The rapper from Odd Future, whose disappearance became a pop music mystery, speaks out on where he went: Coral Reef Academy, a therapeutic retreat for at-risk boys in Vaitele, outside of the Samoan capital of Apia:
As Odd Future became more popular, though, his absence was harder to ignore. While Ms. Harris remained largely silent, ‘Free Earl’ became a slogan, a hashtag, a mantra. Odd Future fans began to see her as an antagonist. At one point a threatening note was left on her door.
‘I could have never imagined in my wildest dreams that this decision to send him away to a school that had the kind of support for his emotional well-being that he needed would turn into a story about locking him away,’ she said. To explain her son’s absence, she added, ‘I would’ve had to have talked about his personal life in a way that I think would’ve been really unfair.’
“Earl Sweatshirt Is Back from the Wilderness.” — Jon Caramanica, New York Times
I think its great that all the people involved with EARL’s return are treating the situation as delicately as possible. Theres so much expectations and limelight shown on the entire Odd Future crew at this time and everyone’s definitely making sure that the “it” factor member of the group gets his while they’re the hottest thing out.
(via tsibugan)
