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Pyramids (song)
"Pyramids" is a song by American singer Frank Ocean, released as the second single from his debut studio album Channel Orange (2012). The song was written by Ocean and produced by Malay and Om'Mas Keith. The track features an uncredited guitar solo from singer and guitarist John Mayer. On June 7, 2012, Ocean posted a small teaser video featuring a snippet of the song onto his Tumblr account, and released the full, nearly 10-minute song later that day onto his official SoundCloud account.
The song explores a narrative of a pimp falling in love with one of his sex workers. Lyrically, the track contains several extended metaphors referencing Cleopatra, pyramids, strip clubs and luxury. The song received highly positive reviews and was called epic in nature by several publications, who praised the ambition and scope of the track's length, along with the lyrical merit.
The song was featured in a teaser for Ocean's then-upcoming album and was released with a cover that featured The Simpsons style characters. The music video was directed by Nabil Elderkin and featured an orange car with an atmospheric background. The song has since debuted on the UK R&B Chart at number 31. The track has been featured during television promos for Channel Orange. Ocean performed "Pyramids" during his Channel Orange tour through North America.
On June 8, 2012, Frank Ocean posted on his Tumblr a cryptic, almost two-minute video, promoting an unknown project which was titled Channel Orange. The clip featured an expensive-looking car, and it also contained new music. Later that day Ocean posted the full song used in the video, titled "Pyramids" onto his SoundCloud account. Popdust noted that "trailers won’t tell you everything. For example, the brief snippet of Frank Ocean’s new track ‘Pyramids’ heard in an ambiguous trailer a few days ago left out one key detail of the track: the damn thing is 10 minutes long." The cover artwork for the single features sexual The Simpsons characters.
The song was Ocean's first single in over a year, which was described as him coming "back into the spotlight in a huge way." The track was labeled indicating that it was to be the ninth track on the album. It was later announced that the Channel Orange project was actually his debut album and would launch a corresponding tour. The release of the album's track list confirmed both the track placement of the track and the appearance of it on the album. "Pyramids" serves as the second single from the project following "Thinkin Bout You". The following day Ocean posted that, "playing ‘Pyramids’ on the road is gonna be my favourite part" on his Twitter account, speaking about his promotional tour.
"Pyramids" is an R&B song that lasts 9 minutes and 54 seconds. It has been described as a "nearly 10-minute epic that touches on everything from club music to good old-fashioned slow jam R&B" and is "an ambitious song with multiple movements." The song features groaning club beats, psychedelic guitar noodling, crunchy synth leads, a funked-up beat, and "Ocean's distinctive croon and lots of vague new-R&B angst". The opening segment sports the "beautiful, warped R&B that Ocean has become known for", but from there the song transitions into a smattering of electro-house synths, Michael Jackson-influenced pop melodies, spaced out electronic segues, UK bass breaks, saxophone, and guitar solo courtesy of John Mayer." The track is an "R&B odyssey" slinking from ancient Egypt, where wild cheetahs are on the loose and Cleopatra meets a "snakey doom", to the present day where "Frank is living that sleazy motel room life." It serves as "another case where the production far outstrips the vocal work", with "clanging and chiming and choirs for the intro," a dance break toward the middle that sounds like it was "recorded in 2018", and a slow jam for the second half that closes the song.
The chorus talks about a woman “working at the pyramid tonight”. The track lyrically features intricate imagery that depicts a fantasy-like scenario, and the length gives the song the ability to change tempo with "patience, with suave, like a furthering of the foreplay". The first half details an account of ancient history, "even your junior high school social studies teacher would blush over", with the second half containing a narrative where Ocean serves as Cleopatra's pimp but through years of working together, he eventually falls in love with her. Through the "unwritten bylaws of their profession", however, his love is no match for the "rules of the game which were established long before he or she rose to power." The narrative of "Pyramids" was inspired by real events in Ocean's life. When the singer lived in Los Angeles, he lived alongside pimps, and in an interview the singer mused that "it was fantasy built off that dynamic … but you can only write what you know to a point." The storytelling scope of the song has been compared favorably to Bob Dylan's "Hurricane", and has been described as an anthem "for the Drake generation."
It was reported that Ocean was stretching the limits of the term "song" on "Pyramids", and that there are "more ideas on this track than on most albums". The single runs the gamut of Ocean's various influences, pulling from European electronic dance music and Prince's early 80s discography, notably Purple Rain. The moody tune finds Ocean moaning over ethereal swirls and pulses while cooing about "working at the pyramid" and finding "my Black queen Cleopatra." It entails a multitude of "suites and a kaleidoscope of moods and tones" from "vainglorious to melancholic" and has been called the "Paranoid Android" of R&B. Although Ocean is often labeled as an R&B artist, he has "entirely steered clear of confining himself to one genre" with the song.
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Pyramids (song)
"Pyramids" is a song by American singer Frank Ocean, released as the second single from his debut studio album Channel Orange (2012). The song was written by Ocean and produced by Malay and Om'Mas Keith. The track features an uncredited guitar solo from singer and guitarist John Mayer. On June 7, 2012, Ocean posted a small teaser video featuring a snippet of the song onto his Tumblr account, and released the full, nearly 10-minute song later that day onto his official SoundCloud account.
The song explores a narrative of a pimp falling in love with one of his sex workers. Lyrically, the track contains several extended metaphors referencing Cleopatra, pyramids, strip clubs and luxury. The song received highly positive reviews and was called epic in nature by several publications, who praised the ambition and scope of the track's length, along with the lyrical merit.
The song was featured in a teaser for Ocean's then-upcoming album and was released with a cover that featured The Simpsons style characters. The music video was directed by Nabil Elderkin and featured an orange car with an atmospheric background. The song has since debuted on the UK R&B Chart at number 31. The track has been featured during television promos for Channel Orange. Ocean performed "Pyramids" during his Channel Orange tour through North America.
On June 8, 2012, Frank Ocean posted on his Tumblr a cryptic, almost two-minute video, promoting an unknown project which was titled Channel Orange. The clip featured an expensive-looking car, and it also contained new music. Later that day Ocean posted the full song used in the video, titled "Pyramids" onto his SoundCloud account. Popdust noted that "trailers won’t tell you everything. For example, the brief snippet of Frank Ocean’s new track ‘Pyramids’ heard in an ambiguous trailer a few days ago left out one key detail of the track: the damn thing is 10 minutes long." The cover artwork for the single features sexual The Simpsons characters.
The song was Ocean's first single in over a year, which was described as him coming "back into the spotlight in a huge way." The track was labeled indicating that it was to be the ninth track on the album. It was later announced that the Channel Orange project was actually his debut album and would launch a corresponding tour. The release of the album's track list confirmed both the track placement of the track and the appearance of it on the album. "Pyramids" serves as the second single from the project following "Thinkin Bout You". The following day Ocean posted that, "playing ‘Pyramids’ on the road is gonna be my favourite part" on his Twitter account, speaking about his promotional tour.
"Pyramids" is an R&B song that lasts 9 minutes and 54 seconds. It has been described as a "nearly 10-minute epic that touches on everything from club music to good old-fashioned slow jam R&B" and is "an ambitious song with multiple movements." The song features groaning club beats, psychedelic guitar noodling, crunchy synth leads, a funked-up beat, and "Ocean's distinctive croon and lots of vague new-R&B angst". The opening segment sports the "beautiful, warped R&B that Ocean has become known for", but from there the song transitions into a smattering of electro-house synths, Michael Jackson-influenced pop melodies, spaced out electronic segues, UK bass breaks, saxophone, and guitar solo courtesy of John Mayer." The track is an "R&B odyssey" slinking from ancient Egypt, where wild cheetahs are on the loose and Cleopatra meets a "snakey doom", to the present day where "Frank is living that sleazy motel room life." It serves as "another case where the production far outstrips the vocal work", with "clanging and chiming and choirs for the intro," a dance break toward the middle that sounds like it was "recorded in 2018", and a slow jam for the second half that closes the song.
The chorus talks about a woman “working at the pyramid tonight”. The track lyrically features intricate imagery that depicts a fantasy-like scenario, and the length gives the song the ability to change tempo with "patience, with suave, like a furthering of the foreplay". The first half details an account of ancient history, "even your junior high school social studies teacher would blush over", with the second half containing a narrative where Ocean serves as Cleopatra's pimp but through years of working together, he eventually falls in love with her. Through the "unwritten bylaws of their profession", however, his love is no match for the "rules of the game which were established long before he or she rose to power." The narrative of "Pyramids" was inspired by real events in Ocean's life. When the singer lived in Los Angeles, he lived alongside pimps, and in an interview the singer mused that "it was fantasy built off that dynamic … but you can only write what you know to a point." The storytelling scope of the song has been compared favorably to Bob Dylan's "Hurricane", and has been described as an anthem "for the Drake generation."
It was reported that Ocean was stretching the limits of the term "song" on "Pyramids", and that there are "more ideas on this track than on most albums". The single runs the gamut of Ocean's various influences, pulling from European electronic dance music and Prince's early 80s discography, notably Purple Rain. The moody tune finds Ocean moaning over ethereal swirls and pulses while cooing about "working at the pyramid" and finding "my Black queen Cleopatra." It entails a multitude of "suites and a kaleidoscope of moods and tones" from "vainglorious to melancholic" and has been called the "Paranoid Android" of R&B. Although Ocean is often labeled as an R&B artist, he has "entirely steered clear of confining himself to one genre" with the song.