Blue Ocean V19 Analysis

“Blue Ocean V19” is a song by rapper Jaden Smith. Jaden Smith is well known as actor Will Smith’s son. Also, Jaden Smith has starred in a number of movies with his father such as Pursuit of Happyness and After Earth. Will Smith’s daughter, Willow Smith, was also featured on the song providing background vocals. Jaden Smith has released several mixtapes and 2 albums. Blue Ocean V19 was released through Willow Smith’s “SoundCloud” account.

I think Blue Ocean is about a Jaden Smith’s ex-girlfriend, Stella Hudgens. Smith previously wrote another song about Stella Hudgens, entitled “Starry Room”. Blue Ocean describes a love triangle between Jaden, Stella and her new unidentified boyfriend. Here is an excerpt from the first verse:
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This was further explained in this excerpt:
“I wrote you some notes, they're atrocious
Hope that you don't expose us…
And I told you they'd kill us and girl the way that you choked
Was just so emotional that I wish that my mouth never opened”
The first two lines possibly express that Jaden wrote his girlfriend letters, trying to convince her not to expose their secret relationship. While the third and fourth line seem a bit extreme, the meaning of them is quite subtle. With that said, I think Jaden exaggerated what the consequences of exposing them relationship would be. In addition, according to those lines, he probably scared the girl and she overreacted. As a result, he felt ashamed of even mentioning that.

The social issue presented in Blue Ocean is love. This theme is very evident in the song. One example of this are the pronouns that were used. Jaden either addressed his girlfriend as “girl” or “baby girl”. Also, the opening describes a breakup, when Jaden used the lines below:
“Don't tell me you cried cause I know that you didn't
Don't tell me you love me, I know I'm just