FIRST time hearing Frank Ocean’s "Blonde" (reaction)
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- Опубликовано: 13 ноя 2020
- You've asked, and here it is! This album made me feel nostalgic, and I also really just couldn't stop appreciating how gorgeous the production was. What songs do you love from this album? Let me know in the comments!
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she's so lucky to be able to listen to blonde for the first time, i'd kill to have that experience again
I remember the first time I listened to it. It was my first day of highschool and it’s been my comfort album for the past four years of my life and I have so many memories and history tied to this album
I actually didnt like It a ALL when i first heard it
@@LucasMartins-en9er SAME! but you know what it did Do? It grew on me like a disease.
Yes I cried 😭 in my bed
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Frank ocean is the master of writing songs about nostalgia and unrequited love.
That’s a bad religion reference 👀
Literally
@@austinwright4445 !!!!!!
someone called it music for the heartbreakers and the heartbroken
1:30 - Nikes
4:58 - Ivy
7:39 - Pink + White
9:50 - Be Yourself (Interlude)
10:20 - Solo
12:48 - Skyline To
14:53 - Self Control
17:42 - Good Guy
18:00 - Nights
20:18 - Solo(Reprise)
20:49 - Pretty Sweet
21:43 - Facebook Story
22:23 - Close To You
23:14 - White Ferrari
25:23 - Seigfried
28:29 - Godspeed
30:13 - Futura Free
U deserve the world
thank you for your service
The hero Gotham needs, but doesn’t deserve
TYSM
gods work
If nobody‘s mentioned it: the backing vocals on „Pink + White“ are actually Beyonce..
How badass do you have to be to have her for background vocals without even featuring her
Nahh, the badass part really is having the option to have a full Beyonce feature in the form of a verse or something, but instead choosing to just simply use her for background vocals.
That's some real-ass self control. Anybody else wouldve just used her whole feature for clout.
And he does this with multiple artists on Blonde: simply using words or a line or even just one word or sound from generally big artists like Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Yung Lean and of course Tyler.
Pharrell also produced the track, even better.
I was looking for this comment
Coldplay level badass
Not sure if many people know, but Yung Lean's vocals are on Godspeed as well.
Broke up with my girlfriend just to feel this again
A soul for a soul
@@marshall7250 i understood that reference
Real
@@kahlil2 captain America be like
lmfaoo
Imagine being able to listen to Self Control again for the first time, she’s so lucky. 🥺
I fucking LOVED that song the first time, still do actually
Imagine being able to listen 16:25 for the first time again... that part hits 🗣🗣🗣
YES YES YES
Imagine being able to relive the moment you find out Andre 3k is on the album 😭
I just listened to Self control for the first time today very very good song
In the song “Nights” when the beat switch happens that is the halfway mark of the album. The whole album is 1 hour long and when the beat switch happens it’s at 30 minutes.
I didnt know this!~ I love learning new things about this album every year
Not only is it that, have you realised it’s the halfway point in the album where it gets really really sad.
It aint that much , its a nice upgrade but nothing groundbreaking , people been doin stuff like that since late 60’
Damn how could he think about that
it also splits the album from a feminine to a more masculine tone.
I refuse to believe theres ppl out there that havent listened to Blond
Lmfao bro dead ass I love experiencing it with beginners
@@retropickups2000 i didn't hear blond until it came out a year later. I randomly looked him up via youtube, ivy came up in my feed, heard it & was brought to tears.
@@retropickups2000 lmao i havent heard this album dumbass
@@SSJ4Ty wow
hello, im one of them
frank ocean and the weeknd are two of my favorite artists, but while the weeknd's music takes you into a journey through his dark world, what I love about frank ocean's music is how nostalgic it can feel. the production paired with his fragmented song writing let's you as the listener fill in the gaps, which usually means reminiscing about the past, what-ifs, and the people who aren't in your life anymore
Reading thru these comments and found this absolute gem of a comment. Great words, Josh. You're the man.
Yyyyow😣😭💭💭💭
I hate how accurate this is
The accuracy 😖😖
The final line of futura free is
How far is a light year? How far is a light year?
(A second, a thousand years?)
A light year is equivalent to ~9.4×1012 km. The song is 9.4 minutes (9:24) long.
lol bruh. Thank you for this
Fan of dissect??
Just when I thought I was the ultimate stan
this comment is guaranteed to show up in the comments of every blonde reaction
He mentions hurting his hand in the song. This is a reference to his fight with Chris Brown, as is the album cover with the bandage on his finger, 4 years later after he appeared on the Grammys with that bandage after the fight.
trust me, on first listen it does sound amazing, but this album TAKES TIME to fully take it in. eventually one day you'll listen to ivy or self control, and everything will just click (and you might start bawling your eyes out LOL)
100% factual.
At first I didn't get what the hype was around "Self Control" at first, I liked it but nothing more. Now I can't listen to it without tearing up.
@@browncookie5520 exactly how it was for me, listened to blonde for the first time and felt underwhelmed, but over time the songs just started sounding better and better. maybe it took getting my heartbroken to actually understand this album LOL
@@JoshuaEscalada lmaooo facts
LITERALLY ME
The person rapping on Solo Reprise was Andre 3000 from Outkast
Loved the reaction btw!
Lmao it sounded like danny brown
@@mxrvomar4120 kinda but anyone could tell it was andre at first
who is in my opinion the greatest raw rapper of all time
The outro of Futura Free has an interview with Ryan Breaux, the younger brother of Frank Ocean. He recently passed away after a horrible car crash (he was only 18) and it hits me in the feels every time I hear it :(
Ryan was so hyped when he heard that he was on the end of the album, breaks my heart.
That is incredibly heartbreaking. And gives a wholllle new meaning.
Omg I had no idea that was Ryan and now Im really sad
Futura Free is in my Top 3 its so slept on
RIP RYAN. He loves videos like this, he would’ve loved her reactions.
@@Scout1eader I always thought was good until I recently payed attention to futura and ended up playing on repeat
Frank ocean is everyones favorite artist’s favorite artist 😌
fax
not Prince though 😼🤓
MF DOOM
@@uglyfrosty nah that's your favorite rapper's favorite rapper
Fax
As Jon Denton said ‘Frank Ocean is the angel 😇 and The Weeknd is the Devil 😈’
Hey, fellow Denton viewer!
@@ruslanborisenko6759 ayyy my guys
Hey guys
Yesss!
JD THE PROPHET 🐐
This album is about identity. The album name is blond(e). The feminine spelling of the word is 'Blonde' which reflects the tone of the first half of the album which is light, happily melodic and has imagery of summer. Then, in 'Nights' there is a beat switch which is exactly halfway in the album (at 30minutes in the hour long project). This beat switch signifies the volta in tone to the other (masculine) side - 'Blond' The feel is much more brutal, delves into his character and is harsh in it's realities and ideas. This duality in the album of the both sides mirrors his sexuality, identity and mentality throughout. If it's not clear by my para, I love this album :-)
no the albums about love lol
@@TomasZombieDogGame its about both. Thats why its titled blonde but also blond (masculine) on the cover.
@@callumpanter438 exactly
Blond is the definition of hits different
10/10
you nailed it on “Ivy”. that’s what Frank and
his producers were going for. the track sounds familiar, it SOUNDS nostalgic. reminiscing on a PAST relationship that didn’t work out. something that’s FAMILIAR with a lot of people. this whole album is just beautiful.
There’s a double meaning on the last part of self control.
When he says I,I,I know you gotta leave,leave,leave, take down some summer time, give up, just tonight,night,night. Translation : (I leave tonight).
Also on solo. In some parts he says “so low” as well. And “inhale there’s heaven” (breathe, smoke weed, hence inhale). Also “in hell, there’s heaven”.
And... the fact it says “Blonde” as the album name but “blond” on the album cover. (Blonde being feminine and blond being able to apply to anyone, he used this duality as a reflection of his own gender/orientation ).
The beat switch at Nights happens exactly halfway through his album which defines the change of mood for the entire album. (Another form of duality)
ive seen in bdc magazine that blonde represents a feminine side in us all while blond represents the masculine one. there are 2 other alternative covers, (probably not meant to be actually used) that depict the album name as blonde and blonded, with blonded representing the mix of feminine and masculine, either in frank or everyone. but personally, i think frank didnt want to name the album blonded because it wouldnt have the blonde and blond titles to hold it up and give it meaning, thus presenting the duality by making one the album title officially while the other the album title on the cover.
@Shoot the words that he repeats 3 times over ( *i,i,i* know you gotta *leave,leave,leave,* take down some summer time, give up, just *tonight,night,night* ) when put together say "I leave tonight."
Do Frank Ocean- endless next.
They're basically twin albums:
Blonde- summer vibe
Endless- winter vibe
i was gonna comment this!!
Nah Blonde is more of early fall with all the emotions and summer being over and reminiscing on that
Nostalgia Ultra - Spring
Chanel Orange - Summer
Blonde - Fall
Endless - Winter
@@samyrandome425 I feel like Blonde is more of a Spring and Nostalgia Ultra: Autumn.
Blonde is the end of summer
The lower voice on Self Control is a swedish rapper called Yung Lean.
Basically the inventor of cloud rap
also on godspeed, might i add
Tbh actually is Austin Feinstein, yung lean is on godspeed
In the video she asked who the lower voice on the second chorus was. Austin’s voice is pitched up on both choruses.
😂 no it’s not lmao
this album is ageless, it’s literally immortal and will probably make it to the history books centuries later regarding “21st century music”
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
yes please!
It took maybe a year or 2 for this album to grow on me but its top 3 hip hop album of all time for me. Its just perfect
“The innocence is being broken”....New shit has come to light...I’ve never thought of it that way lol
I still can't believe how much I disliked this album when I first listened to it (& I gave it multiple tries!) It wasn't until earlier this year when I heard a song by him that I loved then realised it was on this album so gave it another go and somehow everything just clicked. This album is perfection and just gets better with every listen!
Hearing him be so vulnerable about heartbreak, his sexuality, loneliness... ugh! So beautiful 💙
Sometimes an album hits different depending on what stage you are in your life to hear it.
Same. I'd listen to Lorde's cover of Solo on her Melodrama World Tour, and I'd be wondering how the og song sounded like. I searched it on YT, listened it and I liked it but I didn't love it. It wasn't till last year that I'd give Frank another chance and it casually happened while I started to experience changes in my life (adulthood, sexuality, depression, heartbreak), things Frank sings a lot in this album. I felt seen, understood. It's such an amazing album.
@@GoliathWarfare You're not lying. This album grew on me and I never understood the hype when it released. One of my favourite albums
@@GoliathWarfare omg i just realized this
Shut UPP.This was my first exact experience
Something about the way he says “glory from above” and “it’s all down hill from here” in pink + white hits sooo different
I don’t get how you’ve avoided it for four years.
ikr
Right and I didn't even like it when I first heard it, and then it started consuming my ass and I could never imagine someone avoiding work with that much mastery in it. It's crazy good
@@kaysmr5218 this exactlyyy omg like it’s took me all of the 4 years to fully appreciate it
must've been socially distancing lol
@@sourdeezill 🤣🤣 This is highly underrated
i cried when she got excited, my love go this man is overwhelming. oh to experience this for the first time again
Shelby: i hope this takes me on a musical journey
Me: nah you’re going on a emotional rollercoaster
Listen to Channel Orange by Frank if you haven't, it's in my top 3 favourite albums of all time, along with Trilogy and Kissland ofc :')
@Bruh I Need a Name Yeah I've seen, her reactions are great aha, I just recommended that she should do Channel Orange next :)
We need Kiss Land reaction.
@Yeet Aight ur opinion is wrong❤️
KISSLAND Reaction ASAP 😄
Blonde is at least 3x better than channel orange. And channel orange is great. Blonde refuses to get old no matter how many times you listen to it. In fact even on my probably 200th listen it’s gotten more interesting
I’m gonna be honest I usually get annoyed when people call blond “chill”, but for first listeners I totally understand why they might describe the album that way. I think a more fitting term would be atmospheric, because Frank does leave a lot of room in these songs for people to focus on the lyrics and sit with their emotions a little bit. If you want a more “boppy” album from him than I definitely recommend you react to his previous album, Channel Orange.
Atmospheric is perfect! I definitely caught on that it was filled with nostalgia and allows people to fill in the blanks with their own life experiences. In the moment, first time listening, I was struggling to find the exact word. You just gave me it 👏👏👏
@@ShelbyShuffleMode listen TO PLAYBOY CARTI -DIE LIT...A TRUE MASTERPIECE OF LYRICAL PROWESS..
@@phar0ahad3 goat album
@@phar0ahad3 talkin about chill albums,she should listen to wlr
It is chill though
me crying watching this because of his music's impact on my life, and watching her react just makes everything fall into place. i love frank UGH
That’s Beyoncé on the backing vocals of Pink+White btw :)
WHAAAT
@@ShelbyShuffleMode Yup and Kanye sings the word “Love” at the 2:51 mark in white Ferrari
@@johnigomu345 it’s actually “ in this life”
@@ShelbyShuffleMode and the additional male vocals “keep a place for me..” on self control is yung lean
@@ShelbyShuffleMode Beyoncé a fan of frank before he hit the mainstream . She flew out Frank yo meet him back in the day.
Something to notice is that the woman in be yourself gives a strongly anti-drugs message and then the first line of the very next song is "Hand me a towel im dirty dancing, gone off tabs of that acid"
omg i never noticed that
I believe the woman in “be yourself” is actually Frank’s mom although she claimed it wasn’t her, he recorded a voicemail😂
@@camdenhunt7565 I believe it's Franks friend's or maybe roomates mom !
Blond’s atmospheric-ness really gives room for the listener to channel their emotions into each song. I think that’s why whenever I listen to it it’s a new experience for me every time!
“i don’t even know how to describe this right now” nobody ever will just 😌✨🤎🥺😍🔥🤑😄
Blond is pure nostalgia I even got his boys don’t cry magazine. It blows my mind that there’s a lot of people that are just now listening blond this year. Blond reminds me of driving thru Dallas highways at night And channel orange reminds me of driving on lonely desert roads in west texas omw to Colorado. Man... I wish I could go back to 2012 when I was in 9th grade and listen to channel orange and to 2016 freshmen year of college to listen to blond for the very first time again. It freaking blows my mind that I’ve been listening to Frank Ocean for 9yrs now and everybody treats him and his albums like they came out a month ago. And to me futura free is his most underrated song.
Your energy is absolutely contagious!! Amazing video. Thank you for this reaction!
Thank you, any day! I get very excited about music and it’s nice knowing some people appreciate it 😅
moon river's cover by frank is insanely beautiful just as cayendo from this year tbh
"I don't even know how to describe this right now"... The entire album
I wanted Kiss Land but I got something just as good instead. Thank you ❤
Im so jealous of u being able to listen to this masterpiece for the first time...if there was any album i could listen too for the first time again i think it would be this or channel orange😭
Im glad u loved self control, its my absolute favorite of Frank and its so underappreciated
SO GREAT.
I'm a simple man, I see frank ocean and I watch
White Ferrari is one of the best songs ever written. A lot of chills and a lot of tears with my eyes closed every time I hear it.
I’ve watched tonnes of reactions from lots of people to lots of music. This is the best I’ve seen, love how you immersed yourself in it. Keep up the great work 😊
What a masterpiece of an album. I'd pay large amounts of money to hear it for the first time again. 😭🤣
Eat some shrooms and it'll feel like it
a whole vibe, imagine hearing this for the first time again
I’m jealous you have your first experience with this album recorded
Two songs in and I'm subscribing. Watching someone vibe this hard to one of my emotional support albums from my teen/young adult years is an unparalleled feeling.
This is by far one of the most intuitive and realistic review I seen in the longest I loveee ittt and thank you for sharing your moment with s Lmaoo.
2016 was probably the best year in music and it’s not even close😂
The vocal that you complemented on pink and white was Beyoncé
My favorite album because you can just soak in these songs for so long and right when you think you know the whole album, a song just clicks in your brain like you've unlocked some deeper meaning, its so weird. And it happens almost at random. I was doing laundry one night and had the album playing in the other room and when the transition happened in Self Control it hit me sooo hard I was like "Damn this has to be the best sounding piece of music I've ever heard." Basically had the same reaction you did on your first listen. Just bliss.
tbh i havent listened to frank ocean in such a long time that hearing nike just made me almost shed a tear.
You're so great! The way you vibe to the album takes me back to my first listen so vividly. It's also really nice to get a woman's take on the album since not many of my girl friends listen to Frank Ocean:)
Listen to Endless by Frank Ocean, it is more like an experience than an album, really interesting.
I feel sorry for anyone who hasn’t heard this album - genre bending masterpiece.
Godspeed always hits so hard. The whole sound of it just brings out every emotion.
You are great! Can’t wait to see more and you definitely deserve more likes and views.
its weird to see someone not belting the lyrics while listening to this
I cried the first time I heard Ivy, Self Control, the beat switch in Nights, and White Ferrari. Honestly, I wish I could go back to the first time I heard Blonde. It was 2 in the morning and I was high as shit. The room was dark and it was just me visualizing the music.
average tyler fan
@@nish8399 👍
i’m actually so excited for u it’s beautiful
Unbelievable how just watching someone else experience this album for the first time makes me weep. Undeniable classic. Great vid!
By far the most respectable reaction that’s appreciative of the little things in this album
I first listened to Frank Ocean a year ago with my boyfriend, who had been listening to him for a while. After a long time of listening to this album on repeat, I shed a tear a least once every time.
Ivy, self control, and pink+white will forever have a special place in my heart.
It's just so beautiful. Frank Oceans voice just brings me to tears, it gets too much sometimes.
Finally 😭💚, great reaction! 🙌🏾
You gotta listen to Endless, the visual album that was released a day before Blonde. Like Blonde, it’s a mesmerising listening experience and actually probably has his best vocal performances period
Listen to Chanel Orange by Frank Ocean , I feel it showcases his vocals more
You’re so genuine. Please keep being yourself. Great video. 🙏🏽
This reaction is hella genuine, keep up the good work!
When this album came out i had this huge crush on a girl and everytime i listen to this album i remind me of those times and kinda reminds me of her in a good way.
It’s been 4 years and I still can’t get over this album
This album gets better the more times you listen to it.
I love seeing the reaction of people hearing the beat switch in nights for the first time.
I love this channel so much. You deserve to be so famous i’m being honest
Imagine listen BLONDE for the first time 😍 Frank Ocean is timeless 🌸
Came across this channel randomly and I’m crushing so hard now wow
this had me crying. I would do anything to listen to this album for the first time again. its so important to me
her reaction genuinely brings a smile to my face i’m just like “ U LIKE THAT ???? WAIT UNTILL U HEAR ___ or ___ “ LMAO
Seigfried is one of my fav songs ever great reaction subbed fosho
Seigfried best song of all time
@@klinerd6945 it’s in my top 10 it’s a amazing song
Aghh I love seeing people react to Blond it reminds me the first time i heard it, great reaction ❤️
The different types of pitches in Franks vocals simulate the parts of life they played in, so in Ivy his voice was a bit higher pitched than his normal voice, that’s because it was a younger version of himself telling the story :) Also this album tells a story about exploring love (with opposite sex aswell) and after nights it switches from experiences with men to experiences with women. If I remember correctly 😅
I love that every time I listen to that album I get the same chills from the first time I listened to it
I love seeing people's first reactions to the beat switch in nights LMAO
I love this so much. SO wholesome!
I had to stop. I'm 10 minutes in and I'm feeling amazing. I haven't heard this album in months and I'm following Shelby's emotions. Speechless.
The “autotune” in the beginning which is just his voice pitched up is symbolic of his younger days
the way i wish i could experience listening to blonde for the first time again
literally getting so emotional watching this 🥺🥺🥺 i love this album more than anything fucking thing. damn so beautiful watching you react!
I recently discovered frank ocean, I've heard Chanelle in the past, and I'm addicted now. Music still holds up
So good. Blonde is one of the best albums of the 2010's
the deeper voice part in self control was actually by young lean
i love this video so much haha. great reactions :)
AH yes ive been waitingg😭😭❤️❤️❤️
edit: i recommend endless and channel orange as well!
Nights is my favorite!! i love him so much. could quite actually die for him.
theres literally nothing like someone going through what i went through when i first heard this piece of art
Your vibe and spirit is so right. Subscribed.
Wow loved your reaction and you clearly love music! I'd love to see your reaction to more of Frank's stuff as well as channel orange my personal favourite due to certain songs on that album