HBO’s Insecure has always used music to support the show’s themes. In season 1 of Insecure, they make a reference to Drake in every episode. In the show’s second season, the writers have been sneaking Frank Ocean’s lyrics into multiple episodes, as Complex found via Reddit.

The show’s first episode just has a conversation about a Frank Ocean pillow, but the second actually uses his lyrics. Issa’s friend Kelli is flipping through the social media pics of Tasha, the girl that Issa’s ex-boyfriend Lawrence has been linked with. Kelli criticizes how she’s dressed by saying “It looks like she’s working at the Pyramid tonight,” a lyric from Frank Ocean’s “Pyramids” from his 2012 debut album Channel ORANGE:

She’s working at the pyramid tonight

Working at the pyramid

Working at the pyramid tonight

Frank’s song is about a woman from his past who betrayed him, and is now a stripper. Kelli is trying to shame Tasha for her scantily-clad pictures, which is a negative flip of Frank’s lyrics.

In the “Hella Open” episode, the characters Molly and Randall are on a date. He tells Molly “I’ve got to tell you how much I vibe with you,” a reference to “Solo” on 2016’s Blonde:

Forgot to tell you, gotta tell you how much I vibe with you

And we don’t gotta be solo

In the song, Frank admitting that he wants a new lover to stick around. This directly matches Randall’s intentions—he likes Molly a lot and wants to spend more time with her.

In the “Hella LA” episode, Molly is having a conversation about the old days with Dro, her childhood friend. He says “My waves wouldn’t dip back then,” which is a line from “Ivy”:

No matter what I did

My waves wouldn’t dip back then

Everything sucked back then

We were friends

The use of the lyric in the show is especially savvy here, because “Ivy” is also about Frank’s recounting a relationship from his youth that isn’t as good as it once was. Molly and Dro exist in a grey area on the show, where they can’t seem to choose between friends or something more. Frank’s situation has already ended, leaving nothing behind but memories.

In the same episode, Lawrence takes part in a threesome, where one of the women involved says “Fuck me good, fuck me long, fuck me numb,” which is part of the certified-Platinum single “Novacane”:

Fuck me good, fuck me long, fuck me numb

Love me now, when I’m gone, love me none

Considering the two girls in the threesome dismissed Lawrence after he couldn’t satisfy them, the lyric was used for comedic purposes.

“Hella Shook” has Molly and Dro talking once again, where she admits “I’ve been thinkin ‘bout you” to him. This is clearly a reference to the early Frank single “Thinkin 'Bout You”:

I’m thinkin' ‘bout you (Ooh no, no, no)

I’ve been thinkin’ bout you (You know, know, know)

I’ve been thinkin' bout you, do you think about me still?

Do ya, do ya?

The song is a perfect fit for the scene, as it’s Frank yearning to see where he stands with a partner. Molly wants the same kind of confirmation, to see if her feelings are reciprocated.

“Hella Blows” includes yet another Frank Ocean reference. Issa is telling Molly about her group of male suitors. She mentions Nico, one of the men who she’s interested in. She then says she plans to tell him ‘Shut the fuck up, I don’t want your conversation, get in my lineup,’“ which is partially lifted from "Nights”:

Shut the fuck up I don’t want your conversation

Rolling marijuana that’s a cheap vacation

Frank just wants to be left alone so he can relax. Issa wants Nico to just become part of her dating circle and stop wasting time.

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