Songs For Women

Album: Nostalgia, Ultra (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • Many musicians will tell you that getting girls is why they got into music. In this song, Frank Ocean plays a version of himself that did just that, only to find the girl he's after listening to Drake and Trey Songz instead of his music. It ends up being an opportunity for growth, as he uses the heartbreak to make music with a different motivation: to express himself.
  • The song is part of Frank Ocean's 2011 mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra, which also includes his single "Novacane." The mixtape helped establish Ocean as an insightful songwriter with a distinctive flow that could really bring his music to life. The next year, he released his breakthrough album, Channel Orange.

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