When the album did materialize on iTunes, at 5am, on March 8, 2013, it proved that Bowie was still capable of challenging both listeners and himself. Even the president of his record label only caught wind of The Next Day a month before its release. RIP Trayvon, that nigga look just like me, he sings on Nikes, the opening track from Blonde, his wary exhale of a new album. For an icon of his status to pull off such a feat was unheard of. Not only did it shatter the speculation that he’d retired from music, but Bowie managed to spend two years recording an album and not a whisper got out. On his 66th birthday, David Bowie caught the world by surprise when he dropped a new single, “Where Are We Now?,” and announced a new album, his first in 10 years. Channel ORANGE turned out to be a watershed moment for hip-hop and R&B, further blurring boundaries between the two and introducing a queer narrative that’s rarely seen in either. This was inspired by Kanye Westand Jay Z, who fooled their critics with decoy dates for 2011’s Watch The Throne. The album was released on August 20, 2016, following a four-year hiatus after the release of channel ORANGE.The album was released. To prevent this, Frank Ocean decided to release Channel ORANGE a week before its intended date. Blonde is the second studio album by the enigmatic Frank Ocean. Leaks can truly sabotage an artist’s carefully planned roll-out schedule. Two months following the release, the band dropped a second In Rainbows disc featuring eight new tracks. In 2016, Ocean released the visual album Endless alongside his second studio album Blonde, which was released independently following several years of delays. In Rainbows not only set a precedent for album releases but marked a new era for the band following their departure from EMI. When it came to their follow-up to 2003’s Hail To The Thief, the band announced a new album on their website along with a pre-order link where fans could pay what they wanted for it. Radiohead not only disrupted the traditional album rollout, they completely changed the way artists distributed their music. Surprise Albums: 17 Drops That Shocked The Music World Radiohead: In Rainbows (2007) Best Concept Albums: 25 Classics That Will Blow Your Mind.The Female Pop Prodigies Taking The World By Storm.From Radiohead’s democratic pay-what-you-like model to Beyoncé’s groundbreaking Lemonade, there are some of the surprise albums that shook up the music world. From the overnight drop to calculated partnerships, artists are no longer reliant on the traditional method of an album roll-out life cycle. Because as rare as he is, Frank Ocean is also familiar, both in the way he moves among us, undeniably a product of this post-everything, hustle-hard, DIY musical moment, and in the way he conveys that quality that we're all always seeking: utter timelessness.Even before the advent of streaming, musicians rewrote the promotional playbook and delighted their fans with surprise albums. both of Frank Oceans critically acclaimed albums: Channel Orange 2 and Blonde 3. His live show emphasizes that intimacy, closes that razor-thin gap between the man and his fans. Receiving wide critical acclaim, Frank Oceans second studio album. He's a less-is-more kind of guy, the quiet type who saves his words because his songs tell us as much about him as they do ourselves. But Frank isn't about accolades and accomplishments. Its got 18 tracks, including music that wasnt heard in the. You can listen to it on Apple Music right here. Ocean can never be again: In Nights, he’s a homeless boyfriend. Frank Ocean has released his new album Blond (or Blonde, according to Apple Music). The new album Blonde is a rogues’ gallery of all the bygone Franks that Mr. Original songs like "Novacane" and "Swim Good" showcased his knack for riveting storytelling and arrangement, climbed the R&B charts, and led to collaborations with Beyonc, and Kanye West and Jay-Z. Frank Ocean lives haunted by the possibilities. Frank had long labored behind the curtain-writing for Brandy, Justin Bieber, and John Legend-but after hooking up with L.A.'s Odd Future collective, he self-released 2011's nostalgia, ULTRA.
And over the past year or so, he's become harder and harder to ignore. Fans previously thought that 'two versions' referred to Franks pairing of Endless and Blond.However, when the lucky few. Frank Ocean has been one of the more fascinating figures in contemporary music since his early-2010s arrival. In a world that divvies up art by genre, that constantly seeks to quantify cool, he is impossible to miss, like a panda bear in a pine forest. Today, Frank proved that he wasnt talking about the zine, but the album.