Watch Earl Sweatshirt perform ‘Burgundy’ on Jimmy Fallon’s show

As Times pop music critic Randall Roberts wrote in a recent profile, Earl Sweatshirt is building a complicated relationship with fame -- even as his upcoming major-label debut promises (or threatens) to bring it closer.

The L.A.-based rapper -- part of the Odd Future collective that’s also given us Frank Ocean and Tyler, the Creator -- takes a hard look at that relationship in his song “Burgundy,� which he performed Friday on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.�

“My grandma’s passing, but I’m too busy trying to get this stinking album cracking to see her,� he raps over the Roots’ instrumental backing, “My priorities messed up, I know it / I’m afraid I’m gonna blow it.�

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If that weren’t clear enough, notice that he spends the first third of the three-minute performance offstage (and the rest of it nearly swallowed up by his oversized hoodie).

“Burgundy� comes from Earl Sweatshirt’s album “Doris,� which is set to come out Aug. 20 and features guest appearances by Tyler, Ocean, Mac Miller and RZA, among others.

Watch the rapper on “Late Night� below.

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