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Boys do cry, but I don’t think I shed a tear for a good chunk of my teenage years.

I wrote a story in the middle-It’s called “Godspeed.” It’s basically a reimagined part of my boyhood. Trading jewels and soaking in parables with the many-headed Brandon aka BasedGod in conversation. Stopping in Berlin to witness Berghain for myself. Recording in Tokyo, NYC, Miami, LA, London, Paris. Taking a break/reconnaissance mission to Tulum, Mexico, enjoying some star visibility for a change. Shooting a music video for fun with Tyrone Lebon, the genius giant. Commissioning life-size toy boxes for the fuck of it. Street-casting models at a random kung fu dojo out in Senegal. Going to Mississippi and playing in the mud with amphibious quads. Throwing parties around England and mobbing freeways in four project M3S that I built with some friends.

Cruising the suburbs of Tokyo in RWB Porches. My memories are in these pages, places closeby and long ass-numbing flights away. The whole time I felt as though I was in the presence of a $16m McLaren F1 armed with a disposable camera. I found it romantic, sometimes, editing this project. Consciously though, I don’t want straight-a little bent is good. Maybe it links to a deep subconscious straight boy fantasy. I ordered a GT3 RS and it’ll keep low miles out here but I guess it’s good to have in case of emergency 🙂 Raf Simons once told me it was cliché, my whole car obsession. It’s been a year since I moved to London, at the time of writing this, and there’s no practical reason to drive in this city. A few years and few daily-drivers later I’m not driving much anymore. I used to ride around in my sinewy crossover SUV, smoke and listen to rough mixes of my old shit before it came out, or whatever someone wanted to play when they hooked up their iPhone to the aux cord. The feeling familiar enhanced, on the 10. Welcomed in by the perennial creatures, imperial palm trees and climbing vines living their lives out just off the shoulder. We drove thru downtown LA headed west, flying on the same freeways I used to run outta gas on. Staring, I was transfixed by all the indicator lights oscillating and throbbing against the wind. On the freeway, leaving Pasadena, we spoke and I looked away, outside, at the wheels and tires of cars doing that optical illusion thing they do where it looks like they’re spinning backwards, which, according to Google, happens because our brains are assuming something completely wrong and showing it to us. The first time I did shrooms, my manager had to come rescue me from Caltech’s ‘Trip Day.’ As I got into her car, I swear to God the aluminum center console in her Porsche truck looked like it was breathing, like the throat of something. It’s close to as much time as we spend in our beds, more for some. We live in cars in some cities, commuting across space either for our livelihood, or devouring fossil fuels for joy. How much of my life has happened inside of a car? I wonder if the odds are that I’ll die in one. The claustrophobia hits as the seatbelt tightens, preventing me from even leaning forward in my seat. I put myself in her seat then I played it all out in my head. Her eyes seemed clear and calm but not blank, the road behind her seemed the same. A seatbelt reached across her torso, riding up her neck and a mop of blonde hair stayed swept, for the moment, behind her ears. Two years ago I found an image of a kid with her hands covering her face. Update: Following the album’s release, Frank posted a note to Tumblr. David Bowie is also mentioned.Īlbum contributors /XLNOXTZEIS Other contributions noted in the album’s credits include: Kanye West (who wrote a poem for the zine), Rick Rubin, Tyler the Creator, Pharrell Williams, Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, James Blake, Jamie xx, Brian Eno, Amber Coffman, and Gang of Four. Elliott Smith’s “A Fond Farewell” and The Beatles’ “Here, There, and Everywhere” are sampled on “Seigfried” and “White Ferrari” respectively. Beyoncé appears on “Pink + White”, Kendrick Lamar is featured on “Skyline To”, and André 3000 spits fire on “Solo (Reprise)”. “Nikes”, which Ocean released prior to the album’s release, kicks off the 17-track Blonde. Copies of the album come accompanied by a visual zine dubbed, Boys Don’t Cry. Blonde is also available at four pop-up stores in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London. Following Friday’s release of his “visual album,” Endless, the R&B crooner has now unveiled Blonde. Stream/download it now through iTunes. Frank Ocean has dropped his second new album in as many days.

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