Dissect

Our "Lyrical Masters" mixtape kicks off with a line-by-line analysis of J Cole's 2020 track "The Climb Back."For clues on what artist and song we're dissecting next week, follow @dissectpodcast on Instagram.Host, writer: Cole CuchnaProducer: Justin SaylesAudio Editing: Kevin PoolerTheme Music: BirocraticLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cole and Cam wrap Season 10 with a draft of their favorite Tyler, The Creator songs across his entire catalog (3:26). Then we hear from Dissect listeners across the world sharing their biggest takeaways from IGOR (1:12:35).Shop Season 10 merchandise here. Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter. Join Dissect Discord here.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We conclude our season-long analysis of IGOR by exploring the implications of the album's musical and thematic loop. We also dissect IGOR's cover art and influences before hearing from Dissect listeners around the world sharing their biggest takeaways from the album and season.Shop Season 10 merchandise here. Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter. Join Dissect Discord here.Host, EP, Writer: Cole CuchnaWriter: Camden OstranderAudio Editor: Kevin PoolerTheme Music: BirocraticRecreations: Andrew AtwoodLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our season-long analysis of IGOR continues with ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?, the album's final track in which Tyler expresses his desire to remain friends his with former crush, and in the process, puts himself at risk of becoming entrapped in a endless loop of falling in and out of love. IGOR then ends with an ominous final note that contains a number of thematic and narrative implications.Shop Season 10 merchandise here. Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.Host, EP, Writer: Cole CuchnaWriter: Camden OstranderAudio Editor: Kevin PoolerTheme Music: BirocraticRecreations: Andrew AtwoodLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our season-long analysis of IGOR continues with I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE, a musical respite after the emotional gauntlet of the album's previous track GONE GONE / THANK YOU. As the IGOR's penultimate track, it buttons up many of the albums motifs while setting the stage for its grand finale: ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?Shop Season 10 merchandise here. Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.Host, EP, Writer: Cole CuchnaWriter: Camden OstranderAudio Editor: Kevin PoolerTheme Music: BirocraticRecreations: Andrew AtwoodLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our season-long analysis of IGOR continues with GONE GONE / THANK YOU, a gorgeous double song in which Tyler memorializes the time shared with his beloved before finally becoming at peace with moving on.Shop Season 10 merchandise here. Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.Host, EP, Writer: Cole CuchnaWriter: Camden OstranderAudio Editor: Kevin PoolerTheme Music: BirocraticRecreations: Andrew AtwoodLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our season-long analysis of IGOR continues with WHAT'S GOOD, where Tyler uses the brash, masculine IGOR alter-ego to regain his autonomy after losing himself on the previous song PUPPET.Shop Season 10 merchandise here. Follow on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.Host, EP, Writer: Cole CuchnaWriter: Camden OstranderAudio Editor: Kevin PoolerTheme Music: BirocraticRecreations: Andrew AtwoodLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our season-long analysis of IGOR continues with the album's emotional rock bottom, PUPPET. Tyler realizes he's lost himself in his desperate pursuit of pleasing his crush, and looks to a symbolic patriarch, played by Kanye West, to help find his way.Shop Season 10 merchandise here. Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.Host, EP, Writer: Cole CuchnaWriter: Camden OstranderAudio Editor: Kevin PoolerTheme Music: BirocraticRecreations: Andrew AtwoodLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our season-long analysis of IGOR continues with A BOY IS A GUN*. In the most sample heavy song on the album, Tyler uses a dichotomous gun symbol to express how his crush makes him feel: safe and in danger all at once.Shop Season 10 merchandise here. Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.Host, EP, Writer: Cole CuchnaWriter: Camden OstranderAudio Editor: Kevin PoolerTheme Music: BirocraticRecreations: Andrew AtwoodLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our season-long analysis of Tyler, The Creator's IGOR continues with "NEW MAGIC WAND" - a song Tyler described as his favorite song he's ever made. We unpack everything from its unlikely sample source to the historical associations of its main musical interval.Shop Season 10 merchandise here. Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.Host, EP, Writer: Cole CuchnaWriter: Camden OstranderAudio Editor: Kevin PoolerTheme Music: BirocraticRecreations: Andrew AtwoodLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices