Though, at times, it recalls such luminaries as Elton John, D’Angelo, Stevie Wonder, Prince, and Burt Bacharach, Channel Orange feels, throughout its 55-minute runtime, as if Ocean is establishing himself as a true voice-one who may very well be destined to stand alongside his influences in the canon of pop music. Its cover art, as well as the Earl Sweatshirt guest verse and presence of Tyler, the Creator behind the scenes (he helped master the album), marks it a product of the Odd Future monolith, but the album itself feels completely removed from the kid shit that the collective has created before this. It feels timeless, yet completely a product of the zeitgeist.
It provokes an immediate reaction, but doesn’t assert itself. You’re going to listen anyway.Ĭhannel Orange is a masterful album, one characterized by polarities. These are intense, intense feelings, but Frank Ocean is not about to scream. Unrequited love is a terrible fucking religion, especially when the guy you’re in love with refuses to love you back. He compares this love to a batch of poisonous lean, eating at him from the inside. See, the person he’s in love with, well, they’re not in love with him. Its story is simple: Frank hails a cab, not because he needs to go anywhere, but because he’s got to get something off his chest. More than any other song on Ocean’s debut album Channel Orange, “Bad Religion” captures what makes the 24-year-old singer so weird, wonderful, and special. His performance was completely arresting, without being flashy in the slightest. Backed by The Roots and a full string section, Ocean sang the song as if his life depended on it. Last night, Frank Ocean performed “Bad Religion” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
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