Frank Ocean new album Blonde: Read Tyler, The Creator's poem Tricolour for Boys Don't Cry magazine
'The early chapters of my book included bus passes / Now its tire traction off like fuck crashes, ask him how? '
After four years, Frank Ocean finally unleashed the follow-up to 2012’s Channel Orange titled Blonde.
Instead of a normal release, however, the singer decided to release two versions of the album, one of which is available digitally, while the other fans could pick up from pop-up shops around the world.
The physical version came intwined with a magazine containing various pictures and poems, including one by Kanye West about McDonalds.
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Show all 7There is also one, titled Tricolours, from former Odd Future bandmate Tyler, the Creator, who Tweeted after the album’s release "THANKS BIG BRO FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE APART OF IT.” Read the entire poem before, as transcript by The Fader.
Meanwhile, the artist behind Ocean’s visual album Endless has revealed that a 140 hour version of the video exists.
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