He’s excited about the episode on Super Rich Kids, about a character that starts his days on the roof and by the end of the songs falls to his death. He says that some of the episodes will focus more on production while others will go line-by-line, exploring the narratives and themes emerging in the lyrics. “This approach is the only way you’re going to get to something worthwhile, it’s just a record you have to spend a lot of time with.”
“It’s hard to write about, it’s so nuanced and complex,” Cuchna says. Speaking on the phone from his home where he is still writing and recording episodes for the series, Cuchna says only by going into that level of depth can you begin to unpick a record so rich in detail. Cuchna isn’t sure exactly how much Ocean based analysis he’ll end up producing, but believes it’ll be around 10 hours, a similar length to the Beatles’ landmark documentary series Anthology. On top of that, Cuchna is releasing bonus episodes with songs and interviews that don’t otherwise fit into the schedule (the first of which, focusing on early mixtape tracks There Will Be Tears and Swim Good, has already been released) – and a separate hour-long documentary giving a more general overview of Ocean’s life and work.
There will be an entire 11-episode season on Blonde preceded by a six-part miniseries on Channel Orange, Ocean’s debut. The third season of Dissect is an extravaganza of Frank Ocean deep dives. Photograph: PRĬole Cuchna, the journalist and music obsessive who makes the podcast Dissect, has given Blonde a lot of his time.
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