Moments after releasing new single “Lens” on last night’s Blonded Radio, Frank Ocean dropped “Lens V2,” featuring an extended outro with swirling piano chords and a verse from Travis Scott. Unlike Ocean, who thought around smiles and sins, Scott’s got cameras on him: “Cameras, cameras on me when I’m bent.” The verse is roughly as satisfying as a Travis Scott verse can be; it drifts around half-aimlessly. On one hand, the song doesn’t call for cohesion as much as it does melody—Scott’s got just enough of that to hold this together. On the other hand, “Lens” has a replay value that the second version lacks.
This is the second time in the span of a few weeks that Ocean has released a new single and then added a “remix” moments later. “Chanel” came with a verse from A$AP Rocky soon after its release.
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Listen to “Lens V2” at the top of the page.
Photo via Travis Scott on Instagram.
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