With Frank Ocean, Vasilisa Forbes, Jessica Maybury, Nathan Mitchell. I’M NOT HIM, BUT I’LL MEAN SOMETHING TO YOU. Frank Ocean: Nikes: Directed by Tyrone Lebon. WHEN YOU’RE NOT HERE, I’LL SAVE SOME FOR YOU. WE’RE NOT IN LOVE BUT I’LL, MAKE LOVE TO YOU. I MAY BE YOUNGER, BUT I’LL LOOK AFTER YOU. WE ONLY HUMAN AND IT’S HUMID IN THESE BALMAINS. MESMERIZED HOW THE STROBES GLOW, LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE FEET DANCE. WHY YOU THINK I’M IN THIS BITCH WEARING A FUCKING YARMULKE. SPEAKING OF THE DON’T KNOW WHAT GOT INTO PEOPLE, DEVIL BE POSSESSING HOMIES DEMONS TRY TO BODY JUMP. LIVING SO THE LAST NIGHT, FEELS LIKE A PAST LIFE. BUT WHEN WE TALKING BOUT SOMETHING, WE HAVE GOOD DISCUSSION. HE DON’T CARE FOR ME, BUT HE CARES FOR ME. ME AND THEM GEL, LIKE TWIGS WIT DEM BANGS. RIP TRAYVON, THAT NIGGA LOOK JUST LIKE ME. BUT IF YOU NEED DICK I GOT YOU AND I YAM FROM THE LINE. UPDATE: Ocean has shared the lyrics via Tumblr… Watch that below, and beware it’s extremely NSFW due to nudity. On first listen, this is the kind of genius we’ve been hoping for - a gorgeously complex song, and it arrives with a video just as gorgeously complex. And there’s also the line “I got two versions,” which first appeared on Ocean’s site when the album was announced way back in April 2015. There’s a tender sentimental passage at the end. FRANK OCEAN NIKES MUSIC VIDEO WALLPAPER 4K SERIESThere are many memorable lines including a Fight Club-esque series of rules (“Don’t take no photos in the party!”). There are tributes to A$AP Yams (who A$AP Rocky commemorates with a photo), Pimp C, and Trayvon Martin. Ocean lulls us into a stupor with pitched-down and pitched-up vocals and an undulating undercurrent until finally breaking out his straightforward singing voice for an exultant finale. “Nikes” is a shimmering, half-conscious slow glide with layers upon layers of sound and substance. That second album isn’t here yet, but we got its presumptive lead single this morning, and woooooo! After Frank Ocean released his extremely low-key new visual album Endless, reports circulated that another album - his proper follow-up to Channel Orange, the project formerly known as Boys Don’t Cry - was coming this weekend.
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