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The track lyrically features intricate imagery that depicts a fantasy-like scenario, and the length gives the song the ability to change tempo with 'patience, with suave, like a furthering of the foreplay'. The chorus talks about a woman вЂњworking at the pyramid tonightвЂќ. The opening segment sports the 'beautiful, warped R&B that Ocean has become known for', but from there the song transitions into a smattering of electro-house synths, Michael Jackson-influenced pop melodies, spaced out electronic segues, UK bass breaks, saxophone, and guitar solo courtesy of John Mayer.' The track is an 'R&B odyssey' slinking from ancient Egypt, where wild cheetahs are on the loose and Cleopatra meets a 'snakey doom', to the present day where 'Frank is living that sleazy motel room life.' It serves as 'another case where the production far outstrips the vocal work', with 'clanging and chiming and choirs for the intro,' a dance break toward the middle that sounds like it was 'recorded in 2018', and a slow jam for the second half that closes the song. It has been described as a 'nearly 10-minute epic that touches on everything from club music to good old-fashioned slow jam R&B' and is 'an ambitious song with multiple movements.' The song features groaning club beats, psychedelic guitar noodling, crunchy synth leads, a funked-up beat, and 'Ocean's distinctive croon and lots of vague new-R&B angst'. 'Pyramids' is an R&B song that lasts 9 minutes and 54 seconds. Problems playing this file? See media help. Composition Дў8 second sample of 'Pyramids' featuring Ocean singing about Cleopatra with the smooth production playing. The following day Ocean posted that, 'playing вЂPyramidsвЂ™ on the road is gonna be my favourite part' on his Twitter account, speaking about his promotional tour. 'Pyramids' serves as the second single from the project following ' Thinkin Bout You'. The release of the album's track list confirmed both the track placement of the track and the appearance of it on the album. It was later announced that the Channel Orange project was actually his debut album and would launch a corresponding tour. The song was Ocean's first single in over a year, which was described as him coming 'back into the spotlight in a huge way.' The track was labeled indicating that it was to be the ninth track on the album. For example, the brief snippet of Frank OceanвЂ™s new track вЂњPyramidsвЂќ heard in an ambiguous trailer a few days ago left out one key detail of the track: the damn thing is 10 minutes long.' The cover artwork for the single features sexual Simpsons characters. Popdust noted that 'trailers wonвЂ™t tell you everything.

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Later that day Ocean posted the full song used in the video, titled 'Pyramids' onto his SoundCloud account. The clip featured an expensive-looking car, and it also contained new music. On June 8, 2012, Ocean posted on his tumblr a cryptic, almost two-minute video, promoting an unknown project which was titled Channel Orange. Ocean performed 'Pyramids' during his Channel Orange tour through North America. The track has been featured during television promos for Channel Orange. The song has since debuted on the UK R&B Chart at number 31. The music video was directed by Nabil Elderkin and featured an orange car with an atmospheric background. The song was featured in a teaser for Ocean's then-upcoming album and was released with a cover that featured The Simpsons style characters. The song received highly positive reviews and was called epic in nature by several publications, who praised the ambition and scope of the track's length, along with the lyrical merit.

The track lyrically contains several extended metaphors referencing Cleopatra, pyramids, and strip clubs. The song explores a narrative of a pimp falling in love with one of his clients.

On June 7, 2012, Ocean posted a small teaser video featuring a snippet of the song onto his Tumblr account, and released the full, nearly 10-minute song later that day onto his official SoundCloud account.

The track features an uncredited guitar solo from singer John Mayer. The song was written by Ocean and produced by Malay and Om'Mas Keith. ' Pyramids' is a song by American singer Frank Ocean, released as the second single from his debut studio album Channel Orange (2012).

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