“ Ivy” is the first song that really highlights “Blonde”’s incredible quality, with its dreamy guitar melody and the youngish voice, that perfectly matches the lyrics about a lost juvenile love. The opening track, “ Nikes”, although not being at the same level as the rest of the album, introduces the listener to the delicate, chorus lead theme that characterizes the entire album. This maturation is clear also in Ocean’s music: “Blonde” is a coherent, ethereal album, developed around a personal narration of unfulfilled love and contrasting emotions. During this period, Frank managed to fix some aspects of his life he didn’t like: he moved to London, he changed all of his staff and he finally became independent from Def Jam, founding his personal label named, unsurprisingly, “Boys Don’t Cry”. “ Blonde” comes four long years after “Channel Orange”, the masterpiece that brought him to fame. ![]() Originally expected to be named “ Boys Don’t Cry”, it was finally released in August, just one day after a mysterious visual album called “Endless” shocked the excited fans of Mr. One of the highlights of this strange year was the release of the long awaited follow up to Frank Ocean’s “Channel Orange”. 2016 has surely brought a lot of grief and sorrow to the music industry, but it sometimes made us incredibly happy too.
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