Her eyes seemed clear and calm but not blank, the road behind her seemed the same. A seatbelt reached across her torso, riding up her neck and a mop of blonde hair stayed swept, for the moment, behind her ears. Two years ago I found an image of a kid with her hands covering her face. Update: Following the album’s release, Frank posted a note to Tumblr.
David Bowie is also mentioned.Īlbum contributors /XLNOXTZEIS Other contributions noted in the album’s credits include: Kanye West (who wrote a poem for the zine), Rick Rubin, Tyler the Creator, Pharrell Williams, Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, James Blake, Jamie xx, Brian Eno, Amber Coffman, and Gang of Four. Elliott Smith’s “A Fond Farewell” and The Beatles’ “Here, There, and Everywhere” are sampled on “Seigfried” and “White Ferrari” respectively. Beyoncé appears on “Pink + White”, Kendrick Lamar is featured on “Skyline To”, and André 3000 spits fire on “Solo (Reprise)”. “Nikes”, which Ocean released prior to the album’s release, kicks off the 17-track Blonde. Copies of the album come accompanied by a visual zine dubbed, Boys Don’t Cry. Blonde is also available at four pop-up stores in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London. Following Friday’s release of his “visual album,” Endless, the R&B crooner has now unveiled Blonde. Stream/download it now through iTunes. It was a timely reminder: Ocean blossoms fully when he has complete creative control.Frank Ocean has dropped his second new album in as many days. In 2016, after missed release dates and cryptic silence, Ocean surprise-released Endless, his final record with Def Jam, via a black-and-white live video stream-and, the next day, self-released Blonde, an album that blurred boundaries between soul, hip-hop, electronica, and indie rock. Though never outwardly labeling his sexuality, Ocean became one of the first Black artists to address his queerness so openly.
That website remains his direct communication line to his fans-the platform on which he revealed that his “first love” was a man, days prior to releasing his 2012 major-label debut, Channel Orange. Raised in New Orleans, the singer-songwriter signed to Def Jam Recordings as a solo artist in 2009, but his contentious relationship with the label led him to share his 2011 breakout mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra, as a free download on Tumblr. A master of confessional songwriting, Frank Ocean earned cult-icon status with his enigmatic persona and idiosyncratic approach to pop.
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