Tyler the Creator Opens Up About Being Turned Down By Justin Bieber

Tyler the Creator looks sharp on the cover of GQ‘s Men of the Year issue, available now.

Here’s what the 28-year-old musician had to share with the mag:

On his recent album IGOR: “The IGOR s**t plays a thin line between goofy and funny and art. I always have to be careful so it doesn’t f**k everyone’s perception up. It’s art, and an idea.”

On meeting his manager early in his career: “I was just such an erratic, wild personality. But I had these ideas I was serious on/ When you meet someone who’s like, ‘PEE ON ME!! RAH RAH RAH! I’M CRAZY!’ all the time…But then, I have this actual, serious idea. Some people would write you off, but they didn’t. When you finally find someone to listen to you after years of not being taken seriously, you hold that s**t to your heart.”

On writing originally writing “Earfquake” for Justin Bieber: “I wanted him to have it, and it didn’t work out. And then I asked him to do background vocals, but nothing.”

For more from Tyler the Creator, visit GQ.com.