From Spotify Studios, this is Dissect, long-form musical analysis broken into short digestible

episodes. I'm your host Cole Kushna. Today we

dissected the album's third track pink and white.

There, Frank shared some childhood memories of New Orleans

while expressing the lessons he learned about acceptance and

exhibiting an overall appreciation of life in general. As the album continues

Frank receives a message from a familiar voice. Many college students have gone to college and gotten hooked on drugs,

marijuana and alcohol.

Listen, stop trying to be somebody else. Don't try to be someone else. Be yourself and know that

that's good enough. Don't try to be someone else.

This interlude titled Be Yourself features the voice of Rosie Watson.

Of course Rosie was a star of the skit, not just

but money.

it's happiness.

It's happiness. It's the difference between happy and sad.

It's a difference between having a home and living in the other streets.

That's what I mean, it's not just money.

As you might remember, Rosie Watson is not Frank's mother as some have thought, but instead the mother of Frank's friend Jonathan.

Rosie's presence on blonde is used in a similar manner to channel orange.

She represents adulthood and the mothering life

lessons we hear in our youth. On B yourself, Rosie discourages the use of drugs and alcohol,

a common parental message we hear growing up.

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