Frank Ocean releases “Swim Good” music video

Video via director Nabil Elderkin’s Vimeo.

Credits:

Director: Nabil Elderkin
Editor: Eric Greenburg
Producer: Kathleen Heffernan
Director of Photography: Mark Lindsay
Color: Marshall Plante
Executive Producer: Jill Hammer
Label: Def Jam

Frank Ocean has released an official music video for “Swim Good,” directed by Nabil Elderkin. It follows “Novacane” as the second single and video released through Def Jam from Ocean’s debut project, Nostalgia Ultra, which he released independently on February 16, 2011.

Ocean first teased a video for the track on August 11, 2011, with a behind-the-scenes clip posted on Tumblr. He would later release the music video via Tumblr and Vimeo on September 16.

Update 2011-09-24:

Frank Ocean has made the video for “Swim Good” available for purchase on iTunes, a day after releasing it on his YouTube Vevo channel on September 23.

Update 2011-10-18:

Frank Ocean has re-released “Swim Good” as a digital single through Def Jam across music platforms.

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