Good Guy Lyrics: Here's to a good guy, he hooked up / Said if I was NY, I should look you up / I, first time I'd ever saw you / And you text nothg like you look / Here's to the gay bar you
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- FRANK OCEAN'S LYRICS: WAS HE TRYG TO TELL US SOMETHG?ON ODD FUTURE'S 'OLDIE,' OCEAN RAPS, 'I'M HIGH AND I'M BI, WA, I MEAN I'M STRAIGHT.'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY ROB MARKMANJULY 5, 2012/1:24 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ROB MARKMANJULY 5, 2012 / 1:24 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FRANK OCEAN'S LYRICS: WAS HE TRYG TO TELL US SOMETHG?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-07-05T17:24:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-07-05T17:24:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ROB MARKMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAISE YOUR HAND IF BETWEEN YOUR BACKYARD BARBECUE AND FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS YOU REVISED YOUR FRANK OCEAN PLAYLIST? IT'S OK TO ADM — THE CURSY IS NATURAL SCE OCEAN REVEALED THAT HE AT LEAST ONCE HAD AN AFFAIR WH [ARTICLE ID="1689035"]ANOTHER MAN[/ARTICLE] ON HIS TUMBLR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNTIL THEN FANS JT ASSUMED THAT THE ODD FUTURE SGER/SONGWRER WAS WRG OM A HETEROSEXUAL PERSPECTIVE, SGG EXCLIVELY OF WOMEN. BUT THE WAKE OF THIS NEW REVELATN, ULD BE THAT OCEAN'S POIGNANT DISGRAPHY WILL ULTIMATELY TAKE ON NEW MEANG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A GRIM-YET-LOVG REMAKE OF COLDPLAY'S "STRAWBERRY SWG" OPENS FRANK'S CRILLY ACCLAIMED 2011 BUT MIXTAPE, NOSTALGIA, ULTRA, AND ON THE TRACK OCEAN SGS SIMPLY OF LOVE; THERE ARE NO MENTNS OF "HIM" OR "HER," JT "WE." THE TRAGIC GOODBYE IS SET AN ARMAGEDDON-TYPE SCENAR, WH THE SGER G TO GRIPS WH ALL THAT IS AT STAKE: "JT SE AN ATOM BOMB FALLG ON MY LAWN/ I SHOULD SAY AND YOU SHOULD HEAR, I LOVED THE GOOD TIM HERE," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WANTED TO CREATE WORLDS THAT WERE ROSIER THAN ME," OCEAN WROTE THE PASSAGE ON HIS TUMBLR, WHICH WERE TEND TO FILL HIS ALBUM'S LER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS POST, FRANK MA A NUMBER OF ADMISSNS, ONE OF URSE BEG THAT HIS FIRST LOVE WAS A MAN, THE OTHER THAT AT LEAST SOME PORTN OF HIS TALOG, HE CREATED A FANTASY WORLD AS A FORM OF PISM. THAT DON'T MEAN THAT SONGS LIKE "NOVANE," "DT" AND THE EAGL-SAMPLG "AMERIN WEDDG," ON WHICH HE FOC ON RELATNSHIPS WH WOMEN, DON'T E OM A TE PLACE. AFTER ALL, ON HIS TUMBLR, HE WROTE OF THE RELATNSHIPS HE HAS HAD WH WOMEN AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THERE ARE SPRKL OF FRANK'S OPENNS HIDN THROUGHOUT NOSTALGIA, ULTRA. ON "WE ALL TRY," AFTER PRONOUNCG HIS FAH GOD AND ABORTN RIGHTS, OCEAN MAK A SUBTLE BUT POWERFUL STATEMENT WHEN HE SGS, "I BELIEVE THAT MARRIAGE ISN'T BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN, BUT BETWEEN LOVE AND LOVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WOULD BE SILLY AND UNTE TO SUGGT THAT ONLY NON-HETEROSEXUALS STAND SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE, BUT GIVEN THE SGER'S RECENT REVELATN, IS AN IMPORTANT LYRIC TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE OTHER STANDOUTS HIS TALOG AS WELL. ON "OLDIE," A 10-MUTE POSSE CUT OFF OF ODD FUTURE'S THE OF TAPE VOL. 2, FRANK GETS PLAYFUL YET OVERT WHEN, AFTER NOTG HIS WEEKLY WEED HAB, HE RAPS, "I'M HIGH AND I'M BI, WA, I MEAN I'M STRAIGHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE THE GROUNDBREAKG TUMBLR POST, OCEAN'S RAP ME OFF AS NOTHG MORE THAN CLEVER WORDPLAY, THE SAME WAY NAS RAPPED "VERSATILE, MY STYLE SWCH LIKE A FAGGOT/ BUT NOT BISEXUAL, I'M AN TELLECTUAL" ON HIS 1992 TRACK "HALFTIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT TODAY FRANK'S CLEVER LYRIC BE MUCH MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCEAN'S WORDS ON "THK BOUT YOU" ARE ALSO TERTG. THE TRACK, WHICH IS SET TO APPEAR ON HIS UPG CHANNEL ORANGE LP, TELLS THE STORY OF A MAN YEARNG FOR MMENT OM AN ON-THE-FENCE LOVER. COULD BE THAT THE TRACK FRANK WAS CRYG OUT TO HIS FIRST LOVE, THE PARTIALLY UNAVAILABLE 19-YEAR-OLD HE MET FOUR SUMMERS AGO? OCEAN DON'T E ANY GENRED LANGUAGE EXCEPT THE FIRST VERSE: "MY EY DON'T SHED TEARS, BUT BOY, THEY BAWL WHEN I'M THK' 'BOUT YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S POSSIBLE THAT FRANK MEANT "BOY" AS AN EXCLAMATN TO HIS POT AND NOT THE LERAL SENSE ("OH BOY, THAT MOVIE WAS WONRFUL"). OR ULD BE THAT HE WAS TRYG TO TELL SOMETHG? A THIRD EXPLANATN N BE THAT SCE OCEAN ORIGALLY PENNED THE SONG FOR ROC NATN SGER BRIDGET KELLY, HE WROTE OM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A WOMAN, MUCH LIKE THE-DREAM DO WHEN WRG FOR FEMALE ARTISTS LIKE RIHANNA OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FACT IS, UNLS FRANK OCEAN HIMSELF GIV A TRACK-BY-TRACK BREAKDOWN OF HIS DISGRAPHY, THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW IF HE DREW HIS SPIRATN OM MAN OR WOMAN. BUT WHEN LOVE IS THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, HOW MUCH DO EVEN MATTER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT FRANK OCEAN'S TALOG NOW THAT HE HAS REVEALED HIS LOVE AFFAIR WH A MAN? LET KNOW THE MENTS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- FRANK OCEAN: ‘I CRIED THE NIGHT I ME OUT AS GAY’
FRANK OCEAN'S LYRICS: WAS HE TRYG TO TELL US SOMETHG?ON ODD FUTURE'S 'OLDIE,' OCEAN RAPS, 'I'M HIGH AND I'M BI, WA, I MEAN I'M STRAIGHT.'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY ROB MARKMANJULY 5, 2012/1:24 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ROB MARKMANJULY 5, 2012 / 1:24 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FRANK OCEAN'S LYRICS: WAS HE TRYG TO TELL US SOMETHG?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-07-05T17:24:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-07-05T17:24:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ROB MARKMAN","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAISE YOUR HAND IF BETWEEN YOUR BACKYARD BARBECUE AND FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS YOU REVISED YOUR FRANK OCEAN PLAYLIST? IT'S OK TO ADM — THE CURSY IS NATURAL SCE OCEAN REVEALED THAT HE AT LEAST ONCE HAD AN AFFAIR WH [ARTICLE ID="1689035"]ANOTHER MAN[/ARTICLE] ON HIS TUMBLR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNTIL THEN FANS JT ASSUMED THAT THE ODD FUTURE SGER/SONGWRER WAS WRG OM A HETEROSEXUAL PERSPECTIVE, SGG EXCLIVELY OF WOMEN. BUT THE WAKE OF THIS NEW REVELATN, ULD BE THAT OCEAN'S POIGNANT DISGRAPHY WILL ULTIMATELY TAKE ON NEW MEANG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A GRIM-YET-LOVG REMAKE OF COLDPLAY'S "STRAWBERRY SWG" OPENS FRANK'S CRILLY ACCLAIMED 2011 BUT MIXTAPE, NOSTALGIA, ULTRA, AND ON THE TRACK OCEAN SGS SIMPLY OF LOVE; THERE ARE NO MENTNS OF "HIM" OR "HER," JT "WE." THE TRAGIC GOODBYE IS SET AN ARMAGEDDON-TYPE SCENAR, WH THE SGER G TO GRIPS WH ALL THAT IS AT STAKE: "JT SE AN ATOM BOMB FALLG ON MY LAWN/ I SHOULD SAY AND YOU SHOULD HEAR, I LOVED THE GOOD TIM HERE," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WANTED TO CREATE WORLDS THAT WERE ROSIER THAN ME," OCEAN WROTE THE PASSAGE ON HIS TUMBLR, WHICH WERE TEND TO FILL HIS ALBUM'S LER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS POST, FRANK MA A NUMBER OF ADMISSNS, ONE OF URSE BEG THAT HIS FIRST LOVE WAS A MAN, THE OTHER THAT AT LEAST SOME PORTN OF HIS TALOG, HE CREATED A FANTASY WORLD AS A FORM OF PISM. THAT DON'T MEAN THAT SONGS LIKE "NOVANE," "DT" AND THE EAGL-SAMPLG "AMERIN WEDDG," ON WHICH HE FOC ON RELATNSHIPS WH WOMEN, DON'T E OM A TE PLACE. AFTER ALL, ON HIS TUMBLR, HE WROTE OF THE RELATNSHIPS HE HAS HAD WH WOMEN AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, THERE ARE SPRKL OF FRANK'S OPENNS HIDN THROUGHOUT NOSTALGIA, ULTRA. ON "WE ALL TRY," AFTER PRONOUNCG HIS FAH GOD AND ABORTN RIGHTS, OCEAN MAK A SUBTLE BUT POWERFUL STATEMENT WHEN HE SGS, "I BELIEVE THAT MARRIAGE ISN'T BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN, BUT BETWEEN LOVE AND LOVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WOULD BE SILLY AND UNTE TO SUGGT THAT ONLY NON-HETEROSEXUALS STAND SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE, BUT GIVEN THE SGER'S RECENT REVELATN, IS AN IMPORTANT LYRIC TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE OTHER STANDOUTS HIS TALOG AS WELL. ON "OLDIE," A 10-MUTE POSSE CUT OFF OF ODD FUTURE'S THE OF TAPE VOL. 2, FRANK GETS PLAYFUL YET OVERT WHEN, AFTER NOTG HIS WEEKLY WEED HAB, HE RAPS, "I'M HIGH AND I'M BI, WA, I MEAN I'M STRAIGHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE THE GROUNDBREAKG TUMBLR POST, OCEAN'S RAP ME OFF AS NOTHG MORE THAN CLEVER WORDPLAY, THE SAME WAY NAS RAPPED "VERSATILE, MY STYLE SWCH LIKE A FAGGOT/ BUT NOT BISEXUAL, I'M AN TELLECTUAL" ON HIS 1992 TRACK "HALFTIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT TODAY FRANK'S CLEVER LYRIC BE MUCH MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCEAN'S WORDS ON "THK BOUT YOU" ARE ALSO TERTG. THE TRACK, WHICH IS SET TO APPEAR ON HIS UPG CHANNEL ORANGE LP, TELLS THE STORY OF A MAN YEARNG FOR MMENT OM AN ON-THE-FENCE LOVER. COULD BE THAT THE TRACK FRANK WAS CRYG OUT TO HIS FIRST LOVE, THE PARTIALLY UNAVAILABLE 19-YEAR-OLD HE MET FOUR SUMMERS AGO? OCEAN DON'T E ANY GENRED LANGUAGE EXCEPT THE FIRST VERSE: "MY EY DON'T SHED TEARS, BUT BOY, THEY BAWL WHEN I'M THK' 'BOUT YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S POSSIBLE THAT FRANK MEANT "BOY" AS AN EXCLAMATN TO HIS POT AND NOT THE LERAL SENSE ("OH BOY, THAT MOVIE WAS WONRFUL"). OR ULD BE THAT HE WAS TRYG TO TELL SOMETHG? A THIRD EXPLANATN N BE THAT SCE OCEAN ORIGALLY PENNED THE SONG FOR ROC NATN SGER BRIDGET KELLY, HE WROTE OM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A WOMAN, MUCH LIKE THE-DREAM DO WHEN WRG FOR FEMALE ARTISTS LIKE RIHANNA OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FACT IS, UNLS FRANK OCEAN HIMSELF GIV A TRACK-BY-TRACK BREAKDOWN OF HIS DISGRAPHY, THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW IF HE DREW HIS SPIRATN OM MAN OR WOMAN. BUT WHEN LOVE IS THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE, HOW MUCH DO EVEN MATTER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT FRANK OCEAN'S TALOG NOW THAT HE HAS REVEALED HIS LOVE AFFAIR WH A MAN? LET KNOW THE MENTS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
On “We All Try, ” the third track om his 2011 but mixtape nostalgia, ULTRA, he voiced support for gay marriage four years before beme legal natnwi:. The night the album dropped, Frank appeared on Late Night Wh Jimmy Fallon to but the song “Bad Relign, ” which ntas the most overt discsn of a gay relatnship on the album. Frank ma a brief but important return June 21, 2016 after the Pulse Nightclub shootg Orlando, Fl., when he spoke out agast stutnal homophobia our society wh an emotnal Tumblr post, reflectg a siar msage to that of “Bad Relign.
On the song “Skyle To, ” Frank returns to the ia of relig nmnatn of homosexualy while sgg about a sexual experience wh another man:. Frank was raised the South, where sayg someone has “sugar their step” or “sugar their tank” is slang for llg them gay.
The outro of the song briefly touch on homosexualy and how difficult and unfortable n be to e out to people and to f wh straight iends, a thoughtful look at two opposg facets of morn masculy. Next June will mark 50 years sce the morn gay rights movement igned, kdled by the Stonewall rts. The New York Tim wouldn’t e the word “gay” for another two s.
FRANK OCEAN: ‘I CRIED THE NIGHT I ME OUT AS GAY’
Today, newspapers monly police their pag for the slightt whiff of homophobia. Yet, even far more benighted tim, mic nveyed the s and emotns of genr nonnformists Pri month, here’s a selective playlist featurg those rerdgs that bt exprs both gay yearngs and society’s chang, over the last century.
Later, beme a jazz standard, wh lyrics that pivoted on an antique meang of the word “gay”.
Gene Howard – The Man I Love (1962)In the early 60s, a straight sger who sang wh Stan Kenton’s band generoly agreed to voice an album tend for a gay dience on which he scerely serenad another man wh some of the most passnate love songs ever wrten. It beme a cult em, beloved by stars like Frank Satra and Liberace, as well as gay dienc on the east and wt asts. In the years sce, the album has been unearthed as an early gay treasure.