Frank Ocean’s Blonde: The Concept Album That Defined the 2010’s
Ocean is, probably, the most unique artist of our generation and Blonde cemented it
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Frank Ocean — Blonde
Genre (s): R&B, avant-garde soul, psychedelic pop
Tracklist: Here
The album, under review, is entitled Blonde (stylised as Blond) by African American artist Frank Ocean, released in 2016 by Blonded (Beats 1 radio show and label company, conducted by Ocean).
The album was issued in two different versions: the physical version in magazines (like Boys Don’t Cry, Ocean’s zine magazine) given away in pop-up stores around the country; and the digital one on iTunes (which is the version in review).
In this project, he exhibits all his vulnerability through true life episodes and pop culture references, addressing various topics such as love, relationships, their repercussions and posthumous learning, self-esteem/hatred, drug addiction, mortality/immortality, mental health and depression, creating a deeply personal work, which for one reason or another, makes us feel what he experienced such is the rawness of it.
