So what’s he doing in the middle of a Frank Ocean song? The most simple answer is that Ocean knows him as the world at large knows him, but I doubt that: Smith isn’t the sort of singer with whom one is casually acquainted, especially if you’re predisposed to depression, melancholy, and all the other emotions that fill Ocean’s songs as they once did Smith’s. The tenth anniversary of his death bought a slew of retrospectives (the best of which was Jayson Greene’s exhaustive and wonderful oral history for Pitchfork) but since then, he’s returned to the sidelines, a singer adored by fans and purists, and remembered by the world at large as that depressed dude who most likely killed himself. In the 13 years since his passing, Smith has become a sort of shorthand for sadness, replacing Leonard Cohen as the person mentioned when someone who’s only casually acquainted with music wants to complain about “all that depressing stuff you listen to.” The title of his most famous song even provides him with a pithy nickname - he’s Mister Misery, the man who wrote “Miss Misery” and performed it at the Oscars to a bunch of confused superstars. It makes for a strange non sequitur, almost like Ocean is lost in thought for a moment, before he returns to “Seigfried.” If the words weren’t enough, it’s clear that Ocean is quoting Smith, because he abandons the melody to his own song entirely, singing Smith’s instead. The lines are instantly recognizable to anyone who’s a fan of Elliott Smith, because they make up the chorus to Smith’s song “A Fond Farewell,” from his posthumous album From a Basement on a Hill. “Seigfried” is a quiet reflection on the state of its narrator’s life, but at about three minutes in, Ocean starts singing another song entirely. "And normalize liking someone more for their personality rather than what they look like.There’s a strange moment during “Seigfried,” the track that starts the final act of Frank Ocean’s Blond(e). "If you body shamed Billie Eilish, she is basically laughing at you in the music video for Therefore I Am," one fan tweeted. Because of that, when she gets asked about the tweet, she acts like she doesn't know what the interviewer is talking about.įans also believe this is why Billie is eating throughout the music video for the song, in order to prove that she doesn't care what people think about her body. There were many articles written about the man who body-shamed Billie, but here she is saying she doesn't want to give this man any notoriety so she isn't going to acknowledge him or the situation. It's possible that the last lines here refer to a tweet that were viral a few months ago about Billie's body. So go have fun I really couldn't care less And you can give 'em my best, but just know I'm not your friend or anything Damn, you think that you're the man I think, therefore, I am I'm not your friend or anything Damn, you think that you're the man I think, therefore, I am I don't want press to put your name next to mine, we're on different lines So I wanna be nice enough, they don't call my bluff 'Cause I hate to find Articles, articles, articles I'd rather you remain unremarkable Got a lotta interviews, interviews, interviews When they say your name, I just act confused The line, "your world isn't real," could be relating back to Descartes philosophy about questioning the reality of our existence. Stop, what the hell are you talking about? Get my pretty name outta your mouth We are not the same with or without Don't talk 'bout me like how you might know how I feel Top of the world, but your world isn't real Your world's an ideal She is saying that she is an individual with her own mind and she does not need someone else making decisions for her. In this context, it seems like Billie is talking to those in her life who try to control her. As Descartes says, "We cannot doubt of our existence while we doubt." Basically, it means that while we may not always be certain about the existence of our physical self, we know that our self conscious is real because we are thinking. The phrase, "I think, therefore, I am," is from the philosopher René Descartes. I'm not your friend or anything Damn, you think that you're the man I think, therefore, I am I'm not your friend or anything Damn, you think that you're the man I think, therefore, I amīillie is getting philosophical this time around.
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