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Frank Ocean – Lost
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“Lost” is the fourth single from Frank Ocean’s critically acclaimed debut studio album, Channel Orange.
The protagonist in the song is a drug supplier who uses his girlfriend as a
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Frank Ocean – Novacane
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“Novacane,“ the lead single from Frank Ocean’s debut mixtape nostalgia,ULTRA., describes what it’s like to have sex while on drugs, and it details the relationship between Ocean
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Frank Ocean – Lost Angel (Alternate)
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[Verse 1] / Stop the truck, hand my keys to the valet / That's the moment that I see her as she leaving / I say excuse me, how could I convince you to stay? / Then my phone goes to
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Frank Ocean – Godspeed
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On “Godspeed,” the penultimate track from Blonde, Frank describes him leaving a lover, but doing so in a respectful way. The title is an exclamation used to give good fortune to
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Frank Ocean – Swim Good
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This is the tenth track on Frank’s debut mixtape, nostalgia,ULTRA.
It also bears remarkable similarities to Kanye West’s album 808’s and Heartbreak, even referencing it at one
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Frank Ocean – Pink + White
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Produced by Pharrell Williams and featuring uncredited backing vocals from Beyoncé, “Pink + White” details Frank’s memories of his youth and someone close to him who passed away
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Frank Ocean – Lost Angel
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“Lost Angel” is a track by Frank Ocean, included in the informally released mixtape The Lonny Breaux Collection.
The title is a play on words. The song makes reference to Los
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Frank Ocean – We All Try
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On “We All Try,” the conflict presented is between optimism and cynicism. Two verses: what he believes (verse one) and what he does not (verse two).
Frank affirms the optimistic
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Frank Ocean – Pyramids
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Frank Ocean’s “Pyramids” is a nearly 10-minute-long tale of the ancient history of the Black woman and her gradual decline from a Queen in her homeland to her now degrading role in
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Frank Ocean – Seigfried
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“Seigfried,” the fifteenth track on Frank Ocean’s Blonde, might be called a metaphysical break-up song. Based on the mention of “a speckled face”, the song may be about male model
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Frank Ocean – White Ferrari
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The heartbreaking “White Ferrari” features great emotional depth as the track speaks volumes about love and permanence.
In December 2015, Canadian DJ and producer A-Trak started
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Frank Ocean – Bad Religion
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Frank Ocean initiates a makeshift therapy session in the backseat of a cab on this sorrowful track.
The night channel ORANGE was released on iTunes, Frank premiered this song on
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Malanee Grant – AP Lit - Frank Ocean - Lost
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Double D / Big full breasts on my baby / (Yo we going to Florida) / Triple weight / Couldn't weigh the love I've got for the girl / And I just wanna know / Why you ain't been going
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cleopatrick – Lost
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[Verse 1] / Double D, big full breasts on my baby / Triple weight / Couldn't weigh the love I've got for the girl / And I just wanna know / Why you ain't been going to work / Your
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Frank Ocean – Self Control
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“Self Control” is a slow ballad which features Frank describing a relationship that is slowly falling apart. Throughout the song, Frank hints the reason their relationship fell
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A Track By Track Analysis Of Every Song On Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde’
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The Genius community wrote bios for every song, breaking down themes of love, drugs, and depression.
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Frank Ocean – Thinkin Bout You
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“Thinkin Bout You” is the first single on channel ORANGE. Frank originally wrote it for Bridget Kelly but after his reference track leaked he recorded a higher-quality version and
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Frank Ocean – Monks
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Frank discusses the relationship he had with a female groupie he had met on a tour. He continuously compares the audience at his tours to Buddhist monks and their spiritual idol (
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Frank Ocean (Ft. Earl Sweatshirt) – Super Rich Kids
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Continuing a major theme on the album, Frank evokes the lux and glamorous like no other (see “Sweet Life” and “Lost”). Only “Super Rich Kids” is a bit more harrowing—there’s
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Kanye West (Ft. Sia & VIC MENSA) – Wolves
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“Wolves” explores a gamut of emotions, including fear, hope, and love. Kanye makes reference to his mother, Donda West, as well as comparing himself and Kim to Mary and Joseph.
An
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Malanee Grant – AP Lit - Frank Ocean - Forrest Gump
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Come on, come on / [Hook] / My fingertips and my lips / They burn from the cigarettes / Forrest Gump you run my mind, boy / Running on my mind boy / Forrest Gump / [Verse 1] / I
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Frank Ocean – Ivy
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On “Ivy,” Frank reflects on his mistakes and explores a failed relationship. With Frank’s vocals laid over melancholic production, “Ivy” is a heart-breaker of a song that could be
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. 42 Dugg) – LEMONHEAD
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“LEMONHEAD” is the third track off Tyler, the Creator’s seventh studio album, Call Me If You Get Lost. The track features Tyler, 42 Dugg, and Frank Ocean showing their bravado by
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Frank Ocean) – Purity
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“Purity“ is the final track on A$AP Rocky’s album, TESTING, and the second track to feature Frank Ocean. “Purity“ finds an introspective Rocky looking back on his life of fame and
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Frank Ocean – Sierra Leone
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In “Sierra Leone,” Frank talks to a (fictional) younger version of himself who fooled around and got a girl pregnant.
He uses the extended metaphor of Sierra Leone’s “pink skies
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Frank Overby – Lost all. Samples
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See all of “Lost all.” by Frank Overby’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Frank Ocean – Untitled (Tumblr Post #33700009336)
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The original post
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Frank Ocean – DHL
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“DHL” is Frank Ocean’s first original track since 2017, which debuted at the end of the first blonded RADIO episode of the year, on October 19, 2019. It was originally teased on
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Kanye West (Ft. Frank Ocean) – Frank's Track
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This song was formerly the outro of “Wolves”—Kanye made it a standalone song on March 15, 2016. Just hours before the change made its way onto TIDAL, Kanye described The Life of
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Frank Ocean – Forrest Gump
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“Forrest Gump” is the sixteenth and penultimate track on Frank Ocean’s debut album, Channel ORANGE.
The song makes considerable reference to the 1994 comedy-drama film Forrest
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Frank Ocean – Solo
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On “Solo,” Frank touches on various aspects of being alone, such as self-love or waiting for a call from your lover. It’s not entirely clear if this song is specifically about
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Frank Ocean (Ft. André 3000) – Pink Matter
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A play on the term “gray matter,” the substance that makes up the brain, “Pink Matter” is a meditation on the female anatomy, desire, and fantasy.
The song features OutKast member
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Frank Ocean – Nikes
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“Nikes” is a critique of the trappings of materialistic hedonism, with a frequent mention of Nike shoes, shiny gold and glitter, and fantasies of pleasure. The video version of
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