That was written about someone who I was actually in a relationship with, who wasn’t an unrequited situation,” he said. “It was mutual, it was just we couldn’t really relate. We weren’t really on the same wavelength.

Austin Feinstein and Yung Lean sing the choruses; Feinstein sings the first alone, with Lean joining him on the second.

At some point before the release of Blonde in August 2016, Frank Ocean commissioned London-based type designer Kia Tasbihgou to create artwork for a series of singles, including the songs “Nikes,” “White Ferrari,” “Ivy,” “Nights,” “Self Control,” and “Both Sides” (likely an early name for “Chanel,” released in March 2017, after the release of Blonde). The covers include a catalog number in the top-right corner with the suffix “BDC” (or Boys Don’t Cry, an early name of what became Blonde and the title of Ocean’s magazine, released in companion with the album). Ultimately, “Nikes” was the album’s only single, released as a music video (without Tasbihgou’s artwork). Tasbihgou shared the unused covers on Instagram in March 2017.

S5–BDC, “Self Control,” features an abstract design that depicts the title falling into a rectangle with cutouts of abstract shapes; the descending letters almost disappear into the void below, losing their identity.