Tyga's "Balcony" Is Out With an Official Video

Balcony artwork: a man in a dark jacket and sunglasses on a brick building balcony, with three women on other balconies and stairs, title in red script
Artwork: Balcony / Last Kings Music / Create Music Group

Tyga is back with "Balcony," a new solo single out on Apple Music through Last Kings Music and Create Music Group. It came with an official video on his YouTube channel, which he shared on X with a two-word caption and a few fire emojis. Nobody else is on the track. It is Tyga alone for just under two minutes.

Nic Nac on the boards

The detail worth stopping on sits in the video description, which credits Nic Nac as producer. That is a reunion. Nic Nac built "Ayo," the 2015 Chris Brown and Tyga single, and he produced "Loyal," the Chris Brown hit Tyga rapped on before that. Whatever else "Balcony" is, it is a call back to the producer who sat behind two of the most familiar records in Tyga's catalog.

A turn after $TARFACE

It also reads as a course correction. Tyga's last full project was $TARFACE, a 10-song album credited to $TARFACE and Tyga that Apple filed under Alternative, of all places. Before that came NSFW, a 17-song set on Last Kings and EMPIRE. "Balcony" leaves EMPIRE behind for Create Music Group and goes back to a plain rap single with a producer he knows. There is no album tied to it yet, and none of his posts name one. For now, the song stands on its own.

A short single with a familiar producer is not a statement, but it is the clearest sign in a while that Tyga knows which version of himself people actually came for.

Tyga: "Balcony" (Official Music Video)

Tyga: "Balcony" (Apple Music)

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