Merch Museum

2011

2012

Note: The orange soda offset poster was limited to 100 prints, signed by graphic designer Chuck Sperry, and given away at the door to attendees of Frank Ocean’s concert at The Regency in San Francisco, California, on July 16, 2012. The baseball-style jersey is a collaboration with Capcom (inspired by its Street Fighter video game series) and sold exclusively at Coachella in Indio, California, on April 13, 2012, several months before the Channel Orange Tour.

2013

2016

Note: The Black Friday 2016 sale included a limited reissue of Boys Don’t Cry for $80. Frank Ocean first released the magazine for free in August 2016.

2017

Note: The T-shirt designs featuring the date and location were updated for each stop on the tour. The examples above are from NorthSide Festival in Aarhus, Denmark, on June 9, 2017. Below is a fan’s screen-printed jacket from FYF Fest in Los Angeles, California, on July 22, 2017.

Note: The Cyber Monday merch is covered in iridescent film, accented by a reflective silver material, making it difficult to capture its true appearance on camera. In person, the artwork reflects a full spectrum of colors. Additionally, the CD+DVD and LP product photos show a graphic on the front cover and vinyl center label that spells the word “Endless” in Morse code. The dots and dashes did not appear on the items shipped in April 2018. On both covers, the code was replaced with the catalog number “602557139785,” and the graphic was removed from the LP label altogether. The front and back covers of the final products are displayed below.

2018

“The largest political group in America is the 42% non-voters.” —Frank Ocean, GOTV Campaign, 2018.

2019

Note: The February 2019 sale included a second, limited reissue of Boys Don’t Cry magazine for $80 (see 2016).

“Thanks to all the heads who tuned in to our show. Blonded is about the friendship between feelings, noise, and conversation. Don’t hold your breath for anything in life and live it. For you feel the world around you and see it with more than your eyeballs. If you can’t see any more than that right now, keep sending out a positive charge everywhere, loud and wide as possible, and so will we. Love you.” —Frank Ocean, Blonded Radio Poster, 2019.

Note: This sale also included a “Little Demon” 7-inch vinyl; however, Blonded ultimately scrapped the release and refunded orders in 2020 (see unreleased).

2020

2021

2022

Note: The July 2022 sale included teasers for “Iceman” and “Energy” themed Blonded Radio T-shirts, both listed as “coming soon.” Blonded later sold the “Iceman” tee in September 2022, featuring the same design as the previous listing but a new product image (hence the two product photos for the same T-shirt above). The original “Energy” T-shirt design never materialized (see unreleased); however, Blonded later released a different tee under the same name in December 2022.

“Cost of master recordings: two Nike gym bags full of unmarked bills, 4 hours on hold with The Chairman’s secretary, 2 (two) approximately 8-minute conversations with The Chairman (as played by Jeremy Strong), $360,000 in retainer fees for King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP (since paid), 1 (one) 45-minute LP entitled “Endless” made to the spec of recording agreement, 8 pounds of muscle, 720 nights at Mercer Hotel, 365 twelve-hour blocks at Abbey Road Studios, EastWest Studios, Electric Lady Studios, Shangri-La, Capitol Recording Studios, Question de Son, and seedier establishments that will remain unnamed (or forgotten), 1 liver filtering 492 liters of alcohol at the bar of Plastic People, $13,000 on all-black designer clothing, 18 flights to Berlin for club, 2 (two) devastating heartbreaks (the third wasn’t devastating).” —Frank Ocean, Blonde Lyrics Foldout, 2022.

“In the summer of 2019, Blonded produced a photo series shot on Thursday, August 8, 2019, by photographer Michael Marcelle. The photo series follows the story of a fictitious Recording Artist as he navigates the radio system. In one scene, the actor Jeremy Strong plays a Chairman of a major record label. On the walls: a clock, two framed records. The Chairman is flanked by another figure. Both are dressed in suits, wearing ties, and are positioned behind a long boardroom table. They are opposite a shadowy figure in the foreground—the Recording Artist—whose subjectivity the viewer is to inhabit. The Recording Artist attempts to explain to the major music label the singles distribution model as opposed to the long-form album model. The Recording Artist believes the latter to be outdated, and that releasing singles is more suited to modern consumption habits where people curate their own playlists, which are then shared within private circles. The meeting does not appear to be productive. The photo series coincided with the planning of three Blonded live radio events that year. They were held on three Thursday nights towards the end of 2019, in the basement of the Knockdown Center in Queens, New York. On October 19th [sic], 24th, and 31st, 2019, doors opened at 10 PM. A custom nightclub with vintage lighting fixtures was installed for the duration of each party. On the first night, Bouffant Bouffant played at 10:15 PM, followed by Justice at midnight, Sango at 1:15 AM, and Sherelle at 2:30 AM. Leeon, Arca, Papi Juice, Shyboi, Joey LaBeija, Last Japan, and DJ Heather played sets on subsequent nights. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, these events were intended to grow from small club events to larger raves across the world. The Recording Artist has since changed his mind about the singles model, and is again interested in more durational bodies of work.” —Frank Ocean, ThinkPad & Chairman Posters, 2022.

2023

2025

2026

Note: Blonded likely produced the three T-shirts sold in April 2026 well before their release date. The “Going Gone” tee references “blonded 008,” an episode of Ocean’s Blonded Radio program released in October 2019. The “Radio Star Ringer” also fits the theme of Ocean’s August 2019 photoshoot (captured by Michael Marcell), featured in the artwork for his October 2019 club series PrEP+ (and perhaps for his canceled 2020 world tour). Additionally, more than two years before Blonded released the T-shirt with the same design, Ocean was spotted wearing a black “Focusing” zip hoodie in January 2024 (see unreleased).

Miscellaneous

Note: The CDs above were never sold to the public, although individuals occasionally sell copies online. Universal Music (and its imprints) and Blonded originally distributed the media for free to broadcasters, DJs, journalists, and others to promote the songs. However, be wary of any items marked as “promotional use only,” as bootlegs are often labeled this way for marketing purposes.

Note: The digital flyers above (left) were displayed online at blonded.world, while the lineup posters (right) were physically hung up at Knockdown Center in NYC during each event.

Note: Homer mailed the free catalog above to customers who requested a copy through their website when the company launched in August 2021; scans of the booklet are available here. Homer later digitally expanded the catalog in December 2021; those additional pages can be found here.

Unreleased

Note: On April 6, 2015, Frank Ocean announced on his website and Tumblr that his third album and first magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, would be released in July 2015. The teaser included an image of Ocean holding “two versions” of the zine, each with a different cover. These prototypes would ultimately go unreleased. Ocean delayed the project’s premiere by over a year, during which the magazine and album(s) underwent many changes, including three redesigned front covers.

Note: The product photos (and titles) above were found in the source code of Frank Ocean’s website in August 2015. The “Yohi Yamamato Y-3 Sneakers” are custom Vans Sk8-Hi shoes, possibly made in collaboration with Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, misspelled as “Yohi.”

Note: The hat above (modeled by Memo Guzman) features a quote from Frank Ocean’s October 2017 visual essay in i-D magazine.

Note: Frank Ocean likely planned to give away this T-shirt during his 2018 get-out-the-vote campaign, when Blonded handed out merch to fans who showed proof of voting (regardless of whom they voted for) in the U.S. midterm elections. The shirt features the state flags of Texas, Florida, and Georgia, representing the pop-up locations in Houston & Dallas, Miami, and Atlanta, where the items were distributed. These states and cities were chosen to boost voter turnout in swing elections, supporting congressional candidates opposed to the Trump administration. Ocean probably scrapped the T-shirt because of laws mandating that get-out-the-vote initiatives remain nonpartisan.

Note: According to one Redditor, who claims to have worked at a shoe factory in Indonesia, Frank Ocean allegedly had a signature sneaker deal in development in 2018, intended for release in 2019. The posted design does not show a brand name; however, noted on the heel of the shoe are the letters “PCDG,” which might stand for “Play Comme Des Garçons.” The blueprint appears to be for a high-top sneaker with a strap and thick midsole. It could have been a collaboration between the CDG brand and Converse.

Note: Outdoor Voices founder and former CEO Ty Haney mentioned an unreleased OV collaboration with Frank Ocean in a 2023 interview with The Cut. Haney says she arranged a collab with Blonded in 2019, but it apparently fell through after protests from OV chairman Mickey Drexler. According to Haney, the then-75-year-old Drexler “threw a fit” over the contract because “he simply did not get who [Frank Ocean] was.” Ocean was photographed wearing a OV/Blonded pre-production sample (shown above) in 2019. Fans later found other items at thrift stores and second-hand fashion outlets in subsequent years. Notably, before their planned collab, Ocean wore OV sweatpants in the music video for his 2016 album Endless.

Note: “The Future of the World” was likely an early name for what became Frank Ocean’s October 2019 club night series, PrEP+. Flyers for each event featured the tagline “The World,” and invited guests RSVP’d via the website blonded.world. Upon entry to the venue, club staff reportedly stamped attendees’ hands with the phrase “Future of the World” in invisible ink. Ocean shared the first photo above (T-shirts) in a since-deleted Instagram post on December 20, 2018. A source sent the second photo (sticker) to blonded.blog in October 2020.

Note: The “Little Demon” 7-inch vinyl sold on blonded.co for $15 on November 3, 2019, with an estimated shipping date of January 2020; however, the rapid spread of COVID-19 in early 2020 ultimately disrupted its production. At first, on February 25, 2020, Blonded emailed customers to inform them that their “Little Demon” order would be swapped with a new 7-inch vinyl containing an unreleased Frank Ocean song. Later, on December 3, 2020, Blonded sent a second email notifying customers that all orders would instead be refunded.

Note: On February 25, 2020, Blonded sent an email to customers of the “Little Demon” 7-inch vinyl stating that their November 2019 orders would be replaced with a new, unreleased Frank Ocean single (or refunded upon request). Blonded then sent “These Days” to a small number of customers before quickly backtracking amid the rapid spread of the coronavirus. The individuals who had already received “These Days” were contacted by Blonded and offered a 2017 Endless LP in exchange for returning the 7-inch single, although a few remain in circulation. All orders for “Little Demon” were later refunded in December 2020. Two customers—who played the vinyl they received before returning it—verified the song’s existence with blonded.blog in 2020. The same track pressed on the 7-inch vinyl later leaked online in May 2023.

Note: In July 2022, Blonded teased an “Energy” themed Blonded Radio T-shirt on blonded.co, listed as “coming soon.” The original T-shirt design never materialized; however, Blonded later sold a different “Energy” tee under the same name in December 2022.

Note: On June 25, 2025, Frank Ocean’s luxury company, Homer, promoted its new Beef Broccoli Life jewelry collection with an Instagram post showing Ocean in a recording studio wearing a Homer-branded baseball uniform. Notably, the BBL lineup debuted alongside two baseball-themed pendants, together inspiring the unreleased jersey and pants.

Note: Frank Ocean was photographed wearing the unreleased Blonded Radio zip hoodie above in January 2024. Later, in April 2026, Blonded released three T-shirts with the same design, titled “Focusing.” The sale did not include any hoodies, and all the items likely predate 2024.

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