True to form, Ocean’s follow-up to his hit album, Channel Orange, is surprisingly different from what we were expecting. Frank Ocean nabs Andre 3000 for a verse on “Solo (Surprise)’ while lyrics from Elliott Smith’s “A Fond Farewell” and The Beatles” “Here, There And Everywhere” appear on “Seigfried” and “White Ferrari”.
Advertisement
It isn’t just us who feel that way either as Frank’s fans from across the world have praised the singer on his new album release, and it’s pretty much incredible.
The video itself is a departure from the stark black-and-white visuals that have accompanied everything Frank Ocean-related over the past couple weeks.
The single follows the late Thursday night release of “Endless”, the 18-track visual album. This is what’s referred to as a “visual album”, and it’s been titled “Endless”.
As reported by Rolling Stone, Ocean debuted Blonde Saturday (Aug. 20) via a series of pop-up shops across Chicago, Los Angeles and NY. The same day the video was posted, The New York Times reported that Boys Don’t Cry was due the following Friday exclusively on Apple Music, but it never dropped.
The 360-page Boys Don’t Cry contains interviews with Ocean’s mom and Lil B alongside larger glossy pics taken by Ocean. “Which is basically every one of y’all”, Ocean wrote on his official Tumblr blog. Though Ocean dropped this cover online in 2015, the version on Endless is fully rendered, complex and lush, weaving in elements from both Aaliyah and the Isley Brothers’ versions through his own smooth filter.
Advertisement
The wait for Frank Ocean’s new album has been seemingly, well, endless. R&B singer-songwriter Jazmine Sullivan, who achieved acclaim for last year’s Reality Show album, lends background vocals to “Alabama”, “Wither”, and “Hublots”.
