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08-24-2016, 01:21 AM
A track-by-track trip through Frank Ocean's mesmerizing 'Blonde'
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In Frank Ocean (http://mashable.com/category/frank-ocean/)’s zine, Boys Don’t Cry, he frames Blond(e) as a revisionist history of his youth — one he spent dreaming of a life a lot like the one he actually has **w, head resting on tear-soaked pillowcases.*
In peak Frank Ocean fashion, he’s romanticizing those years **w. Bleach your hair blond and then dye it to match the Emerald City — the grass is always greener.*
SEE ALSO: Joey Bada$$ serves up a dramatic interpretation of Kanye's McDonald's poem (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/joey-badass-kanye-west-mcdonalds-poem/)
Ocean talks about his obsession with cars. “Maybe it links to a deep subconscious straight boy fantasy,” Ocean muses. *“Consciously, though, I don’t want straight — a little bent is good.”* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/frank-ocean-blonde-track-by-track/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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In Frank Ocean (http://mashable.com/category/frank-ocean/)’s zine, Boys Don’t Cry, he frames Blond(e) as a revisionist history of his youth — one he spent dreaming of a life a lot like the one he actually has **w, head resting on tear-soaked pillowcases.*
In peak Frank Ocean fashion, he’s romanticizing those years **w. Bleach your hair blond and then dye it to match the Emerald City — the grass is always greener.*
SEE ALSO: Joey Bada$$ serves up a dramatic interpretation of Kanye's McDonald's poem (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/joey-badass-kanye-west-mcdonalds-poem/)
Ocean talks about his obsession with cars. “Maybe it links to a deep subconscious straight boy fantasy,” Ocean muses. *“Consciously, though, I don’t want straight — a little bent is good.”* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/frank-ocean-blonde-track-by-track/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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