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Tyler, the Creator on Backlash to ‘Cherry Bomb’: One of ‘the Greatest Things’ That Happened to Him

Tyler, the Creator says the 'Cherry Bomb' album backlash was a 'great' moment that forced him to rethink his craft.

Beyond the laughs, Tyler got serious about several pivotal moments in his career, including what he perceived as backlash to his 2015 Cherry Bomb album. Two years after Cherry Bomb, Tyler released Flower Boy, a soulful project heavily regarded as a demarcation point of his career. Elsewhere, Tyler talked about the importance of artists shifting their sound over time, pushing his career despite having minimal resources, and his music-making ethos: “Create like a child and edit like a scientist.”

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