![]() ![]() ![]() This, of course, is no surprise at all considering the many parallels between IGOR and Yeezus, The Life Of Pablo, and parts of Graduation.ĭo we need to talk about yet another similarity between Yeezus and IGOR? Of course we do! “A BOY IS A GUN,” arguably the centerpiece of IGOR, samples Ponderosa Twins Plus One’s 1971 single “Bound,” which West sampled on Yeezus’s closer “Bound 2.” In fact, Tyler and Hudson Mohawke produced the unreleased demo “Bound 1,” which Kanye used as the basis for “Bound 2.” Here, Tyler steals back his “Bound” sample and uses it to great effect in a different way than does “Bound 2”. Either way, it’s a lyric that can seem embarrassing on the surface but has meaning when diving deeper, something that is also present on Kanye’s best albums (“I’m In It” on Yeezus comes to mind in the embarrassing but meaningful sense). It also could mean that IGOR is scrambling to find reasons to convince his boyfriend to stay, but subtly reveals his personal flaws when he can’t find a better reason than “my eyes are green, I eat my veggies. The beat and vocal delivery on “NEW MAGIC WAND” indicate a high level of stress, and the IGOR character Tyler portrays may not be thinking clearly at that moment. However, when you look at it in the context of the rest of the song and album, it makes perfect sense. The gist is that it’s a significant turning point in the LP’s narrative, and provides a cinematic level of detail not often found in this musical genre.Īs previously mentioned, “NEW MAGIC WAND” also has the album’s strangest lyric: “My eyes are green, I eat my veggies.” To a first-time listener not paying the narrative any attention, it may seem like a cringe-inducing, half-baked line that tried to have meaning but fell flat on its face. I could spend far more time dissecting all of the details in “NEW MAGIC WAND,” but it’s unnecessary. We then find out that the boyfriend is spending almost as much time with his ex-girlfriend as he is with IGOR/Tyler: “This 60-40 isn’t working/I need 100 of your time/You’re mine.” Possibly referring to his bisexuality, Tyler’s pitched-up, distorted voice sings “Now pick a side and if you don’t/I’ll pick you both/It’s not a joke” towards the song’s middle section. “I need to get her out the picture/She’s really fucking up my frame,” Tyler sings, more explicitly confirming that the relationship in the story told on IGOR is facing a crisis. Here, the conflict between the narrator and his boyfriend is amplified. Comedian Jerrod Carmichael opens it with the phrase “sometimes you gotta close the door to open a window” after which the listener is immediately assaulted by an aggressive bassline and a lo-fi drum machine. “NEW MAGIC WAND” is by far the most lyrically and instrumentally dense track on IGOR. Perhaps the most important part of “RUNNING OUT OF TIME” is the line “Take your mask off/I need her out the picture.” The next song “NEW MAGIC WAND” reveals more details about the narrator’s male lover being distracted by his ex-girlfriend and the conflict caused. Arguably the first significant turning point in the LP’s narrative is “RUNNING OUT OF TIME.” Tyler, in a pitched-up voice sings “I’ve been running out of spells to make you love me.” This is where the story becomes more solidified with less duality, although it still appears later on, albeit sometimes more subtly. ![]()
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