a boy is a gun* is the publisher credited for Tyler, The Creator’s projects after his fourth studio album, Flower Boy. Prior to a boy is a gun*, Tyler’s publisher was Golf Wang Steak Sauce, which published Tyler’s projects from Goblin to Flower Boy.
The publisher shares a name with IGOR’s seventh track. a boy is a gun* also publishes for Tyler for his releases since IGOR. a boy is a gun* is administered by Sony/ATV Songs, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment.
The phrase “a boy is a gun” is a play on “a girl is a gun,” which derives from the 1971 French movie, Une aventure de Billy le Kid/A Girl is A Gun, directed by Luc Moullet.
When discussing the track “A BOY IS A GUN*,” Tyler told Apple Music that it was a “cool sentence” he had heard.
