And so the wait is over, Frank Ocean’s new album formerly known as ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ is finally here and now it’s called ‘Blonde’, which just so happens to also be the name of a racing car company that the R&B singer owns.
“I had the time of my life making all of this. Thank you all,” Ocean wrote on Tumblr following the album’s release. “Especially those of you who never let me forget I had to finish. Which is basically every one of ya’ll. Haha. Love you,” he added.
While you take a listen, read a review of
The album’s lead single “Nikes”
The album’s lead single, released 24 hours before the new album followed. It’s only been two days but many fans will already regard it as classic Frank. In this review of the track, we wrote that it shows Ocean’s “adeptness at making pop music with a difference”, further labeling it as the best thing the singer has released since ‘Channel Orange”s central tour-de-force ‘Pyramids’.