But further listening and following Tyler on social media, you come to a realisation that this man is incredibly smart, passionate and aggressively motivating.Ī character who is so greatly feared and “fosters hatred with views that seek to provoke others to terrorist acts” – Theresa May’s words, not ours – surely shouldn’t be capable of these things, right? He intended to shake the table hosting politically correct music critics and artists alike. Once again, particularly Theresa May.įair enough, that lyric would make anyone come to a screeching stop whilst listening to it, but that was the point. That and the raging mosh pits that took place at his shows, you would get the frequent civilian who thinks he was the most irresponsible and reckless individual alive. With the lyric “rape a pregnant bitch, and tell my friends I had a threesome”, still permanently etched in people’s brains, particularly Theresa May, Tyler was once considered a menace to society. During his unintended hiatus to the UK, his popularity has increased to a point where he wasn’t even aware. Up until his ban, a yearly show and meet and greet/pop up shop was almost tradition for Tyler with his visits to the UK. It makes us loyal fans reach a two-part conclusion: Firstly, Tyler gatherings will never be the same again because secondly, he doesn’t realise how blatantly more popular he’s become. He even rented out the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square in 2015, and that went as smooth as smooth sailing could be. Never had a Tyler event even involved the police. The US rapper has the ability to combine great music and versatility with comedic timing which makes him great music and versatility one of the great entertainers in the rap genre and the perfect headliner act to close the first week of Wireless.To the loyal fan that has been queuing up at his concerts and pop up shops since 2012, this was extremely out of the ordinary.
One of the highlights of the set came towards the end for a crazy performance of New Magic Wand, mosh pits opened and pyrotechnics were let off as the utopian hills became apocalyptic. He then performed fan favourites ‘ Yonkers’, ‘Tamale’, ‘911 / See You Again’ and Earwuake which all went down a treat for the London crowd. The former-Home Secretary Theresa May banned the US rapper from entering the country in 2015 because of lyrics he wrote in 2009. Tyler the Creator came on stage in a mountain jacket, knapsack and walking stick, scaling the idyllic Austrian-alps set design before fireworks were let off and he launched into Corso and Lemonhead.Īfter the opening two songs he sat down on the set and soaked up the atmosphere before saying ‘Somebody tell Theresa May I’m back!’ The energy and atmosphere at Crystal Palace Park was disappointing throughout the majority of acts on the final day but there was no chance of that happening for Tyler the Creator as the anticipation was building for the headline act. The first week of the festival culminated with a headline set from US rapper Tyler the Creator.
Wireless returned to South London as one of the hottest tickets of the year saw performances from ASAP Rocky, J Cole, Chris Brown and Baby Keem over a stacked weekend. Tyler the Creator closed Wireless Festival at Crystal Palace Park in style with an electric headline set, writes Adam Davidson.
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