In this article, Ava will explore the details behind the song “She” and rate the album.
Tyler Gregory Okonma, also known as Tyler the Creator, is an American rapper and record producer. He will be turning 33 years of age on Mar. 6. According to American Songwriter, Okonma’s top three songs are “New Magic Wand”, “Yonkers”, and “See You Again (Feat. Kali Uchis)”. Recently, “See You Again”, has taken tons of people’s attention with a new TikTok trend. Okonma’s most recent album, called Call Me If You Get Lost, was released in 2021. It has 16 songs and features multiple artists, like Lil Wayne, Teezo Touchdown, and Brent Faiyaz.
Genius states, “Goblin is Tyler, The Creator’s major label debut and second album overall, released on May 10, 2011.” It has 15 songs and one feature with Frank Ocean. This album is not a typical rap album about guns, drugs, weapons, and girls. This album is about suicide, abandonment issues and dealing with internal rage. Many people get offended by some of the lyrics that he uses in these songs. The top three songs on this album are “Yonkers”, “Sandwitches”, and “She”.
“She” by Tyler the Creator, is a four-minute and 13-second song. This song starts off with the narrator having feelings for a girl and wanting to hang out with her and get to know her more. For example, a lyric in the third stanza is: “But I'll be the happiest if you decide to kick it tonight,” implying he will be happy if they hang out. The chorus is Frank Ocean and, between every chorus, the narrator starts to get more and more creepy and invasive. The chorus lyrics say, “The blinds wide open so he can, See you in the dark when you're sleepin', Naked body fresh out the shower.” These lyrics make the song weird because when listeners hear it, they start to realize that this song is about a stalker. Over time, the narrator gets more obsessed with the girl, starts stalking her, and has deja vu about her. At the end of the song, the narrator has totally lost his mind and gets arrested while confessing all of his feelings towards the girl. This song’s theme is stalking and obsession.
On Rate Your Music, “She” is rated 3.59/5.0, out of 779 overall ratings. RYM describes the song as, “dark, vulgar, sexual, ominous, nocturnal, love, sensual, romantic, male vocalist, violence, playful, disturbing, melodic, rhythmic, surreal, longing, atmospheric.” The song is ranked #109 from the year 2011, and #6,219 overall since the song was released. “She” did not manage to reach mainstream charts. However, “She” has 86.6 million streams on Spotify.