He finished one album.
Then he accidentally made another.
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Ty Dolla $ign blows into a room like a melody unfurling.
Its quiet, and then theres music, a hummed note, a tapped-out drum pattern.
Making music is as natural to him as exhaling.
Historically, his singles sound smooth and effortless, but his albums are densely layered, with unexpected twists.
More than half of the original Electric Lady songs are gone.
I kept recording, and I accidentally did another album, he explains.
Ill still probably drop that other one sometime later during the year, or … Who knows?
When you make seven songs a day, you get a new playlist.
A renewed interest in guitar is at the core of the experiment.
I did it, and the hook came immediately.)
His touch is now renowned.
The freer he is to work, the more hooks everyone gets.
He always had instruments around and different homies that came through, Ty remembers.
I would learn shit from everybody.
I felt like it was a him thing, and she was putting it on me.
Tensions between mother and son reached a breaking point when she kicked him out as a teen.
He picked up guitar, keys, and drums gigging around Los Angelesarea houses of worship.
The journey to solo success was slow.
But at that time, he recalls, none of that shit was bringing in money.
Back out west, he connected with the sometime G.O.O.D.
In the late aughts, he formed a singing group alongside East Coast vocalist Kory.
But it wasnt until Toot It and Boot It that Ty began to feel his luck changing.
By 2012, hed signed to Atlantic Records and released the firstBeach Housetape to growing acclaim.
His mother works for him now.
(Julio was named after Tys favorite tequila, Don Julio, at A$AP Rockys suggestion.
Originally, his name was going to be Miller, after Mac.)
But his change in perspective came after a year full of personal challenges.
That night, the Grammy went to the Chemical Brothers.
That shit fucked me up.
Then, his friend Abro died in a car crash.
Back in the spring, coronavirus flare-ups in California necessitated keeping a tight geographical circle.
The subject matter stemmed from the circumstances: Im in the house.
Im with my girl and my daughter, and thats about it.
When we write songs, its about whats going on.
Thats where Im at right now.
