MusicNew Music FridayNew Music Friday: 7 albums to stream this weekTyler, The Creator shares a new alter-ego, Sault release an album that disappears after 99 days, and Doja Cat continues on her world-dominating missionShareLink copied ✔️June 25, 2021MusicNew Music FridayTextFelicity J Martin In 2008, a 17-year-old Tyler, The Creator sent out an email to promote The Odd Future Tape. “i know your like, what the fuck is this” it opens, typed in a lacklustre grey font. ”please give it a shot. i’m tyler, by the way.” Nowadays, Tyler’s release rollouts are more elaborate than a MySpace link, with the lead-up to Call Me If You Get Lost finding him erecting billboards around LA with a phone number to ring. The suitcase he took to the 2020 Grammys even had the record’s name inscribed on the fabric. His sixth studio album finds Tyler doing something completely different to previous LPs Flower Boy and Igor, but also bringing some of the best of past and present Tyler to the forefront. Leaving behind the platinum blonde wig that went along with his Igor persona, the artwork for the LP finds Tyler personifying a new alter-ego, Tyler Baudelaire. In between hard beat drops and guest appearances from Lil Wayne, Lil Uzi, and Brent Faiyaz, “Manifesto” tackles online performative wokeness, while “Wilshire” is a mammoth, intricately-detailed track about having feelings for someone else’s girlfriend. Elsewhere, there’s a Sault album that’s – unfortunately – only going to exist for 99 days before disappearing, summer heat from KG featuring afrobeats and gqom, and a tape of cutting-edge electronics and R&B from George Riley. BEABADOOBEE – OUR EXTENDED PLAY DOJA CAT – PLANET HER GEORGE RILEY – INTEREST RATES, A TAPE HIATUS KAIYOTE – MOOD VALIANT KG – SENSEI II SAULT – NINE TYLER, THE CREATOR – CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREBloodz Boi: The humble godfather of Chinese underground rapA rare interview with POiSON GiRL FRiEND, dream pop’s future seerNigeria’s Blaqbonez is rapping to ‘beat his high score’Inside Erika de Casier’s shimmering R&B universe ‘Rap saved my life’: A hazy conversation with MIKE and Earl Sweatshirt7 essential albums by the SoulquariansIs AI really the future of music?The KPop Demon Hunters directors on fan theories and a potential sequelplaybody: The club night bringing connection back to the dancefloorAn interview with IC3PEAK, the band Putin couldn’t silenceFrost Children answer the dA-Zed quizThe 5 best features from PinkPantheress’ new remix album