Don't Tap the Glass (stylized inall caps) is the ninth studio album by American rapper and producerTyler, the Creator. It was released throughColumbia Records on July 21, 2025. The album includes guest appearances from American songwritersPharrell Williams (under both his name and his alter ego, Sk8brd),Madison McFerrin, andYebba. Tyler was the sole producer of all ten tracks.
Don't Tap the Glass was supported by two singles: "Ring Ring Ring" and "Sugar on My Tongue", 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 theBillboard 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'sChromakopia: The World Tour, along with a website that promotedmerchandise that was associated with the album's title. Heavy speculation regarding the album's guest appearances andtrack listing, fueled by early media reports, was debunked by Tyler in the lead-up to the release. On July 20, Tyler held a listening party in Los Angeles, California, for 300 guests, throughout which a ban on cameras and cell phones was enforced. In 2026, Tyler is set to embark on a Latin American tour, including headline appearances at theFestival Estéreo Picnic andLollapalooza Chile, Argentina, and Brazil.
The title was first used during a concert atBarclays Center on July 18, 2025, as part ofChromakopia: 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 theWorld 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, theGolf Wang website was updated with new merchandise—includingvinyl 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 onTwitter byComplex magazine on July 19, 2025, showing guest appearances fromKendrick Lamar andEarl 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 aconcept album.[6] In an interview withZane 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 theHollywood 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."
TheDon'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 fromClipse (brothersPusha T andMalice),LeBron James, andMaverick 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 CHROMAKOPIA.[citation needed]
On July 23, 2025, Tyler held a second listening party in the Under the ‘K’ Bridge Park inBrooklyn, 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]
For this album,Tyler, the Creator has taken inspiration from many other things around him and from his childhood, ranging from a wide variety of people to tangible things. One band in particular that Tyler took inspiration from was the Zambian rock band, known as theNgozi Family. When presented with the physical cover of the Ngozi FamilyLP titled “45,000 Volts" by famous interviewerNardwuar, Tyler goes on to explain how he particularly enjoys the graphic design used for the back cover of the LP. Tyler describes that he loves the cutout and the jagged ends of the cover that surrounds an image of the band members who are appearing as clumsy. The look of the jagged ends can be described as a child using safety scissors to cut it out. It is noticed that on the physical copy of Tyler’s album “Don't Tap the Glass”, it has similar jagged ends around his own image just like the cover for the LP “45,000” by the Ngozi Family.[29]
Don't Tap the Glass received positive reviews frommusic critics. According to the review aggregatorMetacritic,Don't Tap the Glass received "generally favorable reviews" based on aweighted average score of 77 out of 100 from 11 critic scores.[31] The review aggregator site AnyDecentMusic? compiled 10 reviews and gave the album an average of 7.1 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[30]
John Amen's review forThe 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.[36] Shahzaib Hussain ofClash 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."[33] Writing forHotNewHipHop, 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."[42]
In the United States,Don't Tap the Glass debuted atop theBillboard 200, with first-week sales of 197,000album-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.[62]
^[b] "Mommanem" contains a sample of "Montagehalle", written by Tommi Eckart and Nicholas Deinhardt, and performed by Gorilla Aktiv.
^[c] "Ring Ring Ring" contains a sample of "All in the Way You Get Down", written and performed byRay Parker Jr. withRaydio.
^[d] "Don't Tap That Glass / Tweakin" contains a sample of "Dope Fiend Beat", written byTodd Shaw, and performed byToo Short; and contains a sample of "Meet Yo Maker", written and performed byTommy Wright III.
^[e] "Don't You Worry Baby" contains an interpolation of "Let Me Ride", written byCarlos Morgan,Isiah Pinkney and Robert "Flash" Gordon, and performed by12 Gauge.
^[f] "I'll Take Care of You" contains samples of "Cherry Bomb", written and performed by Tyler, the Creator;[28] and contains a sample of "Knuck If You Buck", written byBrittany Carpentero, Chris Henderson, Jarques Usher, Jonathan Lewis, and Venetia Lewis, and performed byCrime Mob.
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