Behind the infectious production and satisfying drums, he tells a unique story of a man using his girlfriend to sell contraband. “Lost” follows a similar concept as “Pilot Jones” and is the closest Frank has been to making a pop song. By the end of the song, they’re both addicted to their unhealthy love. “Pilot Jones” contains the catchiest hook of the album in my opinion and tells the story of a girlfriend who suffers with drug abuse, slowly pulling the narrator to indulge in her same habits. The first three tracks show the impact that drugs had in each character’s love life. Our next run of songs include “Pilot Jones,” “Crack Rock,” “Lost” and “Pyramids,” all of which are primarily based on different love interests. Earl Sweatshirt also delivers with a fitting feature that matches the same energy that Frank Ocean brought. This is all expressed in an ungrateful tone from the perspective of the teen, sung in a melancholy nature surrounded by rich horns and pianos. The absence of parents, easy access to alcohol and drugs at a young age and the emptiness that comes with having anything you could imagine without working for any of it.
“Super Rich Kids” delves into the depressing side of being a teen born into money. The record is split into three main sections, the first of which includes tracks “Sierra Leone,” “Sweet Life” and “Super Rich Kids,” where we get a glimpse into the lives of people with immense wealth at their disposal. This marks a shift in themes between different segmented song runs. You can also hear sounds of a remote being clicked at the end of different songs, changing the channel on the TV. He accomplishes this by including interludes such as “Fertilizer,” a catchy jingle meant to mock an old-fashion commercial.
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From the perspective of the album, these stories are episodes of different shows, encapsulated by the aesthetic of a TV channel. This is accomplished through use of a sequencing style that is as unique as you can find in music. It’s also the album’s highest ranking since 2016, just four years after it debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Top 200, with standout track “Thinkin Bout You” being the lead single for the record and becoming its best performing song.įrank Ocean uses Channel Orange to tell experiences from the perspective of a variety of characters he created. This spike in popularity is due to the track “Lost” finding success on TikTok, boosting its streaming numbers on Spotify and Apple Music. Despite dropping over a decade ago, Channel Orange found itself ranked 65th on Billboard’s Top 200 chart during January, its highest peak since 2016. It also eventually led to his debut album, Channel Orange, releasing July 10, 2012. This initial success allowed him to collaborate with some of the most established artists in the world at the time, such as Beyonce, Jay-Z and Kanye West. After releasing his debut mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra, in 2011, he gained substantial traction as a solo artist thanks to his songwriting and adventurous take on R&B that came across as experimental.
Imagine lots of dry ice, a velvet-covered rotating stage and the entire front row sighing, “I love you, Frank”.Ever since Frank Ocean first came into the R&B scene in the early 2010s, he was labeled as a breath of fresh air from the commercial-influenced sound that dominated the genre, resulting from desperate attempts to appease radio listeners. “Playing ‘Pyramids’ on the road is gonna be my favourite part,” he wrote on Twitter recently. Does writing for Beyoncé not pay like it used to? Although it’s possible he’ll splurge more lyrics, videos and songs on his must-follow Tumblr at any moment, for now all we know is that the new album ‘Channel Orange’ is coming out on July 17, that his preoccupation with the road is likely to influence it (the ‘Nostalgia, Ultra’ car appears in a teaser trailer) and this song will definitely get an outing on his upcoming US tour. Coming in at almost 10 minutes long and featuring sexy Simpsons characters on the cover (warning: may result in some new, confusing feelings) it’s an R&B odyssey slinking from ancient Egypt – where wild cheetahs are on the loose and Cleopatra meets a snakey doom – to the present day where Frank is living that sleazy motel room life. This week alone, NME has spent at least two days having our minds freaked on by its space funk swirl. Like Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’, Frank Ocean’s ‘Pyramids’ is the kind of track you’ll lose hours and hours of your life to.
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