Frank Ocean Teases Comeback With New Track, "Memrise"
After a long hiatus that only produced one shirtless selfie (it was worth it), Frank Ocean has released a new song, "memrise," on Tumblr.
Ocean announced back in June that he fired his management team and publicist in order to release his sophomore album, the follow-up to his 2012 debut Channel Orange. It isn't clear whether the two-minute clip below is a demo or a track included on the upcoming album, but fans are liking it either way.
“Everyone should be excited about this new album — that shit is fire,” Ocean's frequent collaborator, Nabil Elderkin, told BuzzFeed. “He’s making a great record. It blows the sophomore-album myth out of the water.”
The lyrics:
"I memorized the wayward expressions / Never look down / Never let you see me down
I memorized the way no directions / Can I come over now? / I’d like to stay a little while
I memorized your body exposed / I could fuck you all night long
From a memory alone / I never forget a face
Don’t go plastic on me / Nothing’s set in stone / You’re not dipped in gold
Dipped in gold / You can’t breathe if you’re dipped in gold
You are not on paper / You are not a copy / You’re so, you’re so, so thick, so thick"
What do you think?