He was crucified upside-down because he felt unworthy of dying in the same manner as Jesus. The forehead of our hollow-eyed, shirtless Odd Future leader is tattooed with an upside-down cross-a symbol associated with the martyrdom of Peter the Apostle. Pink construction paper and a hastily cut out portrait of a heartbroken man lost in a Bermuda love triangle. Igor (2019)įitting for a strange, sad, and beautiful Grammy-winning record about unrequited love, Igor’s album cover gives off hopeful Valentine’s card vibes. Or as Tyler would later reflect on 2021’s “Massa”: 'That caterpillar went to cocoon, do you get me?/See I was shiftin’, that’s really why Cherry Bomb sounded so shifty.' 9. There’s a haphazardness in the project that bleeds into the visuals. (One of them is just as zoom-in on a man who pissed his jeans while smoking. Tyler, the Creator dropped four alternate versions of artwork to go with his third studio salvo. Cherry Bomb has nearly as many album covers as it has songs.
