Frank Ocean: Nikes

At 2:13, the music video for "Nikes" includes a reference to Heaven's Gate, the San Diego-based, new-age religious group who believed an alien spaceship traveling behind the Hale-Bopp comet would pick them up if they committed mass suicide. On March 26, 1997, thirty-nine members of the group were discovered dead inside their compound after their leader, Marshall Applewhite, persuaded them to take Phenobarbital (a powerful sedative used to treat seizures) mixed with apple sauce and vodka. Each member was found in their bunk bed, covered in a purple sheet, wearing an all-black tracksuit and a brand-new pair of Nike Decade sneakers, recreated in the music video.

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