The penultimate track, “American Wedding”, is at least part of the reason that Nostalgia, Ultra is so difficult to come by today (you won’t find it on Spotify or Apple Music). ![]() Cruising atop an undulating synth, Ocean paints a vivid picture – “I took a seat on the ice cold lawn / She handed me a ice blue bong” – while simultaneously aiming a sharp jab at the music industry: “Every single record, autotunin' / Zero emotion, muted emotion / Pitch corrected, computed emotion.” On the second single, “Swim Good”, the troubled protagonist drives his Lincoln Town Car into the ocean. ![]() The first, “Novacane”, tells the story of a dental student who uses local anaesthetic recreationally and pays for her studies by “doing porn in the Valley”. When Ocean reconciled with his label, two singles were released from the mixtape via Def Jam.
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