Out of all the tracks on Tyler, The Creator’s new album, IGOR, “EARFQUAKE” has proven to be the most popular on Genius thus far, amassing over 150,000 pageviews. Today, Tyler dropped the song’s music video. Although there’s no cameo appearances from Playboi Carti or Charlie Wilson, the video does feature a guest appearance by Traee Ellis Ross.
The actress plays a talk show host, who has Tyler on her show perform “EARFQUAKE.” Although she directs him not to smoke, he does so anyway, setting fire to the set and causing widespread chaos.
“EARFQUAKE” finds Tyler rapping about feeling lovestruck:
I don’t want no competition, no
You don’t want my conversation
I just need some confirmation on how you feel
You don’t want no complication, no
I don’t want no side ‘formation
I don’t even know about that cause I’m for real
The song originally leaked online a week before the release of IGOR, creating intense fan anticipation for the finalized track. He previously predicted that it would be the album’s standout song:
Watch the video above and read all the lyrics to Tyler, the Creator’s “EARFQUAKE” on Genius now.
Correction: a previous version of this article listed Dev Hynes as a featured artist.
