Once the finalized structure, a spiral staircase, was completed, an accompanying “visual album” showed up on Apple Music entitled Endless. Lasting several weeks, the black and white video feed showed Ocean constructing something in a warehouse, backed by snippets of new music. After countless delays, a mysterious Apple Music livestream showed up on Ocean’s website. Fast forward one year later and hopes for new material were renewed. Some had assumed that Frank was taking his time perfecting his sophomore effort while others gave up on the notion of ever hearing a follow-up to Channel ORANGE. Many had speculated that the end was in sight, only to be disappointed when August rolled around with no album or magazine. A promise of a new album in July 2015 with an accompanying magazine entitled Boys Don’t Cry appeared on his Tumblr account that April with the caption “I got two versions, I got twooo versions…”. Up until a few weeks ago, that question had taken on a different kind of meaning.Īside from a few guest appearances, Ocean had basically vanished from public eye. Despite this, the record undeniably deserved this kind of recognition, and many had wondered where Frank Ocean would go next. This is a very bold claim to make only two years into the decade, and even in 2016, only four years away from the next decade, there’s still plenty of time for more releases to earn that accolade. Earning him four Grammy nominations, one of which he won, and ending up on countless Best of 2012 lists from multiple publications, Channel ORANGE was already being called one of the best albums of the decade. The successor to his highly-praised debut mixtape nostalgia, ULTRA, the album had garnered widespread critical acclaim for its unique blending of genres (such as R&B, pop, soul, psychedelic rock, and funk) serving as the backdrop for unconventional lyricism regarding class, longing, unrequited love, and sexuality. Anticipation for the follow-up to Frank Ocean’s Channel ORANGE has been at an all-time high for quite some time now.
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