Second half gets me in my feelings tbh

lol what frank said it himself

Link. Doubt it was those exact words you’re using, sounds like a pitchfork review

"In places, like on “Ivy,” he manipulated his voice to sound younger, to better capture the time he was evoking. Many of the new songs have two or three competing narratives — different points of view participating in the same story. “That was my version of collage or bricolage,” he said. “How we experience memory sometimes, it’s not linear. We’re not telling the stories to ourselves, we know the story, we’re just seeing it in flashes overlaid.”

On “Blonde,” especially, you used a lot of different voices.

Sometimes I felt like you weren’t hearing enough versions of me within a song, ’cause there was a lot of hyperactive thinking. Even though the pace of the album’s not frenetic, the pace of ideas being thrown out is."

nytimes.com/2016/11/20/arts/music/frank-ocean-blonde-interview.html?

Like 4 songs out of 17

id read the whole interview its the only time frank really talks about what went into blonde

Not seeing what you said at all

each voice is designed to represent a different aspect of Frank either displaced in time or persona. the different voice pitching isn't the sole most important aspect of the album but it is one of the most unique and consistent musical elements used throughout the album. what do u not get

edit: i see i confused nikes for nights but the same concept applies.

The first half before the beatswitch in the pitched up voice represents frank being high and letting his mind drift while the second half in his natural voice represents the reality of the situation that he was escaping through substances

best song on first half

no, frank did say this, it’s why his voice is pitched up in ivy for example, because he’s writing from the perspective of his younger self

second half ruins me, Ferrari, Siegfried and Godspeed back to back is fatal

The poster showed me the quote and he essentially didn’t say that. His voice isn’t even pitched on ivy im pretty sure, he’s just singing in a boyish voice

he literally did say that though, and idk what to tell you. his voice is clearly pitched up on ivy (as frank himself said)

that run from Nights to Siegfried is the best of this decade so

second

second half of nights to end of album >

Second

2nd

Second half

1st when I’m feeling happy, 2nd half when I’m depressed as s***

second half literally has the most iconic part of the whole record

u not wrong