The West Holts Stage is topped by Roisin Murphy, and also will feature Caribou and Leon Bridges. READ MORE: 'I found Manchester's best sandwich down a very dodgy looking backstreet' Megan Thee Stallion - who performed at Parklife earlier this month - headlines the Other Stage, and is supported by Glass Animals and Olivia Rodrigo to name but a few. He's joined by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, AJ Tracey, and Haim. Saturday sees Paul McCartney take to the Pyramid Stage in a headline slot. Friday highlights also included Little Simz, Phoebe Bridgers, and Bonobo. This year's Glastonbury kicked off in a raucous fashion as pop sensation Billie Eilish wowed revellers on the Pyramid Stage on Friday night, with indie outfit Foals producing a great Glasto sets on the Other Stage. Hundreds of thousands of people have descended on Somerset for a weekend of tents, tunes, and tipples. The matter-of-factness is familiar Tyler territory - itвЂ™s what inspired the younger generation to speak loudly for themselves, and perhaps heвЂ™s nudging himself, too.After a three year hiatus, the world's biggest music festival is back. On вЂњIgorвЂќ itвЂ™s a recurring theme: the вЂњCall Me By Your NameвЂќ reference on вЂњI Think,вЂќ or on вЂњA Boy Is a Gun,вЂќ where he raps, вЂњThis parka is Comme, youвЂ™re my favorite garГ§on.вЂќ On вЂњRunning out of TimeвЂќ and вЂњGone, Gone/Thank You,вЂќ heвЂ™s seemingly addressing a male partner whoвЂ™s also involved with a woman (вЂњI know the real you/Halloween ainвЂ™t for a minute, lose the costumeвЂќ). Take last yearвЂ™s вЂњPotato SaladвЂќ: вЂњI cop houses/And fill вЂem with some Leo DiCaps and some Cole Sprouses.вЂќ ItвЂ™s a striking turn given that he freely used gay slurs early in his career, and defended the language in the face of accusations of homophobia. Over the past couple of years, without making any public nonmusical declarations - unlike Abstract, who posts on social media often about his boyfriend - Tyler has been casually rapping about same-sex attraction. Some songs here are made with the pop songwriter-producer Jack Antonoff, but while theyвЂ™re pensive and expand AbstractвЂ™s range, they donвЂ™t always suit his natural density, making the album less centered than his excellent 2016 release вЂњAmerican Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story.вЂќ Like Tyler in his early years, Abstract can sound like heвЂ™s burning off excess energy. But he was delving into challenging emotional terrain early, and on вЂњArizona Baby,вЂќ the tension of his childhood years overlaps with his instincts to push back against his new fame, on songs like the testy вЂњBig Wheels.вЂќ (That said, Abstract is more of a pure rapper, and his delivery, on songs like вЂњCorpus Christi,вЂќ is more indebted to Earl Sweatshirt than Tyler.)

Like Tyler, he is a wildly charismatic figure. вЂњGoing to his concerts, no mask, singing every word.вЂќДЄbstract took Odd FutureвЂ™s playbook and built something even more unlikely. On вЂњAmerican ProblemвЂќ from вЂњArizona Baby,вЂќ AbstractвЂ™s third solo album (on top of ample group releases), which was released in April, he makes the connection literal: вЂњNinth grade, Tyler was the illest,вЂќ he raps. Of that cohort, few artists are more bracing than Kevin Abstract, the de facto frontman of the hip-hop collective Brockhampton (which also bills itself as a boy band). That is the one arena in which his inheritors have outpaced him. Though the mood of вЂњIgorвЂќ is generally consistent, its songs are irregularly shaped, united by TylerвЂ™s by-now signature keyboards, which are warm but a little sweet, and dance gingerly.ДЄs Tyler has gotten older - heвЂ™s 28 now - heвЂ™s become more willing to engage with emotions. Some of this albumвЂ™s high points are the most up-tempo and sinister: вЂњWhatвЂ™s Good,вЂќ which addresses TylerвЂ™s recent car crash, and вЂњNew Magic Wand,вЂќ which is like an industrial-funk reimagining of Miami bass music. Even the most conventional songs here have odd twists - вЂњEarfquakeвЂќ features distended vocals from the R&B titan Charlie Wilson next to TylerвЂ™s meta-soul, and вЂњAre We Still Friends?вЂќ has a quasi-gospel triumph in a tug of war with its tragic core. This Tyler isnвЂ™t the renegade of the early 2010s, nor the newly flush, kaleidoscopically colorful melodist of a couple of years ago.

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