Seigfried captures a feeling of cosmic detachment: “I can’t relate to my peers/ I’d rather live outside/ I’d rather chip my pride than lose my mind out here.” Blonde is a collection of quiet moments from the man who’s worked hard to make himself the most talked about thing on the internet. ![]() A bootleg is an illegal live recording, or demo recording, or something the artist had not officially released therefore it's not a copy. Solo is the sweet, homoerotically charged account of the space left behind by a toking buddy who is gone (“Now your baby momma ain’t so vicious, all she wants is her picket fence”). Yup A counterfeit is a copy of an existing original record/release, like blond. The store was selling them for only 50 and when I asked if they were bootleg records, the store employee said they’re foreign imports. You find yourself caring anew about the “I” of these songs, who is reflected in snatches of impressionistic poetry, in sunlight, summer smoke and boxer shorts. I went to a local record store and they were selling a few Blonde Frank Ocean vinyl records, which i don’t think are being resold officially and are being resold for hundreds of dollars. Unavailable through more traditional channels, the latest Frank Ocean bootleg collects previously unreleased material. There is still the powerful sense of a veiled introvert, and of the unlikely intimacy he achieves within this pose. Frank Ocean Blond (2019, Yellow, Vinyl) - Discogs. Unofficial import on yellow vinyl - Ocean has managed to preserve the musical personality that marked him out as special on 2012’s immersive, psychedelic R&B game-changer, Channel Orange.
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