A Deep Dive into Tyler, The Creator's Disturbing "WOLF TRILOGY"

[@thedevshow4L]

it’s wild that all these alter egos showcased separate parts of himself. The Wolf trilogy showcased his anger, sorrow, trauma, and sickness. Cherry Bomb showed his curiosity and daring creativity. Flowerboy and Igor showed his true feelings and desires. Call Me If You Get Lost shows his confidence. And SORRY NOT SORRY is him killing off these separate entities after becoming himself, as the exploration of his inner mind is in the past.

[@layladavis02]

Sooo trueee. I feel the best part. Going from bastard to call me if you get lost. I went from angry teen, to proud adult. When I was young, I was a dick because my dad left (gods plan he says) . Mom blamed me because she was pregnant with me. She loved my brother and would be cold to me. Watching that made me and my brother fight a lot. Was moved to a racist town, and it made me for a long time hate my own skin. I felt very isolated. so I wanted to act tuff and put up walls. And now after therapy and growth. I’m nothing like who I was. But the albums come out perfect for me going through the emotions. Like right now, sorry not sorry and heaven to me hit me so hard. Being grateful and proud of myself. I look forward to the future and fuck the past.

[@themittenkitten_wastakenfromme]

He kills them off officially in Sam (Is Dead), and in DEATHCAMP, he mourns them.

[@natwyou]

@@themittenkitten_wastakenfromme wdym can you elaborate

[@killerquis7469]

@@layladavis02 I know it's very late (like three months since you posted) but I'm proud of you for sharing your story and wish you success in your life. It sounds like you've been on such dark road and I'm glad you're finally seeing light at the end of it. Good luck gang!

[@elijahkoenigsberg]

@@layladavis02i hope to be where your at sooner then later cause this shits getting hard

[@thewarrior2184]

Love or hate these albums, you gotta admit Tyler has crazy talent of telling a story through songs

[@raremortal]

literally i’m hoping next album will be another story or sumn

[@ilovewhippedcrem2]

Yes! I love when artists put a story through there music! I _love_ decoding stuff, another great creator is Jack Stauber and Vivinos. There not the same genre, but the music they produce has a story behind it and you can make up your own theories behind it!

[@Drakar76]

kind of the same for 21 pilot

[@sirreaper666]

@@Drakar76 21 Pilots is trash

[@Drakar76]

@@sirreaper666 bro aint even got a pfp and thought he could beef with me💀😭❌❌🙏🙏🙏

[@rainero5993]

Something that I noticed… At the end of Yonkers, Dr. TC says “fuck everything man” and Tyler said “that’s what my conscious said”, which also foreshadows the ending of the trilogy

[@dsystem.]

i was about to comment that

[@tsukiify]

"i got two words...fuck em"

[@charlieh4153]

the TC in dr TC stands for Tyler’s conscious so it fits 🤷‍♂️

[@TygerHillis]

When you hear Tyler say “No I’m not”, you can also hear TC’s voice

[@ren_8181]

Or the line about tyler giving wolf a gun and ace shooting wolf

[@sploopss]

in IFHY when tyler, as samuel says that he “even considered picking up smoking” could be a reference to when he is teased for not smoking any of the weed, which he wouldn’t do for the people encouraging him to, but he really loves salem and that he is willing to destroy himself for salem, and that all he wanted was the best, but he has no idea how to handle a healthy and normal relationship, he only knows to destroy. whether it’s himself or if it’s wolf haley, he will do whatever it takes, just not in a healthy way.

[@Picccles_hates-dbl]

Bro that song is sooooooooo gooooood

[@marrses]

The transitions through each song in this video is ABSOLUTELY amazing

[@pinkutora3777]

Bonus mention: Doctor TC= Tyler's Conscience= Tron Cat. Tyler is a genius

[@nerdyswaggcrew]

Tron Cat is also the artist Thundercats’s pet cat’s name

[@TygerHillis]

Imagine Thundercat listening to Tron Cat and realizing it was based off of his cat

[@kinful.B]

LMAO a genius is crazy

[@olivia93_]

he said tghat ub tge vudei

[@mr.lonely-c1n]

He created all of it at 17…..

[@XxROTSA2xX]

Many people think that this Tyler is “bad,” but I honestly think this stuff is as essential to his personality as the lighter subject matter on CMIYGL. Everyone has a light side and a dark side, and Tyler has shown that his talent resides in both.

[@Hipno702]

I think that the darker subject matter was done immaturely but also dude was 16 when he wrote it so I expect it to be overly edgy. I think it compliments his growth as an artist because Igor has some of those darker murderous tones but it’s more thriller and less torture porn

[@marukus_]

tylers "tron cat" is just our dark thoughts in normal situations he just named it

[@ilovewhippedcrem2]

Yeah

[@kdtdp5186]

My Theory is the third session is CMIYGL

[@wettuna1769]

Man I used to like bastard when I was a kid but I honestly can’t listen to anything before flower boy anymore. Odd future was huge and influenced a lot but man going back that shit mostly sounds trash to me lmao even ignoring the edginess. Amazing how far he’s come and how you can see his improvement

[@Esandeech2]

His growth from Bastard to Wolf is absolutely amazing. Especially his musicality.

[@lukamagicc]

The contrast in intros from bastard to wolf just musically was everything to me back then

[@Thanoz.]

One little crazy thing about this trilogy is , is when Earl was killed in WOLF . He never did a song with Tyler again irl . Man these albums weighed heavy on me for years

[@baileyxo]

wait omg why? like he js thought it was weird that he was killed off?

[@Poblos.weed.com.test.subject]

@@baileyxoto fit into the storyline. He died in the wolf album so he hasn’t been in any songs since since he’s dead

[@edisonlight2901]

@@baileyxo i mostly think the lack of collabs is because his mom shipped him off to a boarding school and disapproved of OF, and then when he returned, OF was kinda dead

[@baileyxo]

@@edisonlight2901 ohhhh gotcha

[@ilovemangoandlychees]

wait who was earl in the album again? just a friend of his?

[@theobell2002]

42:03 - Tyler doesn't actually hate Yonkers. He hated how everyone only cared about Yonkers when he made other great songs too.

[@HenryBoyd-c1g]

He literally said that he made it as joke to mock NY rappers

[@Simpossible-uq3qf]

yeah when talked about goblin he said it, she, nightmare, tron cat, fish, analog and au79 were the only passable songs on it

[@lifeedits4L]

no when he tried to preform it he said "this isn't who I am anymore, I actually really hate this song but I'm doing it for you guys" you can search it up

[@Simpossible-uq3qf]

@@lifeedits4L maybe he means it as in just like he hates the song but it's still a good song, like separating how much he likes something and how good it is, cuz he's also said it's one of 4 amazing songs on it, the others being she, nightmare and tron cat

[@johndotcue]

He seemed confused that so many people like that song because he made it as a goof lol

[@laytique]

Tyler is honestly a genius. I literally love when artists do this, it makes the albums even better!!

[@ilovewhippedcrem2]

Yesss I agreeee

[@lukamagicc]

No kidding, to think this gave him his rabid fan base, and an insanely successful clothing line and other business ventures all because he was so damn creative at a young age. The fact people are making hour long video essays on a trilogy of old rap albums in 2023 says it all

[@Choso_ig]

Yesss

[@Peter_Griffin361]

It just goes to show you how much time he took to organize this whole trilogy, so clever and one of the best ever to do it

[@TheWarTeam-wh5ck]

Fun fact solidifying the trilogy: Earl got shot on Wolf Wolf supposedly pre goblin Earl isn't on goblin

[@Peter_Griffin361]

@@TheWarTeam-wh5ck yur

[@yamzuh]

Something I LOVE about the whole “Today, Tomorrow, The Next Day” Concept is how we can still see it in Tyler’s later albums. I like how Tyler doesn’t immediately become a good guy, who only does good deeds and is untouched by his past because that would be unrealistic. Even though.. the trilogy isn’t exactly down to Earth🧍. Anyways, for the sake of this comment, I’m just gonna focus on the motif of love in Tyler’s music. TL;DR: Tyler’s journey continues even after flowerboy, he’s still growing as a person and that’s okay I’m bad at getting to the point idk Flowerboy is how Tyler comes out to his audience, and explores relationships, queerness, loneliness.. honestly just life. This is such a big step for Tyler, especially when compared to his earlier albums and the confusion between lust and brutality. Tyler is coping, BUT we still see that he is not perfect. He’s moved on from fantasizing about murder, but he still obsesses over the men who lead him on in IGOR. In New Magic Wand, he shows anger and possession that’s similar to IFHY. He cares for the man he’s chasing, but only because he wants the outcome to be them together. In What’s Good, we see him more pressed and deeming himself as irreplaceable, similar to the feelings in Wolf. And I Don’t Love You Anymore can be a sad statement on giving up as Igor attempts to find self worth again. In both I Think and Boyfriend, Tyler’s feelings are parallel to the ones shown in Awkward. But the relationship isn’t pursued because of a mutual feeling. Instead it is because the nature of feeling is new. It isn’t from the want to rebel or deviate(like in Bastard), or because he doesn’t care, or because he confused the two together. The feeling seems new, but it’s still just an infatuation. He was told there was a connection(by the man) and, to Igor, it was something pure. But because he is still flawed-and because of being used in a vulnerable state- his self destructive habits resurface. So he obsesses, begs, gets angry and continues the cycle until something new comes along. That new would be CMIYGL. By now, Tyler is successful, but still with many regrets. He meets new people, some of it brief and some of it genuine but at the wrong moment. By now, Tyler expected to have healed from the immature and damaging views he had on love. He doesn’t expect anything serious, until there is. This comment is already long as hell so I’m only gonna use one song as an example, and I think Wilshire is perfect for it. The relationship we hear about in this song feels real, pulls the listener in- because it IS real and is told by Tyler himself without any alter-ego in the frontlines. A few important lines to note: “I thought I was bulletproof She proved me wrong, man I felt 200 percent with her It was beautiful I was able to feel But it was, it was bad timing” Obviously, his love life would seem like a story to me. But even with just a bit of the realness in this album, we can tell Tyler is working to be genuine and plans on only doing so. Though Tyler couldn’t keep the happiness he found, he was still able to have it without any malice. We’ve moved on from his ulterior egos, and now with CMIYGL:Estate Sale we’re just getting Tyler as he shows more passion in his works and pursues his own aspirations, encouraging us to do the same. I wanted to mention Cherry Bomb, but atp I should just make my own video lol If you read all of this, thanks

[@morellagames4920]

Wow that is some great perseverance and will. You really know how to explain yourself, I think you should make a video fr or suggest it to another youtuber ❤

[@YeahMaybeNot..NotReallyNo]

wow

[@476jenna]

perfect

[@shaneecegriffiths8879]

Yeah and you can title it something like “The Next Day” (Wolf Trilogy). To get the audience of people who have seen this video.

[@ilovewhippedcrem2]

This is an amazing comment! Really pulled me in, I was confused about the whole “Wolf trilogy” but that’s why I’m watching right? Anyway, this is great 👍🏽

[@5hineez]

BASTARD 4:06 Bastard 5:53 Seven 6:36 Blow 7:47 Pigs Fly 8:39 VCR/Wheels 10:04 Sarah 11:44 Jack and the Beanstalk 12:22 Inglorious WOLF 18:04 Wolf 19:21 Jamba 20:35 Cowboy 22:14 Awkward 23:28 Domo23 24:25 Answer 25:41 Slater 26:12 48 27:06 Colossus 28:45 PartyIsntOver/Campfire/Bimmer 30:41 IFHY 32:31 Pigs 33:40 Parking Lot 34:18 Rusty 35:16 Trashwang 36:00 Treehome95 36:47 Tamale 38:18 Lone GOBLIN 40:53 Goblin 41:53 Yonkers 43:35 Radicals 44:57 She 46:36 Transylvania 47:28 Nightmare 48:34 Tron Cat 50:28 Her 51:29 Fish 52:48 Analog 53:30 BSD 54:13 Window 55:42 AU79 56:15 Golden

[@alexis.mm23]

Ily

[@zombi_kissez]

PFP TWINS🤭

[@LS0OK]

On spotify there is a track called "sandwitches" in goblin, why is this not mentioned in the video?

[@5hineez]

@@LS0OK im not sure but he also skipped over a few tracks on bastard too

[@LS0OK]

@@5hineez ok thanks!

[@m.A.A.d_Rap]

tyler is up there with kendricks storytelling for sure. stringing it across albums and not even in chronological order. chef's kiss

[@catbloonblox]

exactly why i love him

[@brocklynsanimations]

I feel like the songs in between the trilogy are like a commercial break, like Tamale, Parking Lot and Slater are like an ad to take your mind off the situation for a second, but that’s what I think 😭

[@monet8562]

frank on slater really just does it for me everytime

[@bradleynaill5757]

tamale kinda has to do with the story

[@stinkranger]

​@@bradleynaill5757tamale has very little to do with the story, slater and parking lot have a LOT to do with the story

[@amantyde]

@@bradleynaill5757how

[@m4tt.d1llon]

i think the exact same thing. Tamale is one of the best.

[@krrbb]

btw, wolf was supposed to be released on 2010 but tyler scrapped it and focused on goblin, thats why wolf was the correct continuation of bastard

[@AntiSocialExtrovert323]

Not really, bc Tyler has never confirmed this. Tyler could’ve realized there needed to be a journey between shadow self to conscious self.

[@TheMusicman-tv8pl]

The 2010 wolf was gonna be his darkest album yet

[@MrMystic356]

@@TheMusicman-tv8plit was supposed to have an older version of a ton of songs and a song called rotten Sarah, a sequel to sarah

[@stinkysky]

@@MrMystic356also to add, rotten sarah being after the events of sarah where tyler is laying dead on the ground after shooting himself with sarahs half eaten dead body next to him. tyler saying how they’re sort of in a way “together” with their dead spirits floating. This song was supposed on “Zombie Circus” aka the album name before WOLF.

[@frankyafton]

CORRECTION: Tyler was working on the album, however, his PC was crashed in 2010, and the WOLF album he was working on was entirely deleted due to the crash. Because of this, he had to scrap it. WOLF was intended to be another self releases mixtape, similair to BASTARD, since Tyler's label XL allegedly reject the album due to its' extremely disturbing and graphicly depraved lyricism.

[@vinyliac]

In my opinion, I think Cowboy is more centered around Samuel. At the end of the song it mentions how Samuel's girlfriend, Salem is introduced, which Wolf doesn't know until now. The song also implies how Samuel is more of a loner, someone that doesn't really have care for anyone out of his mind, a cowboy. It also says "You know how weird it is knowing I make a bunch of cheese" which connects to how Samuel makes money by drug dealing in 48. We also don't know clearly who Wolf's friends are & his occupation other than making music which I can predict isn't so famous if you exclude Colossus since nobody verbally calls out "Oh, that's Wolf Haley, he makes music." or something similar to that. (I also think Wolf and Tyler aren't the same person, and that Colossus is more of just a Tyler experience and not related to the Wolf-Storyline.) So in my visual, I mainly see Samuel expressing himself in Cowboy more than Wolf. I also think that when the song says "I am the cowboy of my own trip" is how Samuel feels traveling and visiting people to make drug deals, but this is still a very amazing review !

[@monet8562]

your totally correct

[@TygerHillis]

Ok

[@georginolaws5568]

I think it is another easter egg to show tyler is both wolf and samuel, because samuel wants to hang out with salem and wolf wants to do his own thing and ride his bike. Tyler thought it all out.

[@tyronecriss23]

Yeah I agree. I feel like Colossus is a Tyler song independent of Wolf and Sam

[@draineeee]

this is facts

[@thadionysius]

got an ad for betterhelp 💀

[@ILovetheweekndmorethanme]

No way🙏😭

[@JaxsonNunley]

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[@ItsFryGuy]

more like worse help

[@FBro_Bbokariheej]

💀💀

[@HahaNoMoreBreadForYou]

I got an ad for Brawl Stars

[@zenbrandon]

I love how MF DOOM's influence can be felt here. There's a song on Bastard, Odd Toddlers, that uses a slowed down DOOM sample for it's beat. And the concept of Tyler playing different personas across his albums and songs is another clear homage. I just think it's neat.

[@user-xn6wu4gj3d]

Tyler always did love DOOM’s music, there’s a clip of him meeting him and you can see how stoked and happy Tyler is to meet him

[@marinastuff]

not disagreeing with him having MF DOOM influences but i think that was also a sample in DOOM's song from Huit octobre 1971

[@user-xn6wu4gj3d]

@@marinastuff yeah that’s the og song and a lot of songs have sampled it, the most famous being DOOM

[@Testosterone_dev]

It's not exactly One beer left, if you are talking about that. But yeah, it has samples from that song, and in the end of the song, it's basically slowed down version of One Beer Left

[@yenismytwinny]

that fucking shocked me, as a tyler fan who didn’t really follow up with the story (except in igor) that was fucking crazy. this video was great, thanks for making this video. it’s well cut down and displayed

[@jiafei8913]

SAME I WAS SOOOO SHOCKED. HE'S SO SMARTTT

[@shrimpypup]

ME TOO LMAO

[@Star_Princess1]

I LOVE YOUR PFP AND USERNAME AHHH 😍🙏

[@yenismytwinny]

@@Star_Princess1 AHHHH THANK YOU

[@christiancarlos7133]

This was literally one of the best youtube videos i have ever watched especially as a Tyler fan. You could deadass make a movie based on the narratives and messages within this trilogy alone. I will definitely have a different perspective listening to these albums in the future, and never realized how much depth Tyler’s earlier projects had to begin with.

[@ToMy_Kore]

His albums always have worth to be honest, especially his earlier projects and Igor

[@Kanyewestbiggestfan123]

There was supposed to be a movie based on the trilogy, there was a whole trailer for it

[@angel.q4]

@@Kanyewestbiggestfan123where is it

[@matin1285]

@@angel.q4 it's on odd future channel I believe just search wolf trilogy trailer

[@whup7181]

@@Kanyewestbiggestfan123I’m pretty sure that the trailer was just a project that Tyler did on its own, it was never actually supposed to have a movie

[@coolcactus8861]

If we take the Wolf trilogy a bit literally with the whole "alter ego" stuff and interpret this as a story about a man with DID, it makes a very interesting story: -There's 4 alters: Tyler, Wolf, Ace and TronCat/Dr TC -The main story of the trilogy is TC doing an intervention on the system, focusing on Tyler, the host, so that they can better manage their music career. -In Bastard, it's all about TC getting Tyler to understand Ace's behaviours and why he thinks all those horrible things. Tyler at the end manages to get some control over Ace and gets him to be in the background for now. -Wolf is, well, about wolf taking the lead in his social life while Tyler either takes a break or focuses on his music. The album is a dramatization of both Wolf's life at the moment and Tyler's fear of Ace getting out of control again and how this could get them killed, representing Ace as Sam in the album. This stablishes Tyler's fear and hatred of Ace, meaning he didnt learn the intended lesson TC was trying to teach him. After some chaos in Wolf's life, the system goes back to intervention time. -Goblin is the conclussion of everything. After whatever issues Wolf went through, he and Ace begin to fight. This is where a core concept of dissociation comes to play: Identity Alteration and Confusion. They're kinda self explanatory so i wont explain them in detail. The fight between Wolf and Ace over control over the body begin to affect Tyler, no longer being able to differentiate between his selves (this could explain TC's discrepancies in attitude, maybe Tyler confused Ace with TC) and getting those violent fantasies again, with the "killing his friends" fantasy being the breaking point. This is where TC puts a stop to everything and finally tells Tyler, Ace and Wolf the truth: at the end of the day, everybody on the system is just the same person, a fragment of the whole that, despite their differences, are just a part of the big picture and it doesnt make sense to fight eachother or deny this fact. The ending is left a bit open, and we really dont get to know if TC's statement worked. But considering the mood of the future albums by Tyler, i wanna belive that at least everybody made peace with that fact.

[@lemonize30]

Intro | 0:00 Context | 1:06 Bastard (2009) | 2:33 1. Bastard | 4:07 2 Seven | 5:52 5. Blow | 6:36 6. Pigs Fly | 7:45 10-1. VCR | 8:39 10-2. Wheels | 9:40 12. Sarah | 10:04 13. Jack and the Beanstalk | 11:43 15. Inglorious | 12:26 Conclusion | 14:58 Wolf (2013) | 16:43 1. WOLF | 18:02 2. Jamba | 19:18 3. Cowboy | 20:35 4. Awkward | 22:14 5. Domo23 | 23:29 6. Answer | 24:26 7. Slater | 25:42 8. 48 | 26:13 9. Colossus | 27:06 10-1. PartyIsntOver | 28:45 10-2. Campfire | 29:26 10-3. Bimmer | 29:57 11. IFHY | 30:42 12. Pigs | 32:31 13. Parking Lot | 33:41 14. Rusty | 34:15 15. Trashwang | 35:16 16. Treehome95 | 35:54 17. Tamale | 36:47 18. Lone | 38:13 Goblin 40:49 1. Goblin | 40:53 2. Yonkers | 41:54 3. Radicals | 43:36 4. She | 44:57 5. Transylvania | 46:36 6. Nightmare | 47:21 7. Tron Cat | 48:34 8. Her | 50:30 10-1. Fish | 51:31 10-2. Boppin' Bitch | 52:07 11. Analog | 52:48 12. B.S.D. | 53:34 13. Window | 54:14 14. AU79 | 55:42 15. Golden | 56:10 Analysis | 58:13 Conclusion | 1:00:08

[@mnlpz]

thanks bro!

[@lemonize30]

@@mnlpz np :)

[@koalagirl6947]

In WOLF when dr.TC introduces wolf to Sam he says “Sam the music sounds good man!” But then answers himself by saying “been practicing.” Then Sam’s voice says “thanks” as if Sam was supposed to say “been practicing. Thanks.” But dr.TC said the first part for him which hints at all them being the same person

[@DrNeonZ]

think dr tc meant that YOUVE been practisng

[@GRAVITYthegoober]

This was by far the best video covering the trilogy, they are great albums with a story and message that most people skip over because of lyrical content. Something maybe you could have slipped in the end is that in the song ‘sam(is dead) of the of tape vol 2, Tyler kills off all his alter egos, therefore going into the next day. The music video also shows this. Maybe I can see why you left it out tho because it’s not part of the official trilogy but it’s a decent story piece to include. Also there is the analog part 2 which is just another flashback to wolf with Salem

[@thatonegamingnerdz]

Its been said before or proven I forgot it's that the reason that the reason Sam acts like a bit too ace is that Sam and ace were actually brothers I'm pretty sure

[@GRAVITYthegoober]

@@thatonegamingnerdz really? That’s a cool bit of extra info

[@vampirism999]

​@@thatonegamingnerdzso wouldnt that mean wolf and sam are brothers?

[@acethecreator65]

I ain’t reading allat

[@GRAVITYthegoober]

@@acethecreator65 lmao

[@jdmadigan1721]

Great video! I’m not sure if you missed this or purposely left this out, but there’s a hint towards Sarah and Salem’s connection in the song Bastard. Near the end of the song when Tyler mentions Sarah, he notes that its not her real name. Of course, you don’t figure out Sarah’s real name until later in the story, but I think it’s interesting how early Tyler hints towards his split personalities. Anyways this video was amazing and I hope to see more like it!

[@YungLilBomb]

I think when he says "that's not her fuckin name, but i think that shit is clever" he hints at "Sarah" spelled backwards is "Haras(s)" since he harrassing her.

[@TheRiskyforever]

Sarah’s real name is Raquel. He wasn’t talking about Salem lmao

[@vampirism999]

​yall i made the theory a few minutes ago that salem and sarah are the same person but they seem like they don't know each other because bastard happens before wolf and goblin and since wolf happens a few years or a year idk after bastard salem or sarah forgot about ace and sarah didn't die

[@vampirism999]

and maybe wolf existed when bastard happens and he took control of ace or tyler and let sarah go

[@WalrusCookies]

46:02

[@Auk571]

I never found such a detailed video on this. Nice job

[@Michael-he7tc]

I like to think part of Wolf is about the dangers of not addressing your problems. Bastard only had a “happy ending” because Tyler finally recognised and came to terms with his father’s absence, but his grandmother’s death is mentioned first in Answer, and alongside the consequences of fame that haunt a young Tyler’s mind, failing to address these problems lead to attaching himself to a girl thinking she would solve his problems, but being left for the emotional wreck that he was after he kills his own best friend, and he’s only left to fantasise about a better life with her after she’s gone. In Lone after he finishes explaining his grandmother’s death to Doctor TC they both brush it off, not exploring and coming to terms with his feelings about the issue, and i always thought the final line “if i seen that ***** i woulda killed him” is a microcosm of why Tyler fabricated Sam’s existence in his mind in the first place, both to convince himself he was better than the sum of his parts and to have something to be angry at and fight against to distract himself from his actual problems, a coping mechanism which is otherwise satisfied by being hateful and aggressive to women, gays or whoever he makes edgy statements regarding that he used during Bastard and falls back on once Goblin takes place as Sam is gone and he has no singular target to unleash his anger towards, which is why Wolf and Ace fuse in the album. Basically, Tyler not addressing his issues leads to an immediate manifestation of anger in that final line, and i always thought thats what Lone as a song meant to tie up the trilogy. That Goblin could’ve been prevented if Tyler came to any sort of conclusion about the hauntings of his fame and death of his grandmother, alongside losing Salem who put on a pedestal and fought within his own mind to obtain. The rightful path was shown in Bastard as Tyler temporarily did the right thing, but failed to throughout Wolf causing it and Goblin’s events, only concluding amongst more grief with the death of his friends and leading to a journey of self discovery to fond out who he actually is, outside of his coping mechanisms and crutches that have mentally stunted him for so long.

[@AcidToe]

This is THE BEST Tyler the creator video I’ve seen on KZbin. Great analysis and I look forward to seeing more.

[@behappyyy703]

I just want to take a moment to appreciate the editing of this video. The visuals are very satisfying for me.

[@smac5443]

I think Cowboy is both wolf and sam because tyler saying "I just wanna fly some kites grab salem and slater and go around riding bikes".Thats only something sam would say, maybe they trade verses idk

[@dsiii98]

I think so too

[@vinyliac]

Also when it says "You know how weird it is knowing I make a bunch of cheese", which I think is talking about Samuel because of his drug dealing connection in 48.

[@INCRYPTIDFORM]

W Vik Pfp

[@spaceless_ownz6625]

someone said tyler said on twitter the first verse is sams performed by wolf and the second verse is wolf’s performed by sam

[@miisced]

i honestly rlly like the idea of it trading verses, it foreshadows samuel and wolf all being in tylers head

[@RighteousnessAbounds]

Earl dying on wolf fits the storyline of why he is missing on goblin. Dr. TC is also rapping with him on some parts on Yonkers. First line of the song says it all. The end of domo23 where he calls his dad "Thurnis Haley", correlates with the commercials he had for the goblin rollout where he played as Thurnis. If you go back and watch them, (which all of them are hilarious), you'll see that Thurnis loves golfing so much that he doesn't care about his kids.

[@explosive._.robot15]

beginning of wolf: tyler: "ya like jazz?" sam: "STFU YOU STAY AWAY FROM US AND WE'LL STAY AWAY FROM YOU"

[@Coffee_29]

18:56 "so you guys are into jazz?-" was so goofy, idk why tho

[@BenSimmonz]

Great Video!! I think Dr. TC stands for Tyler’s conscience because he’s trying to stop the thoughts that Tyler is having.

[@brughs4518]

he says this at the end of "goblin"

[@SAG.Animation]

I think tc stands for Tron Cat

[@audilopMX]

@@SAG.Animation Tyler's Conscience, maybe

[@SAG.Animation]

@@audilopMX well he says “im tron cat” so maybe both?

[@gamerbg294]

Dr. TC is Tyler's conscience, because at the end of Golden Dr. TC says so (but he also explains that all of his "friends" are figments of his imagination and that they are all really himself). I don't know why this video suppressed part of the explanation by Dr. TC

[@noamzahavi7295]

Bonus easter egg i noticed: the only person we know in wolf to be wearing the camp badge with the cat(tron cat) is sam, who is a direct copy of ace, which is the version of tyler controlled by tron cat.

[@AresOrBird]

:0

[@Testosterone_dev]

Now that's actually crazy

[@shittystorms6863]

This was so nostalgic for me. Took me back to nights in seventh grade researching everything on genius to make sense of Tyler’s storytelling. Man this video would’ve been great to have back then 😂. I can’t believe it’s been almost ten years since goblin. Man was I an angry ass 13 year old lmaoo

[@Michael.Koulibaly]

Bro you were consuming this music at 13?!?! 😂

[@nos_.-]

im consuming this music at 11@@Michael.Koulibaly

[@jonah9916]

@@nos_.-that’s a problem bro ☹️ you do not need to be exposed to these things

[@nos_.-]

@@jonah9916 i know

[@lukamagicc]

@@jonah9916consuming a video essay explaining this in context w the music is nothing like listening to it back then bud 🤣🤣🤣 you’re acting like he bought Marshall Mathers LP before internet was in every household. Now that ruined a lot of kids lmfao

[@MarshallWolfMiller]

Honestly, Wolf is such an overlooked album. A certain crowd of people just see it as “ThE wAcKy EdGy OfFeNsIvE hUmOr AlBuM”, but it’s honest to the lord above, much MUCH more than that. That album is a concept album that follows the angst of Tyler’s characters who butt heads over mixed feelings for a girl, while also viewin their own issues that they’ve accumulated through their lives up to that point. Yeah sure, he says slurs like “faggot” and “nigger” and “cunt”, amongst others throughout the project, as well as verses that tend to fly off the handle, but that’s part of his characters’ negative mental viewpoints of their lives and how they think it sucks to go through life, but that is what makes the album generally great. Overall, more people need to give Wolf the respect it deserves in my opinion, because not many people wanna do an album like that nowadays, and it’s aged like a fine wine.

[@lightpulse9240]

Love the vid but you forgot to mention a little detail. The last song on the first bastard “Inglorious” has Dr.TC say “Do you have anything else to say before we end this?” Indicating the end of the therapy session, making the album B*stard and Goblin connect even less

[@skybison4481]

Love the vid, glad u covered wolf after bastard, it was supposed to be released before goblin and a lot of ppl don’t know that

[@JinxeBlaq]

Maaaan, I’d love to see this done with the rest of Tyler’s discography, this was incredible!

[@Weemington]

This is a beautiful video about beautiful albums. I love it I love everything about this story the beauty of the production combined with the amazing story telling it’s simply perfect, I love this video how has it not blown up

[@21st_CenturySchizoidMan]

If Tyler ever releases a final project, imagine Dr. TC say something at the end after not being mentioned for years.💀

[@inverttalonyt4948]

Need more deep dives on rap albums!! This and the damn ones are so well edited and carried out I need more !

[@sh0tgUn_sYko]

This is a concept I've been interested in since first hearing Goblin after hearing Bastard and theorizing about the whole concept behind Dr. TC and how well-thought out it was.

[@Robertttt182]

I love this video. I’ve been a fan of Tyler for a few years now and have always wanted to learn about all these characters but it seemed so complicated to me. You explained it so well and I just wanna thank you for that. 🙏

[@asskisser34]

I never comment on KZbin videos but this is by far one of the best ones ive seen. Im a huge fan of Tylers and knew abt the wolf trilogy for quite some time but never really dove into it. I turned this on just for something to play in the background but this video was genuinely really investing and entertaining. Does an incredible job at explaining something this complicated. Thank you for sharing this with us sir 🙏🙏

[@boodewd]

Cowboy and awkward has such a good transition that I’m used to the two being played together

[@BLXCKCCAT]

here’s another thing, on answer during the last verse, there’s a female singing background vocals saying “I hope you pick up your phone baby. I want to talk to you.” And that is most likely Salem. Not sure who it’s referring to though.

[@camrenmclaurin4916]

on 'Rusty' where he says " 'Analog' fans are getting sick of the rape, all the 'Tron Cat' fans are getting sick of the lakes" shows the clash between the two personalities of Wolf and Ace

[@jonathanboustany5192]

and his fan base

[@blanker_white]

Such a well thought out, put together video. Would and did watch/ listen to multiple times. Not only did this make me discover the depth and quality of Tyler's music but also helped me with anxiety. Your voice is very calmingg ty:Dd

[@bpj7092]

Great video man! But just a quick correction… Jamba is Wolf’s song, and Cowboy is Samuel’s song. If you look at the credits of the video for IFHY/Jamba, it says “Wolf performs Sam’s song/ Sam performs Wolf’s song”

[@dsystem.]

yes, but in Jamba, Tyler says "Hodgy pass me my inhaler" and Sam is the one with the inhaler. I agree with you for Cowboy tho.

[@fizbutrealong]

@@dsystem.yeah but tyler also has asthma so that inhaler line passes both ways

[@TygerHillis]

In the music video it shows Samuel

[@miisced]

i think its intentionally vague to show how the two are the same person

[@armhungry2464]

This seriously might be one of the best youtube videos I have ever seen. You deserve to get big

[@ScoobR]

this makes me hope chromakopia is a story album so we can truly enjoy more of tylers story writing.

[@Marvin-c3d]

Well that sucks

[@kylerandolph7075]

We got lucky because it is a story

[@ej2146]

Holy hell. This deserves so much more fucking attention, please do it again

[@iloveaoa444]

this was such a great deep dive. i’ve been listening to tyler for so long without actually realizing most of the songs are connected

[@billiewalker6844]

Hey man, I really just very much want to say thank you to you for making this video. I grew up a huge Tyler fan during these years. I was struggling so much with teenage angst, my identity & really fucked up thoughts. I found that the tone of these albums really hit me emotionally. What was so fascinating is how Tyler’s coming out and mine coincided too. Main thing being, I was so fascinated by trying to work out this story growing up, I used to go through all these Reddit posts talking about the order and everything… but watching this video just really brought me back through that dark yet beautiful emotive journey. For me flower boy really is about blooming and overcoming those internal struggles following on from Sam Is Dead and embracing who you are. Anyway, thank you for making this. I’m sure I’ll be watching it many times over my life. ❤

[@slvghterbass]

I come back to this video every few months

[@uanactarus]

i really enjoyed this video, everything was appealing from the editing to the understandable breakdowns of the albums, well done

[@offthedeepend762]

That was awesome - we need to protect the artists that can interweave storylines and theming into their music

[@bentleysmith4037]

great video! i don’t listen to tyler’s old music as much, i have but not regularly. this was a good video to help me give purpose to those albums instead of seeing them as just shock value. nice to see tyler wasn’t just being insane to be insane and then here was a certain purpose

[@bed-matt]

you should 100% listen to the entirety of wolf! my personal favorite from him

[@xxxvxlcano]

46:27 my theory is for she, goblin isnt tyler, its sam because in WOLF by the end sam starts to go insane because of salem so he leaves/escapes out of flog gnaw and his insanity and him start to turn into one (goblin) wearing a mask he starts searching for her, then finds her in she (music video) and starts spying on salem (the girl) which makes sense because with frank ocean he says "If that's your ex, you should probably own a pistol" talking about how insane sam has gotten but after that sam trys to meet her down the lake to get back with her and also to make her think it was WOLF when it was sam

[@YoutuberSH1]

18:47 Wolf saying “sup’ dude” while doctor TC is introducing him just makes me laugh and I don’t know why tho

[@partybooru]

"where do you get fishes, in a lake." coldest line ever

[@Maquenaz]

Tyler is truly a lyric genius

[@drpuzi9732]

Bro how does this only have 1k views this deserve at least a mill

[@svanurhelgason]

Great things come to those who wait

[@bigd4wg510]

We waited now we at 1 mil

[@monk3y633]

This video was so good when I was done watching I didn't expect it to not be as popular as I thought it initially was, good job man.

[@That_Art_Kid]

I always adored the Wolf album and the trilogy always fascinated me and I’m glad I found this video as I wanted to learn more about the theory. So much of the songs like the verses in Answer, the Rusty to Tamale flow, and so much. Thank you for this video!

[@ameltaourirt6934]

This video was so cool omg I'm here after Chronomakopia first teaser bcz I wanted to understand him better. I would love to see the same with his other albums as well !! Thank you

[@Zlitsy]

You're the only dude that can make me sit for a hour and just listen without getting tired of lising. Keep up the good work

[@ApollyonMathy]

Great essay about those 3 albums, i have watched many videos explaining the trilogy, but i found yours to be the best, in many ways, good editing, good comedy bits and great storytelling, thanks for explaining the only part that got me confused when i watched videos about the trilogy (Tamale), and another thing, back in 2012, in the OF Tape Vol. 2, there's a song called Sam Is Dead, that got a music video, in which Tyler kills his older alter egos (and a bunch of other people i guess) I do wonder one thing tho, WOLF was supposed to release after Bastard, but Tyler's computer crashed and he lost almost all of the songs in it (some songs remained like early Fish and early Tron Cat) so i wonder how the story would go if WOLF was released after Bastard and before Goblin, given that WOLF was apparently supposed to release in 2010 (also, Goblin was way darker and probably wasn't even planned and came off as a fast idea due to him losing WOLF 2010's songs, and the label not accepting some of those violent and unreleased songs from early Goblin) Sorry if i got anything wrong, i stopped researching this era of Tyler in late 2022, i was getting into his music and discovered many many things that confused my mind (his WOLF 2010 and other unreleased projects) so it's been a while and my memory is a bit foggy

[@monet8562]

omg now i get why there was a whole three year jump between bastard and wolf

[@ofentsemasenya-ui8lj]

i have been waiting for a doc on this TRILOGY cause not to lie these albums are a great introduction to Tyler....i love how u dig dep into the darkness of his messed up lyrics

[@YungLilBomb]

Bro, this was a great video. Really detailed and the animations were really good. Keep it up, you're really good at this. Ps: When Tyler said "Sarah, that's not her fuckin name but i think that shit is clever" i always thought it's because "Sarah" backwards is spelled "Haras(s)" he's harassing her. I think that's why he called her that.

[@animatrontv1664]

Im pretty sure it’s because he renamed a girl that actually decline his prom date in real life

[@goofball134]

@@animatrontv1664yunglilbomb was doing what we call "reading between the lines"

[@animatrontv1664]

@@goofball134 it’s kinda crazy how people think these albums are so cryptic and arg like come on bro what is even the resolution of naming a character harass that’s kind of a streach they need to read the old forum posts about bastard that Tyler posted they’re the closest to a bastard interview you can really get

[@goofball134]

@@animatrontv1664 how is it a stretch if tyler is seen doing harassment towards sarah what?? its just a silly detail the dude who commented noticed and who knows maybe tyler did want that or maybe he didnt but it doesnt matter lol

[@animatrontv1664]

@@goofball134 idk bro

[@17teen07]

Bro this is my 3rd or 4th time watching this😭🙏, honestly such a good vid

[@edenis_gay]

Your music essays are fucking brilliant, like i never got the tyler lore until now

[@rhonnichan]

As a high schooler when all these albums dropped, this entire trilogy can define my personality at the time I truly feel like alot of people grew up with Tyler simply off this trilogy alone. I never seen someone detail it so perfectly and actually caught on that Wolf comes before Goblin, not the other way around. I kept telling friends that but they was like "nah" now i got video evidence 😂 Amazing deep dive into the minds of one of my all time favorite rappers

[@knifespoonfork5174]

This is one of the most underrated videos on KZbin rn

[@josiahperea5062]

I have been wanting a video on this topic that’s this detailed for so long now. This is my favorite trilogy and my favorite albums for Tyler, So to finally have a video this detailed on it is incredible. I also like that you know what order they go in, With bastard being the first, wolf being the second, and goblin being the final one. I say this because some people believe wolf is actually the first album in the trilogy but story wise that doesn’t make sense. Especially since at the end of lone Dr. TLC asks wolf if he’s seen Samuel and wolf says “no because if it did i would’ve killed him” and then at the start of Goblin on the song “goblin” Dr. TLC says “you wouldn’t do that Tyler. Kill yourself

[@josiahperea5062]

Why didn’t they keep that extra part in domo 23 for every format? 😩 it literally makes the transition from domo 23 to answer much better. This video was my first time hearing that extra part. This is irrelevant to what I said before but it’s sad to think that Tyler talks about his grandma not answering him in answer and how she’s nostalgic and then we find out why in lone, which is one of Tyler’s most emotional songs to date.

[@whoisMonarch]

tell me why I read this whole thing

[@josiahperea5062]

@@whoisMonarch not sure. But your goated for reading my entire essay I wrote.

[@bangerafterbangerstraightf6669]

Bro, there is no wolf trilogy. The 3 part therapy session is covered on bastard and goblin. Wolf is not apart of the therapy session.

[@josiahperea5062]

@@bangerafterbangerstraightf6669 yes it is fool. And don’t take the “today, tomorrow, and the next day literally if that’s what you mean. Wolf is the in between. It’s takes place outside of dr TLC office or wherever they are but it’s still in terms apart of it.

[@andrinioo]

10:03 the fucking Brawl Stars ad after you dropped “She’s dead” killed me😭😭

[@Catnap_0-0]

Lmao 💀😭

[@beansoupplease]

Also, with the parallels between Ace and Samuel, it’s worth mentioning that Ace’s ski mask looks like it’s made out of the same material as Samuel’s beanie.

[@DEADTEAMXXIII]

This was so well put together

[@animatrontv1664]

Hearing about all the theories of the next album after cmiygl being a wolf Haley album makes sense after that whole music video shenanigan and the movie theory, now that you mention the next day thing it makes me really honestly think if it’s more then just a theory and might actually happen and that’s hype asf

[@monet8562]

Bro if the new album has something to do with wolf ill literally cry

[@anthonyalvarez2874]

i really enjoyed this video, here’s just a couple things i feel like u could’ve included. Earl gets killed at the end of Rusty and that’s why he’s not in Goblin either. Also you glossed over Pigs when Tyler says “we’re the sams and we’re dead it’s just 4 of us” which also hints towards the fact that they’re multiple personalities/alter egos of tyler. And finally, the song Sam is Dead on the Odd Future Tape 2 should be included in the trilogy as it relates to the story directly and has more lines hinting towards tyler maturing.

[@waffle_doge5594]

Cowboy isn’t in wolfs perspective cause at the beginning of the song Tyler says “grab Salem and slater and go around riding bikes” which doesn’t make sense in the perspective of wolf since he asked who Salem was in the same song

[@lolly_thelazy]

One thing I feel like you forgot to mention about Samual from Wolf is how, despite being a reflection of Tyler on Bastards, there’s differences. For example we notice how in both 48 and Pigs, Samuel shows fear and remorse for his actions. In 48 he talks about how he wants to stop selling drugs, but just can’t which could be a parallel to how Tyler on bastard wants to stop doing the things Tron Cat tells him to but he can’t. Then on Pigs we hear how Samual becomes really scared and lost in the ending, feeling like he’s done horrible things and he just feels scared and alone which again could be a parallel to how Tyler feels on Goblin- he doesn’t wanna listen to Tron cat and feels bad for all he’s done. Just a little theory I thought of

[@alessandraminniti1251]

THIS VIDEO IS SO GOOD U DID SUCH A GOOD JOB

[@ThomasWillett1]

I think it's showing my age to admit that I was thrown off by you calling this era of Tyler's music "obscure." I'm only two years older than him and was in college when "Goblin" was making so much noise. I think Odd Future in general are endearing because of how unexpected their rise of power would be. Their early work is clearly that of teenagers trying to figure out their voices and I think that it endears it in ways that I don't think newer listeners would appreciate. Most of all, it's still surreal that Tyler of all people ended up being the big hit because of how much of his personality felt driven by controversy early on (you didn't touch on it, but I do think there's an interesting case study to be had of him being very homophobic as a teen and how social expectations, especially in the late 2000s, would lead to toxic forms of denial... though yes, given other late 2000s artists controversies over the years, I reckon my generation just got by on joking about dumb things that have no greater sense of identity politics). Because of this, I am still genuinely shocked how respected he would become and felt like "Flower Boy" came out of absolute nowhere. At the time, I was 22 and found "Goblin" a (no pun intended) radical record with such an immersive story. Tyler definitely had talent that he would develop into something greater, so it's interesting that his raw nerve on early records may have been flawed but definitely was going somewhere. While I was more keen to Frank and Earl's work, that era of music was especially interesting because it did feel like they had their own ecosystem and made the most of it. Still kind of sad that OF is over, but I think it could never last. As I mentioned early on, they were kids figuring out what they wanted and at some point they would differ greatly. That's just one of the things about making it through your 20s and life in general. Anyway, I want to say great job on the video that really took me back to the old days. I love noticing how skillfully some artists assemble their music and I think you got the point across nicely. Would love to see more like it.

[@tmsh_]

As someone who just got into some of ttc's music recently this video was really helpful and entertaining! Would love to see your take on more lore behind popular albums, whether it is TTC's or even somebody else's!

[@jaderonakikissling]

The way you broke down the Wolf trilogy was interesting. Bastard is about Tyler embracing the Ace alter ego and rap about killing, raping, necrophilia, a lot of messed up things, Wolf is Tyler embracing the Wolf Haley alter ego and having a rivilary with Sam who resembles Ace from Bastard like you mentioned and last is Goblin which Tyler embracing both Wolf Haley and Ace at the same time and realising that his therapist Dr TC was actually himself all along which blew my mind. Great video man, keep it up.

[@PlasticLamp]

coming here after watching the dive into igor you truly realise how far tyler's storying telling has come

[@lbullfam1740]

Really good video. This trilogy is probably my favorite of all time bc its so interesting and i think you explained the storyline so well.:}

[@acoolgoose1782]

A little detail, camp flog gnaw is one of those mental health facilities disguised as a summer camp

[@holeshimmer]

FUN FACT: TC stands for Tron Cat note: thom saved my understanding of tyler

[@Algox]

and Tyler's Conscience and The Creator

[@mcatis]

listening to Bastard after Like him is actually so insane

[@fr.re4l]

frrrr

[@74fire]

when i first saw samuel in the cover i thought it would be abt tyler growing up💀

[@leonardo_not_vinci]

I dont know if this means something, but in the song "Blow", the chorus is sung by Doctor TC's and Ace's voice, being the first sight of foreshadowing of the fact that they are the same person. Plus along the whole Bastard song, there are songs that Ace and Doctor TC are signing some chorus.

[@eddybagajevs]

as a Tyler fan myself, I've never really seen these albums as a trilogy, but this video really showed how the various events in these albums are made up into a storyline of sorts. Really amazing video, defo gonna subscribe!

[@DFGBNDFGHJDFGFDSDFS]

just realized in the latest album tyler i don't think uses his voice for different characters unless hes quoting them. but in the wolf trilogy all of the characters, tc, ace, tron cat, literally off of em were his voice just pitched up or down.

[@SOFTBUNNIES-paigey]

Bro i love your explanation about this omg

[@tiaaaa9643]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO SM. IT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING I didn't know shit but now that i watched that it all makes sense and its just crazy