Scum Fuck Flower Boy is a studio produced album by the very controversial artist known as Tyler, The Creator. An extremely personal album that marks his growth as a human being, and his acceptance of who he truly is. This album, whilst only being released quite recently, has been already noted as his chef d’oeuvre. One of my favorite songs on this album (which is the reason for this analysis) is called “See You Again,” a particularly relatable love song about being in love, and not knowing whether or not he will ever reunite with his lover again. This song also has a “light and darkness” feeling to it. Whilst most of this song is soft spoken and almost too sweet for Tyler’s known gruesome and strange flow, it has a small rap verse that in a way has an empowering tone, possibly hinting that love is both empowering and depressing. An interesting lyrics for me is when he says, “I wonder if you look both ways when you cross my mind.” He is, by saying this, bringing up the parallel of looking both ways before crossing the street with hoping his lover isn’t being careless about the way they treat Tyler’s mind. “Can I get a kiss? And can you make it last forever? I said I’m ’bout to go to war and I don’t know if I’ma see you again.” In my opinion, this is the most hitting part of the song. Using the voice of the talented Kali Uchis, Tyler is asking for a sense, or feel, of affection because of he is about to go to “war” with the impending emotional trauma that he’s about to suffer. This song is very heartbreaking to listen to if you can relate to the events that Tyler seemingly went through. For many people, heartbreaks and the sense of falling in love is a vicious cycle that feels like it never ends until you find someone new who makes you give love another chance. “One more time?”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZE62LpaqHg
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/tylerthecreator/seeyouagain.html