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

I'm your host, Cole Kushna. Today we continue our serialized analysis of Blonde by Frank Ocean. On our last episode, we

dissected the song White Ferrari, an emotionally potent ballad that outlined a

dissolution of a relationship. At the heart of this separation was Frank's desire to explore and

experience the world, a resistance to settling down into imprisoning monotony.

As Blond continues, this opposition to settling persists, fueling an existential crisis on the album's next track,

the subject of today's episode, Sigmfried.

The markings on your surface,

your speckled face. speckled face.

Fly crystals hang from your ears.

I couldn't gauge your fears.

Siegfried was written by your fears.

Siegfried was written by Frank Ocean and Malay. Rostam-Bot-Monglish is given additional writing credits for the use of a sample from an

untitled track. Singer-songwriter Elliot Smith is also given writing of a

title title track. singer-songwriter Elliot Smith is also given writing credits due to the interpolation of his song A Fawn Farewell.

Large portions of what we now know is the song Siegfried

were performed live as far back as 2013, three years before Blond's release. From my hands on yourself,

love spread this phase.

Life is still same from you. In terms of arrangement and lyrics, this early rendition and the album version are similar in their opening few minutes. But where the album version remains absent of drums throughout and features an extended middle section with strings and an array of abstract

production elements, the live rendition contains no extended middle section.

Rather it features an instrumental closing section with a strong almost danceable drumbeat. Oh, It's interesting to hear this early 2013 version of Siegfried as it gives us a chance to hear its development

and by extension the development of Frank Ocean's artistry over the course of three years.

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