An Artist, not just a Musician - Tyler, the Creator Live in London.

The O2 invited me to be a VIP at Tyler, The Creator's first gig in London. As someone who's always liked Tyler but never considered myself much of a fan, I said yes but only if I can surprise my sister who loves Tyler. They agreed.

In all honesty, I didn't know what to expect. Tyler is known for his personality amongst many other things, so I went into the night expecting humour at most - the rest blindsided me in the best way possible. Having just seen Twenty One Pilot's best show in ten years, and a Lumineers concert to follow, the difference between all three will have been stark.

Let's get it out of the way; for the most part, the audience was crap and mostly filled with drunk young men. Not my scene, and that's fine! But by crap I mean... where is the hype? If anyone's going to have music you can jump to, it's Tyler, The Creator. He himself mentions mid show that until half way through, the audience was shit.

Image Courtesy of Tyler, The Creator's Official Instagram

Tyler has an incredible voice but the thing that really captured me the entire night was his dancing. I just kept thinking, shit, this guys such a dancer. As I mentioned in last weeks blog post, a part of why Twenty One Pilots' best gig was this year is because Tyler (Joseph) was more comfortable, dancing, being silly. Whether it's that, or full blown dancing talent and skill, I've found it's actually a key element to an incredible show, and Tyler, The Creator did NOT come to play.

From the beginning though, I knew something was going on - I pointed out to my sister that the stage in the middle of the crowd had cabin exterior, fake plants, etc. As the night went on, quickly, sheets flew down and on it, projected, was an image of an all-American cabin home and inside, as the sheets availed, was a modernly furnished room, where Tyler had began playing records and changed into his usual streetwear.

This, for me, was the brilliant. His setlist and set art was incredible. It was entirely immersive, with shortened versions of half his songs to maintain momentum, ninety percent of the show mid-crowd and a consistent performance. There was barely a lull. So, do I recommend seeing TTC live? Absolutely. He is one of few people I think was born to perform.