After trying to keep pace with a hectic touring schedule, Tyler, the Creator recently admitted that he’s mentally drained due to constant live performing.
During a conversation with Converse in London on Wednesday (May 28), Tyler shared a glimpse of reality as touring artists.
“The unfamiliarity, a different bed every night, the food—I’m not from this side of the world, so as much time as I spend on thinking about where I’m going to eat, bro it’s draining,” Tyler said.
He added that it’s “so much stuff outside the clothes that you bring and, hopefully, the people around you.”
“It’s just brand new every day, and after a while it gets a bit stressful. My temperament is Los Angeles, so wide streets, low buildings, you see the sky all the time,” Tyler explained. “A lot of places out here in Europe … it feels claustrophobic. It’s people on the street all the time, it’s a lot. And it feels heavy; I can’t go anywhere without a bunch of security.”
As he continued, Tyler said that the “stress” impacts his body, and it is difficult to find “solitude.”
“What makes up for it is that these shows are incredible, and the people are excited,” he explained.
Tyler also shared that it takes a bit of delusion to be a successful artist.
“To make stuff, you gotta be delusional,” he said around the 26-minute mark. “And when you’re delusional, you need people around you that trust you. Because what the f–k they gon’ trust? You say some normal stuff like, ‘The sky is blue.’ Yeah, you don’t need people to trust you to say that. I’m delusional, but I knew what I wanted to do since I was five years old.”
Currently, Tyler is headlining his Chromakopia World Tour that wraps up in September.
