A track-by-track trip through Frank Ocean's mesmerizing 'Blonde'
 

A track-by-track trip through Frank Ocean's mesmerizing 'Blonde'
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In 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.*

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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...

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