In June 2020, full-color stills of Frank Ocean’s 2016 Endless visual album made their way online, revealing for the first time the rainbow-colored staircase being built behind a black-and-white veneer. Today, it was discovered that a full-color copy of the video has been made available online.
Read MoreThe lyrics foldout accompanying the December 2022 LP reissue features a cryptic note, titled “Cost of Master Recordings.” It tells a fictional story based on Ocean’s real-life struggle to retain ownership of his 2016 studio album from Def Jam.
Read MoreThe French electro-house producer contributed production and arrangement to both Endless and Blonde, but is perhaps best known to Frank Ocean fans as the narrator of “Facebook Story.”
Read MoreMultiple sources has reportedly told Billboard that Endless, Frank Ocean’s 2016 visual album, will soon be coming to streaming services “as a proper, track-by-track album.”
Read MoreIn the written testimony given to the courts this week, Keith claims that negotiations began in 2014 for his contributions to an upcoming Frank Ocean project (Blonde) and that he traveled alongside Frank up through August of 2016.
Read MoreAfter several months of production delays, copies of Frank Ocean’s album Endless on CD, DVD, VHS, and vinyl are being delivered to customers who ordered the items on Cyber Monday 2017.
Read MoreBuddy Ross' song "Running Around" was sampled by Frank Ocean twice on Blonde, specifically on two interludes called "Be Yourself" and "Facebook Story."
Read MoreEndless gets a physical release on CD, DVD, VHS, and vinyl, alongside two posters. The CD and LP will feature “new, improved full-dimensional stereo.”
Read MoreStuart Brumfitt interviews Tom Sachs about his contributions to Frank’s stage design for Amuse.
Read MoreEpisode 006 of Frank Ocean’s Blonded Radio brought a new version of “Biking,” two versions of “RAF,” and the official album artwork for Endless.
Read MoreEpisode 005 comes just 24 hours after 004 and features a new mix of Frank Ocean’s 2016 Endless track “Slide On Me,” featuring Young Thug.
Read MoreThe American television program presented a $600 clue that contestants had to answer in the form of a question: “Who is Frank Ocean?” The man himself later posted the clue card on Tumblr. It is at least the second time that he’s been mentioned on the game show.
Read MoreIn this New York Times feature, Frank talks about being elusive, creating music, and taking back control of his career.
Read MoreIn jam sessions they would start to vibe, which gave Ross an opportunity to show Frank some of his own music and eventually join him in the studio.
Read MoreIn an interview with Pitchfork, Wolfgang Tillmans walks us through his photoshoot with Frank Ocean for Fantastic Man magazine. This shoot would lead to a newfound friendship, and Tillman’s song would be used as the bookends to Frank’s new visual album, Endless.
Read MoreWolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer by trade, but he’s been dabbling with electronic music for 30 years. He released his first EP, 2016/1986, in 2016 and was asked by Frank Ocean whether his new song “Device Control” from a forthcoming follow-up EP of the same name could be sampled.
Read MoreThe 46-minute visual album is available exclusively on Apple Music. It features Ocean constructing a spiral staircase in an empty warehouse, all set to new music—with potentially more to come.
Read MoreA mysterious image has appeared on Ocean’s website, showing a library book insert with a series of crossed-out “due dates.” The post is his first update since April 2015, when he announced the originally planned July 2015 release date for “album 3” and “issue 1” of his companion magazine.
Read MoreTwo snippets of what sound like new Frank Ocean songs have been posted online.
Read MoreIn a website and Tumblr post, Ocean reveals that “album 3” is set for release in July 2015, alongside “issue 1” of his companion magazine. The teaser offers a first look at the magazine’s cover, which will be available in “two versions.”
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