No, Tyler, The Creator doesn’t need to take heed to your new podcast, bro.
The rapper and producer sat down with The Cut to speak about his film industry Converse collab and was requested if there are any podcasts that he listens to, given his public disdain for them.
“I believe we give lots of people who aren’t sensible and simply need consideration platforms to be loud and incorrect, and different silly individuals observe them,” he mentioned earlier than asking no matter occurred to being good at a commerce. “The place are the individuals with abilities? We’d like electricians, we’d like extra drummers, painters, lecturers. Everyone with a mic is loopy. I simply assume that sh– is gross.”
Nonetheless, he did be sure to convey up a few pods which have been capable of seize his consideration. Deante Kyle (Grits & Eggs Podcast) is sick, and The Slicing Room Ground is sick. These are two podcasts which are in the fitting route.”
If you happen to recall, Tyler has been anti-podcast for at the least a yr. Again in December, in his Billboard cover interview, he mentioned podcasts can be on the chopping block first if he ever took workplace. “If I used to be president,” he said, “The very first thing I’d do is take podcast mics away from n—as.”
Elsewhere within the interview, he was additionally requested about gatekeeping, and naturally, he had some attention-grabbing issues to say. “Love gatekeeping,” he advised the outlet. “Every little thing just isn’t for everybody, and that’s OK. Individuals should cease eager to be invited into every part; it’s OK to not be into one thing, bro. It’s cool, it’s chill.”
And whereas he did admit that gatekeeping music “is slightly bizarre,” he’s pro-gatekeeping locations to eat and vogue. “Gatekeeping music is slightly bizarre, however with regards to corporations, eating places, and clothes — like sure eating places that some individuals actually love can get f—ed up as a result of somebody makes a TikTok and now every part is offered out. This small factor they cherished and loved is not obtainable for them to get pleasure from as a result of everybody desires in on this new factor to really feel like they’re a part of one thing. That’s once I’m like, no, f— that, gatekeep your restaurant.”
He added: “When individuals are like, The place’d you get that from? We good. ID on Tyler’s so and so? No, we good. Let me have my factor; you won’t look that fireplace in it.”