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TYLER, THE CREATOR
CHROMAKOPIA. OUT NOW
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The Blonde Who Inspired Blonde
Frank Ocean chose Eyes by The Collaborationist (photographers) featuring a twelve year old girl Angel, as the inspiration for the album.
In August 2016, along with his second studio album, he released a 370-page magazine called Boys Don't Cry, which includes photos, interviews, poems, etc.
In the opening lines of his magazine, he describes how this photo inspired the album:
āTwo years ago, I found an image of a kid with her hands covering her face. A seatbelt reached across her torso, riding up her neck, and a mop of blonde hair stayed swept, for the moment, behind her ears. Her eyes seemed clear and calm but not blank; the road behind her seemed the same. ā¦ā
You can read the full story of Angel and this tragic photo in the interview/essay from blondedblog
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New Frank quotes from NYT interview on producer Michael Uzowuru
Michael is known for his production work for Frank Ocean, Donald Glover, Beyonce and RosalĆa. He worked on the 2016 LP "Blonde" and also lend a hand to his visual album "Endless". In 2017, he appeared as co-producer on Oceanās single "Chanel" and later in 2019, Uzowuru appeared on the production and writing credits of the single "In My Room".
"Michael is a friend I talk to about where I'm at artistically very often.", Frank said.
More recently, theyāve been working on new music together in Miami (According to the NYT)
Moonlight and Frank Ocean
Directed by Barry Jenkins, Moonlight (2016) tells the story of a young man's struggle to find himself, told through three defining chapters of his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain and beauty of falling in love while struggling with his own sexuality. The film didnāt just make a point of what it is to be queer under dark circumstances but it also dissected masculinity and what the black queer experience in the South is like.
This brings us to Frank, who raised in the South in Louisiana. Just like Chiron. Ocean is a queer black man, as is Chiron in the film. No, he didnāt help write the film, his music isnāt even featured in the film. However, Francis wrote the prologue in Moonlight screenplay book (September 2019)
Franky has not only made a statement by writing this prologue about the film but making his prologue is testament about his feeling towards the film and the black queer experience.
Blonde in the top 5
Apple Music has released their top 100 albums of all time
link to full list
Tyler the Creator jokes about Frank Ocean before performing Ā«SheĀ» at Coachella š
not even Ty knows where Frank is
Arca plays Little Demon Remix
March 16, 2024. Boiler Room set
in Caracas, Venezuela š»šŖ
Who didnāt know, this song is Frankās collaboration with Skepta and remixed by Arca, which was performed at the āPrEP+ā party in NYC, 2019. The most interesting thing is that there is also the original of this song which we barely heard from Frankās ig story.
Frank's letter to his younger self
back in jun 10th, 2011, someone on Tumblr asked Frank how would he explain his current situation to his 5-year-younger self
āit's all working out kidā
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(Sandy) Alex G is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer.
His music is often characterized as indie rock with a lo-fi aesthetic that combined strong melodic sensibilities and intimate vocals with an impulsive-sounding performance style.
He worked with Frank on select tracks for Endless: Wither, Slide On Me, Rushes, Higgs (guitars) and Blonde: Self Control, White Ferrari (guitars, arrangement).
Alex G explains how they started working together. While he was on tour in the UK, Frankās manager emailed him asking if he wanted to go to London to record. After the first recording he mentioned that he also continued to work a lot with Frank abroad and also said that Frank was a really cool guy, although he didnāt speak with him very much.
During Frank Oceanās set at FYF Fest in Los Angeles in 2017 Alex G also played guitar.
AndrƩ 3000 on previewing his
new album "New Blue Sun" for Frank Ocean and Tyler, the Creator in an interview for NPR:
āSo weāre sitting there (at Tyler's house) and Frank just happened to drop by. So it's us three sitting there listening to these three songs and I just kind of wanted to get an opinion. And it was just good for me to hear with somebody else.ā
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