Sugar On My Tongue by Tyler, the Creator

Album: Don't Tap The Glass (2025)

Charted: 27 41

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Tyler, The Creator has never exactly been coy, but "Sugar On My Tongue" finds him particularly unfiltered. A swanky, synth-soaked earworm from his album Don't Tap The Glass, the track is essentially a three-minute flirtation dressed in late-'70s disco shimmer and early-2000s funk swagger.
Written and produced by Tyler himself, "Sugar On My Tongue" dives headfirst into his well-documented enthusiasm for oral sex. This isn't new territory for him. He hinted at it on previous songs, including 2023's "Dogtooth," but here Tyler goes all in.
The lusty lyrics float atop a groove that heads straight for the hips. As with much of Don't Tap The Glass, Tyler is chasing pure sensation: movement over meaning, present over past, body over brooding.
After a bit with Regina King, Tyler performed "Sugar On My Tongue" at the Grammy Awards in 2026. He had six nominations that night and one win: Best Album Cover for Chromakopia.

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