I dont think hes ever really cared about trends, or, um, he just kind of follows what he wants to do, and, um, he works really hard
  Unreleased song plays 
  Clem records her part for OKAGA, CA
  OKAGA, CA is my favorite song on that album, and probably, to me personally, in my top five songs in my discography
  I remember hearing Clem a long time ago, and her voice stood out to me so much. It was so high pitched, and like, it almost had this kid-like vibe to it, to where it was just fun, and she was just like- it had no worries in it
  Pretend, youre Tido and Jermaine?, to youre Michael Jackson leads, so you youre own backup singers
  You know, she comes from this rock background, so to have her singing in a soul cadence, was really interesting to me. Its not many people who know how to hit those registers and riffs that I love. Me and Frank talk about it all the time, its few people like Kim Burrell is one that we always bring up, Jasmine Sullivan, um, Alice Smith, I which- uh, shes on the OKAGA, CA song on the album, too
  ALICE SINGS
  Im Syd, Ive known Tyler since I think 2008, so that would be 8 years. The biggest thing that Ive learned from working with Tyler is to trust your ideas. I dont agree with all of his ideas, but when somebody, like, trusts themselves that much, makes you question yourself if you dont like it, and thats what I really got from him
  SYD SINGS
  But working with Charlie Wilson, that was a whole nother story
  FUCKING YOUNG
  I dont think Ive ever been this stressed making a song. Charlie Wilson took what I had in my head and made it come to fruition so perfectly, that I started stressing out on the fact that I could never do anything that good
  CHARLIE RECORDS
  What the fuck, I hate this. Laughs I fully, I fully cant take this
  Hes a legend, and him taking cues from we was so weird
  CHARLIE SINGS HIS PART FOR FUCKING YOUNG
  FUCKING YOUNG VIDEO SHOOT
  Im so sorry! Im so sorry
  This is happening! Oh, my god
  It was a two week span where everything I had planned for this album just started to come together. It was beautiful
  SMUCKERS
  KANYE RECORDING VERSE
  KANYE WEST RECORDING SESSION HIDDEN HILLS 9PM
  I gotta figure that shit out!
  I see you tryna figure it out!
  Hey, 
  Ten years down the line, niggas gonna be like, SMUCKERS is legendary. That ones for the books, for sure. Yeah, finally just working with those two dudes was just crazy! I remember playing it for Travis and Lionel, and we was like oh, shit, like, I really got these two niggas on a song
  Fuckin fire!
  And I knew specifically, I wanted Waynes tone of voice on there
  I kinda- He texted me, just like, Man, I got this joint. Hes like a, perfectionist, so hes one of those guys that you know, you, he want, he know exactly what he want from you. Might fuck around and write your verse for you
  So, I told him I wanted him over, and he was like, alright, cool. I sent him my parts with his parts out, and then he just laid his shit down, and it was great by then. Went to Ye house, played it for him, he was like, cool. Wayne sent me his shit the day after I played it, I went back the day after Wayne sent it and played it for Ye again, and he heard me and Wayne verse, and he was like shakes his head ripped his paper out of his notebook, balled it up, and started a new, and it was ideas on there, and he was like, Yall niggas really bout to make me rap and go in, like, I aint had niggas makin me want to do that in so long
  First of all, Tyler changed the game. Maybe I probably had online, and I knew- I wouldnt say because people might think it was too gross to put in a rap, or it didnt go with the whole vibe