Tyler, the Creator had apparently forgotten what it was wish to carry out at Outdoors Lands.
“It’s cold as (expletive) in this (expletive),” the famed Los Angeles rapper introduced after taking the stage for his headlining set on Saturday, Aug. 9, at chilly, foggy Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. “But we’re going to turn the heat up on this next one.”
In different phrases, downside solved — as Tyler, the Creator proceeded to show the warmth up on not simply “the next one” however for just about his total hour-plus set on Day 2 of the three-day pageant. (Sadly, the artist didn’t enable photographers to shoot his set, which is why you received’t see images of him with this story.)
It was an all-around good displaying for the hip-hop icon, who had beforehand carried out at Outdoors Lands in 2021. In fact, Tyler, the Creator was alleged to headline the pageant final 12 months however ended up cancelling. (The loss on the 2024 invoice was drastically softened by his alternative — Sabrina Carpenter — doing such an amazing job in her pageant headliner debut.)
But, it’s not like Northern California followers have had a scarcity of alternatives to see Tyler, the Creator because the final Outdoors Lands. Certainly, the rapper performed a trio of big enviornment reveals — at Golden 1 Heart in Sacramento, Chase Heart in San Francisco and Oakland Enviornment — just some months again.
To say it’s uncommon for an artist to play a number of enviornment dates in an space after which so rapidly return to that very same area to headline a pageant could be an unlimited understatement. But, Tyler, the Creator’s recognition is so gigantic — and the general public’s thirst for his dwell performances so seemingly unquenchable — that his look at Outdoors Lands nonetheless made excellent sense.
The 20-song set was the newest cease on Tyler, the Creator’s blockbuster Chromakopia: The World Tour, which started earlier this 12 months in help the artist’s eighth studio album of the identical identify. The street present is now, nevertheless, pulling double responsibility because it additionally highlights tracks from Tyler, the Creator’s not too long ago launched ninth providing, “Don’t Tap the Glass,” which reached shops in late July and instantly skyrocketed to No. 1 on the charts.
The rapper hit the gang with 4 tracks from the brand new album — “Big Poe,” “I’ll Take Care of You,” “Sucka Free” and “Sugar on My Tongue” — all of which registered fairly strongly with the gang. Different highlights from the set included “Like Him” and “New Magic Wand.”
Previous to Tyler, the Creator’s headlining set, the 70,000-plus followers in attendance have been handled to well-received choices from Atlanta hip-hop legend Ludacris, L.A. alt-rock act Wallows, Florida indie-rockers flipturn, Vallejo rapper LaRussell and Mountain View’s personal alt-pop expertise Sarah Kinsley.
Ludacris performs on the Lands Finish stage throughout Outdoors Lands at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2025. (Chris Riley/Instances-Herald)
One in every of Day 2’s most hotly anticipated units got here courtesy of Gracie Abrams, the rising pop star — and daughter of director J.J. Abrams — who has served as opening act for each Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift. The singer-songwriter made good on the advance hype as she delivered a beautiful 14-song set that drew strongly from her second studio album, final 12 months’s “The Secret of Us.” (Abrams was additionally not permitting photographers to shoot her set.)
It was an entirely spectacular and guaranteed Outdoors Lands debut for Abrams, underscoring her place as probably the most promising younger voices in all of pop.
The 2025 Outdoors Lands pageant opened for enterprise on Friday, which was highlighted by a extremely robust set from rising hip-hop star Doechii in addition to performances from Doja Cat, Beck, John Summit and others. The three-day occasion was scheduled to shut on Sunday with a headlining set from Hozier, following outings from Bleachers, Julie, Glass Animals and dozens extra.
Dillon Basse performs with flipturn on the Twin Peaks stage at Outdoors Lands in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2025. (Chris Riley/Instances-Herald)
Tyler, the Creator Setlist(Based mostly on our notes and knowledge from Setlist.fm)1. “Big Poe”2. “Sugar on My Tongue”3. “St. Chroma”4. “Rah Tah Tah”5. “Noid”6. “Darling, I”7. “Sticky”8. “She”9. “IFHY”10. “EARFQUAKE”11. “LUMBERJACK”12. “WUSYANAME”13. “ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?”14. “DOGTOOTH”15. “Who Dat Boy”16. “Like Him”17. “Sucka Free”18. “I’ll Take Care of You”19. “NEW MAGIC WAND”20. “See You Again”
LaRussell performs on the Lands Finish stage throughout Outdoors Lands at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 9, 2025. (Chris Riley/Instances-Herald)
Initially Revealed: August 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM PDT