Tyler, The Creator's Song Okra, Timothée Chalamet

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The internet is our home for makeup tips and hilarious dog videos. Sometimes, though, the internet blesses our timelines with the content we never knew we needed, and this is one of those times. Tyler, the Creator’s newest single “OKRA” shouts out 22-year-old heartthrob Timothée Chalamet, and suddenly everything feels right in the world.

Tyler, the Creator name-drops the Oscar-nominated hip-hop fan in the third verse, and provided lyrics along with the track on the video’s YouTube page. “Tell Tim Chalamet to come get at me,” raps Tyler, and immediately a million Timmy/Tyler shipping fanfics were born.

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Like all of us, Tyler also admires Chalamet’s flawless skin, calling it “skin glowing clear of acne/diamonds, see through/ so holographic.” Cleary, Tyler thinks that Chalamet’s skin looks like the day after a brightening sheet mask, and we agree. In our skin-care-obsessed culture, there is no greater compliment than shouting out someone’s glowy cheeks.

Chalamet hasn’t officially responded to the song’s verse. Refinery29 has reached out to his publicist for comment. He did, however, retweet a meme referencing the song. Cue all the eyeball emojis.

tyler the creator: tell tim chalamet to come get at me

timothée: pic.twitter.com/YveSfo1waz
— fabiana (@tchalamvt) March 29, 2018

Tyler called “OKRA” a “throwaway,” but critics are heaping praise on the song. “He leans into his skills as a wordsmith,” writes Sheldon Pierce at Pitchfork, and Uproxx’s Aaron Williams called it a “quality rap banger.” It’s a rarity that a song that reaches viral success is also appreciated by people who think music for a living; there is nothing “throwaway” about this song at all.

Meanwhile, fans of both Tyler and Chalamet reacted with bliss. It’s not clear if Tyler is actually asking Chalamet out on a date, but that didn’t stop Twitter from imagining the two sharing a romantic candlelit dinner. These two may become the new Finn/Poe Dameron fan romance meme, and we are so here for it.

Press play on “OKRA” here, pour yourself a cup of tea, and enjoy these tweets while you wait to hear the Chalamet verse. Trust us, it’s worth it.

oh, so when tyler, the creator does a rap about timothée chalamet everyone loves it, but when i do one it's "disruptive" and i have to "give back the grocery store intercom"
— emma lord (@dilemmalord) March 31, 2018

tyler rapped about timothée’s skin glowing and being clear of acne these are the lyrics i deserve
— ً (@futildevices) March 29, 2018

Tyler, the creator rapping about balenciaga and timothee chalamet in the same song is my culture.
— Dolores Costello (@briiemcmxcvll) March 29, 2018

I can’t believe I get to ship Tyler the Creator and Timothée Chalamet. Wow I love 2018.
— Tyler the Creator Loves Timothée Chalamet (@Neil_McNeil) March 29, 2018

omg let me see if I can break it down
1. Tyler the Creator is a rapper who in his last album confirmed his queer sexuality
2. Timothee Chalamet is a young actor who starred in the queer film Call Me By Your Name
3. In his latest track, Tyler flirted-aka shoot his shot-at Timmy pic.twitter.com/KSfa6RoKyX
— Alex Scoville (@AlexScoville) March 30, 2018

WHEN TYLER THE CREATOR SAID “tell tim chalamet to come get at me” BITCH I FELT T H A T!!
— . (@sighjillian) March 29, 2018

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