Don't Tap the Glass

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Don't Tap the Glass
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Standard cover. First pressing physical covers show the image of Tyler on top of a transparent sleeve.
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 21, 2025 (2025-07-21)
Genre
Length28:30
Label Columbia
Producer Tyler, the Creator
Tyler, the Creator chronology
Chromakopia
(2024)
Don't Tap the Glass
(2025)
Singles from Don't Tap the Glass
  1. "Ring Ring Ring"
    Released: July 30, 2025
  2. "Sugar on My Tongue"
    Released: August 20, 2025

Don't Tap the Glass (stylized in all caps) is the ninth studio album by American rapper and producer Tyler, the Creator. It was released through Columbia Records on July 21, 2025. The album includes guest appearances from American singer-songwriters Pharrell Williams (under both his name and his alter ego, Sk8brd), Madison McFerrin, and Yebba. Serving as the follow-up to his previous album, Chromakopia (2024), Tyler solely produced all ten tracks on it.

Contents

Don't Tap the Glass was supported by two singles: "Ring Ring Ring" and "Sugar on My Tongue", both of which were serviced to US rhythmic radio on July 30 and August 20, respectively. [1] [2] The album received generally positive reviews from critics and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Its release date coincides with the eighth anniversary of Tyler's fifth studio album, Flower Boy (2017). Don't Tap the Glass was teased three days prior to release through art installations during Tyler's Chromakopia: The World Tour, along with a website that promoted merchandise that was associated with the album's title. Heavy speculation regarding the album's guest appearances and track listing, fueled by early media reports, was debunked by Tyler in the lead-up to the release. On July 20, a listening party was held by him in Los Angeles, California, with 300 guests in attendance, promoting a ban on cell phones and cameras.

Background and release

The album was recorded during Tyler's Chromakopia: The World Tour. [3]

The title was first used during a concert at Barclays Center on July 18, 2025, as part of Chromakopia: The World Tour; an art installation was outside the venue, featuring a figure enclosed in a clear box, with the title written on the front. An identical art installation appeared at the World Trade Center. [4] Tyler, who had previously[ when? ] been teasing something scheduled for July 21, [5] also shouted the title to the crowd. [6] Following the concert, the Golf Wang website was updated with new merchandise—including vinyl records, T-shirts, and hats—featuring the album's branding. [7] [8] On July 19, a website (donttaptheglass.com) was established, promoting the album and selling merchandise branded with the album's title. The website also displayed three boxes in blue, yellow, and red, respectively, with cryptic messages. [8]

A fabricated track listing was reposted on Twitter by Complex magazine on July 19, 2025, showing guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar and Earl Sweatshirt, among others. The post gained traction with fans until Tyler responded, saying that the information was false; Complex subsequently deleted the tweet and apologized. [9] Tyler also denied speculation that the album would be a concept album. [6] In an interview with Zane Lowe, Tyler described the album's quick rollout as "freeing", stating: "I didn't want to spend three years and try to be super innovative. [...] Bro, I made an album, I was done." [10] He stated the goal of the album was "to be fun and say outrageous shit and say shit that… inside jokes that me and my friends laugh at, and just talk big fly shit" and that he "just wanted to be silly again." [11]

On the eve of the album's release, Tyler held a listening party at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, promoting it saying "Don’t Come If You Aren’t Going To Dance". [12] [13] Afterwards, he told fans it was one of the "greatest nites [sic] of my life", and encouraged listeners to enjoy the album "at full volume" while "dancing, driving, [or] running". [14] [15] [16] Through a social media statement, Tyler spoke openly about the effects of video recordings at concerts, attributing it to the decline of dancing: [14]

"I asked some friends why they don't dance in public and some said because of the fear of being filmed. I thought damn, a natural form of expression and a certain connection they have with music is now a ghost. It made me wonder how much of our human spirit got killed because of the fear of being a meme, all for having a good time... This album was not made for sitting still. Dancing driving running any type of movement is recommended to maybe understand the spirit of it. Only at full volume."

Tyler, the Creator

Don't Tap the Glass was released on July 21, 2025, through Columbia Records. [15]

Promotion

The Don't Tap the Glass album logo, using a modified version of Scriptorium's Bastion font Don't Tap The Glass.svg
The Don't Tap the Glass album logo, using a modified version of Scriptorium's Bastion font

Hours after the album's release, Tyler, the Creator released a music video for "Stop Playing with Me", which featured cameos from Clipse (brothers Pusha T and Malice), LeBron James, and Maverick Carter. [17]

In the following days after, Tyler released five videos with the songs "Sucka Free", "Don't Tap That Glass / Tweakin'", "Ring Ring Ring" and "Big Poe" to further promote the album, these videos would consist of people dancing to the album and flashing the logo of the album in the last few seconds. The videos with "Don't Tap That Glass / Tweaking" were released separately, rather than both parts being in one video. The video for the second part of "Don't Tap That Glass / Tweaking" was released early via a locked Instagram story on Tyler's Instagram page.[ citation needed ]

On July 23, 2025, Tyler held a second listening party in the Under the ‘K’ Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York. [18] A music video for "Sugar on My Tongue", directed by Tyler himself, was released on August 12, 2025. [19] A music video for "Sucka Free" was released on August 27, 2025. [20]

Composition

Don't Tap the Glass has been described by journalists as a hip-hop, [21] dance, [22] [23] house, [24] [23] funk [23] [24] and techno album. [24] At twenty-eight minutes and thirty seconds in length, Don't Tap the Glass is the shortest studio album in Tyler, the Creator's discography [25] and the second-shortest release overall, behind the ten minutes and twenty-two seconds EP Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018).[ citation needed ]Don't Tap the Glass has 10 tracks—the smallest number of tracks on any studio album from Tyler.[ citation needed ]

The opening track "Big Poe" samples "Roked" by Shye Ben Tzur at the start of the track, and samples "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" by Busta Rhymes, featuring Sean Combs and Pharrell Williams. [26] The seventh track, "Don't Tap That Glass / Tweakin'" is a New Orleans bounce song. [11] The eighth track, "Don't You Worry Baby", contains elements of Atlanta bass and Miami bass. [11] The ninth track, "I'll Take Care of You", is a jungle song [11] and samples "Cherry Bomb" by Tyler, the Creator and "Knuck If You Buck" by Crime Mob, featuring Lil Scrappy. [27]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1/10 [28]
Metacritic 77/100 [29]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [30]
Clash 7/10 [31]
Consequence B+ [32]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [33]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [34]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [35]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [36]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [37]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [38]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [39]

Don't Tap the Glass received positive reviews from music critics. According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Don't Tap the Glass received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 from 11 critic scores. [29] The review aggregator site AnyDecentMusic? compiled 8 reviews and gave the album an average of 7.1 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. [28]

John Amen's review for The Line of Best Fit concludes that "Tyler doesn't break new ground as much as he amends the soil that's already there" and that it emphasizes how multifaceted he is. [34] Shahzaib Hussain of Clash described the album as a "mash-up of shrewd and slinky dancefloor capers that dials back the conceptual overload, hits the reset button and revels in fun." [31] Writing for HotNewHipHop , Gabriel Bras Nevares gave the album a positive review, calling it the "shortest, sweetest, most blunt, and most smack-talking LP in his entire discography." [21]

Commercial performance

In the United States, Don't Tap the Glass debuted atop the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 197,000 album-equivalent units, consisting of 93.34 million on-demand streams and 128,000 pure album sales, earning Tyler, the Creator his fourth consecutive number one album on the chart. [40]

Track listing

All tracks are written and produced by Tyler Okonma, with additional writers noted. [41]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Big Poe" (with Pharrell Williams / featuring Sk8brd)3:02
2."Sugar on My Tongue" 2:33
3."Sucka Free" 2:41
4."Mommanem"
  • Tommi Eckart [b]
  • Nicholas Deinhardt [b]
1:15
5."Stop Playing with Me" 2:13
6."Ring Ring Ring"3:21
7."Don't Tap That Glass / Tweakin'"3:42
8."Don't You Worry Baby" (featuring Madison McFerrin)
2:58
9."I'll Take Care of You" (featuring Yebba)3:20
10."Tell Me What It Is" 3:22
Total length:28:30
CD, vinyl, and cassette release [42]
No.TitleLength
10."Down Bad"2:01
11."Tell Me What It Is"3:17
Total length:30:26

Sample credits [27] [43]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Qobuz.

Charts

Chart performance for Don't Tap the Glass
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [45] 4
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA) [46] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [47] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [48] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [49] 3
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [50] 6
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [51] 10
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [52] 2
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [53] 22
French Albums (SNEP) [54] 33
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [55] 4
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [56] 14
Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn) [57] 5
Irish Albums (OCC) [58] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI) [59] 10
Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon) [60] 25
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [61] 17
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [62] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [63] 4
Norwegian Albums (IFPI Norge) [64] 14
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [65] 6
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [66] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC) [67] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [68] 25
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [69] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [70] 1
UK Albums (OCC) [71] 2
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [72] 1
US Billboard 200 [73] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [74] 1

Notes

  1. "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" is a remix of another Busta Rhymes track of the same name, which itself contains elements of the following songs: [44]

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