Fri 16 Sep 2011
Frank Ocean’s “Swim Good” Video: All The Weird You Can Fit Into 4 Minutes
Posted by Gabz under Videos[21] Comments
Frank Ocean just released a video for Nostalgia, Ultra standout “Swim Good,” directed by Nabil who is known for his work with Kanye West and Kid Cudi. The clip shows Frank driving a car which is later set ablaze. Frank then acts as a spectator to the incident, sitting by the ocean wearing a knit panda mask and shoving popcorn at his face. Throughout all this, a lady is seen with Frank, who is brandishing a sword. Both are surrounded by animals, and we later see Frank alone with the bloodied sword. It is unclear whose blood is on it, the animals’ or the lady who is no longer seen. Needless to say, the video is a little confusing, but watch above and see if you can decipher!
via Frank Ocean
Previously:
Frank Ocean – “Thinking About You” (Video)
Odd Future at the 2011 MTV VMAs: Tyler The Creator Wins ‘Best New Artist,’ Frank Ocean Ignores Media
Frank Ocean’s Hazy Hallucinating “Novacane” Video
September 16th, 2011 at 8:54 am
Weird as vid but the first of his u liked shit had me thinkin afro samuari on acid
September 16th, 2011 at 8:57 am
Also on a side not damn have ya seen games face he got lumped up i heard he got knocked but duke hit him so hard he had a seizure
September 16th, 2011 at 9:15 am
I’m getting an obscure reference to Afro Samurai’s Kuma story throughout the entire video.
Other than that,this guy really likes cars and driving.Most of his videos has either or both.
September 16th, 2011 at 9:51 am
Frank Ocean is an ill artist man. He steps all the way out of the box and personally I need that fresh sound to flush out the monotony in the music game.
September 16th, 2011 at 12:35 pm
The nerd in me loves the Afro Samurai like aspects of this. I’ll link this over to @ASamuraiMaster (Afro’s twitter page)
September 16th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
I like the video. It’s a breath of fresh air from the typical “half naked rnb singer with a bunch of strippers around him” video that we see all the time. His music stands out, his videos stand out, which means this dude is gonna blow big sooner or later.
September 16th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Kanye’s 808 Heartbreak album is more influential than we think…It helped to free other hip hop artists to experiment. Visually speaking, Kanye and Andre 3000 are the most influential to this generation, whether we want to admit it or not. I don’t think it will stop with wearing saggy jeggings and deep v-cut t-shirts, by year 2013, you’ll see rapping niggaz wearing dracula capes, face paint(like David Bowie) and Mozart-powder white wigs. LOL.
September 16th, 2011 at 1:44 pm
Miss Info, could you think about throwing up a post which includes that David Banner “Swag” song just see the reaction of listeners?
September 16th, 2011 at 2:30 pm
the thing with frank is, i dont think he wants to ‘big’ hes gonna be reclusive like sade or prince imo
September 16th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Frank Ocean is a RnB singer? You see now, I can’t tell these days. I thought he’s experimenting with raps and songs like Kid Cudi. Jesus, so does this mean there’s no hope for Bobby Brown (anointed “King of RnB”) to make a comeback in today’s scene?
September 16th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
I took it as a long running metaphor for heartbreak and getting over it as referenced by the scenes with him slashing his female love interest and having the car explode at the end. Instead of the proverbial literal video, he decides to use certain metaphors drawing from things he likes. There’s the obvious ode to Nostalgia’s cover with the orange color and his love for Asian culture as well…its dope and refreshing. He truly wants you to appreciate the art not the image.
September 16th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
break my heart, ill slice your head off.
September 16th, 2011 at 11:46 pm
*zing* wow what a reference lol His imagination is nuts though from a visual stand point. I appreciate his indifference though and gotta love his autos presentation!
September 16th, 2011 at 11:47 pm
808 = ruined kanye’s catalog; should have kept running with the education theme
September 17th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
808’s is seriously overlooked and underrated in terms of diversity. I agree with Garfield Kanye and 3k are without a doubt the most influential artists of this generation
September 17th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
I get what you mean I can appreciate 808 on an individual level. but look at Kanye’s entire catalog from a grander scale. no way you can say it doesn’t feel and sound highly out of place. All his albums have had educational based themes (drop out graduation etc) he should have kept the concept running concurrent and called his next album: the PHD doctorates something like that get me ? I don’t think anyone has ever done that conceptually within hip hop.
so I look at his catalog from a bigger picture and see the education concept then 808 sticks out like an eye sore lol That auto-tuned pseudo rock; emo endowed rap with under tones. 808 as body of work within Kanye’s catalog ruined it for me sorry lol
September 18th, 2011 at 6:51 am
That’s the thing…if you look at the bigger picture, 808s is really what made Kanye graduate (forgive the bad pun) to a global music artist rather than just reaching his hip-hop ceiling(which IMO was “Graduation”, basically the best hip-hop album he could possibly create). Without 808s you don’t get My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, an album that EVERYBODY, from rockers to skateboarders to hip-hop heads, respects and appreciates.
The fact that it came from the emotion of his mother dying and breaking up with his fiancee within a short time obviously brought about some emotions that any artist has to get out in one way or another. 808s opened doors for post-Taylor Swift Kanye and a lot more experimentation and musicality in hip-hop, or emo raps, whatever you want to call it lol(Drake, Frank Ocean, Cudi, early Wale, J.Cole singing hooks, etc.)
September 18th, 2011 at 5:34 pm
ohhhh….PHd, what’s it!/? lol
how long should he have gone on with the school theme? the 4 years undergrad isn’t enough for a doctorate of philosophy; and that dissertation would have been a bitch to complete with all them hashtag raps. i dunno, maybe he just got tired of school.
or that was quite enough.
808s is a fine piece of work; well fine, and much better than some dark twisted fantasy. and miles better than sitting and watching any chair, throne or otherwise.
you seem to have your feet fully planted and refuse to take a step forward.
September 18th, 2011 at 7:23 pm
It’s interesting ain’t it? ‘Ye’s Flashing Light video concept, Rza’s Kill Bill Soundtrack, N*E*R*D, Gnarls Barkley, Lupe’s Kick, Push debut, 3K’s Love Below planted the seeds for Odd Future’s revolution and just went against the code, especially at a time when it was cooler to listen what 106 & Park dictated, 50 Cent and Sheek Louch mixtapes. Now the coin flipped, older artists in the category of DMX, Jadakiss/D-Block, Dipset, G-Unit, Busta Rhymes and Redman have lots to worry about, their fans are waning and demand fresh, different sounds. Eminem, Hov, Weezy and Wu-Tang smartly adapted to the times.
Now on the R&B side, we’ll see if vets R-Kelly with his upcoming Black Panties project, D’Angelo’s return…and yes, Bobby Brown(LOL) can answer to what Frank Ocean is doing. Charlie Wilson is the only smart ol rnb nigga, he’s on Snoop and Pharrell’s payroll and plays his position. LOL.
September 19th, 2011 at 10:07 am
Frank Ocean is a talented artist,and I played the nostalgia album till the mp3’s revolted. However I think as far as presentation/videos he needs work. But I agree with Lala, he’s gotten big, and I dont think he was ready for it, or what it was going to entail…now he is just pissed off at the industry once he realizes what really goes on.
Odd Future period needs work, because that whole revolting against the man,thing only last for a little bit, especially once they start making more money and become the same people they were revolting against.
I would have directed this video differently, I would have put him in a black suit, black tie, on a ledge thinking about jumping into the ocean….except and do cut scenes of him drowning, and driving a hearse with a bunch of manikins in the back,painted in different colors…and every time he drove by someone they would see a different car from what he is actually driving.
September 24th, 2011 at 7:18 am
That’s how you’d do the video. All of OF has in common that they do whatever is going through their heads, so to say you’d do it differently or that they should change their style is pointless.