Tyler The Creator - Yonkers

Directed By Wolf Haley
Filmed By Luis Panch Perez

[IsraelLopez-oofh]

This song is 10 years old. Tyler is almost 30. Wow, I'm getting old.

[zenny]

"i'm a fuckin' walkin' paradox, no i'm not" is a line that i never thought about and i feel like a moron lmao

[wxlid_edits]

2:30 one of the best instagram gifs ever

[justpete]

Tyler might hate on this one but its stil goes hard as hell more than a decade later

[ccda]

Funny how Beethoven been real quiet since this dropped

[xnathasaurus]

2011: *eAtS A RoAcH.*
2019: _dancing in a burning room while wearing a wig._

[MayDayakaLuxKudosGottaCheese]

For anyone wondering the roach in the video is a Madagascar hissing roach (or at least that’s the Italian name) and it’s famous for being able to hiss at predators as a defence mechanism. They probably chose it because it usally doesn’t run away and is easy to manage

[SMLYTPMovies]

10 years!! Damn, bro. It's also crazy how Tyler started at 17/18 years old and now is coming to 30. Good on him for how far he's gone.

[GarrettWatts]

This has been for many years, and will remain one of the best hip hop videos I've ever seen in my life. Incredible on every level.

[certifiedsillystring]

2011: eats a roach and kills self
2013: bounces around on giant ass, plays golf, gets chased by giant cat, goes swimming and does whiteface
2015: causes explosion at theatre and drives go-kart
2017: jumps on the heads of multiple identical men over imaginary woman
2019: plays spinning piano in burning room
2021: rides boat on grass, points at cars and rides away on unicycle
2023: beats up 7 versions of himself while shirtless

ion think he changed

[Surepeacooler]

Starting a song with "3some with a triceratops" is crazy

[meltedmarshdaddy]

Tyler has always had the gift of looking and sounding both 40 and 18 at the same time.

[Synctional]

"I have so many better songs... play that stupid ass song"

[videocritic]

Im not sure how, but I have been genuinely suicidal for several months. Like pain is gone, means are there, getting ready to pick a date.

Watching this made me curious about art and meaning. I saw a profoundly intelligent and expressive person communicating in such an information dense manner.

This made me decide to go out and seek more art, and more artists.

The final scene, of hanging, brought a terrible sense of finality. All the potential and beauty ended, made still and dead.

It made me think of my body being found, and the tragedy that would be.

This song and its video saved my life. Thank you.

[constanzarios]

tyler in 2011: “i’m not gay”

tyler now: “that’s debatable”

[dandyjacoby]

Imagine discovering Tyler through Flower Boy or IGOR, and then you come across this.

[chevelle]

2024 I know what Tyler the creator thinks of this track...but this is seriously gonna go down in history as one of the underrated greats. Hands down one of these best beats ever

[FrozenYogurtEnjoyer]

Flowerboy fans hearing yonkers is like Cinderella fans reading the original version

[julius]

I still can't believe he went back in time to film the video in black & white.

[heero]

Roach:
Tyler: I’m bout to end this mans whole career
Roach: I’m bout to start this mans whole career.