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Frank Ocean's "Blonde" Is A Complex Tale Of Identity

On the Pharrell-produced “Pink + White,” featuring Beyoncé on some outro background harmonizing, Ocean poetically weaves sex and drugs into a larger narrative of losing control with a lover from his ...
Los Angeles Times

Review: The impact of Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde’, more than eight years later

“Blonde” by Frank Ocean was released Aug. 20, 2016 and was an album that would become so influential that it remains a fan favorite more than eight years later in 2025. This was the second studio ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde,’ ten years later

It has been nearly a decade since Frank Ocean released his last album, “Blonde,” which dropped on Aug. 20, 2016 — widely considered his magnum opus. So, what makes “Blonde” so good? Why has it ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Detangling Frank Ocean's 'Blonde': What It Is And Isn't

We got two writers, Ann Powers and Jason King, going back and forth on what they've found in the reclusive singer's third album. Over the weekend we asked Ann Powers and Jason King to wrestle with ...