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1. Pink + White - Frank Ocean

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All credits to Frank and Pharell who also produced and wrote song togheter with Frank and released on August 20 2016.

  • As sung in the song’s opening lines, the track’s title is a reference to a sunset drive with Frank Ocean and his old friend. “Pink and white” therefore describes the sky during the moment he is reminiscing upon:
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      • Frank has used those colors in songs before. He has a song titled “White” in Odd Future’s The OF Tape Vol. 2, and of course, a song titled “White” and a song called “Pink Matter” on channel ORANGE.


        • Featuring uncredited backing vocals from Beyoncé as well as a singular uncredited word from Kanye West, “Pink + White” details Frank Ocean’s memories of his youth and someone close to him who passed away. He remembers this person by recalling the lessons they taught him.


          • The theme of mortality plays a key role in this song. In the second verse, he sings about a hurricane destroying everything in its path and its aftermath. The hurricane is likely a reference to Hurricane Katrina, which hit Louisiana while Ocean was a student at the University of New Orleans, forcing him to relocate to Houston. It’s possible this person died during Katrina.


            • Source: https://genius.com/Frank-ocean-pink-white-lyrics
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