And I've listened to Channel Orange more than 100 times. Everyone expected something, but when it was so different, the surprise was so good. It was about discovering the music, but also there was such a unique presentation to it, especially with Endless. The thing about that weekend is that it was this whole thing. When I got there, I waited in line for like 45 minutes before they said "the line ends here," and there were like four people in front of us. When I got back online, I saw the poster for the pop-ups and called my friend like "holy shit!" I drove an hour to go to one, but there was a huge accident and traffic. I was low key crying trying to figure out what was going on.Īfter that, it was just an explosion with Blonde and "Nikes." After Blonde came out, I just disconnected from the internet and kept listening to the album.
Toward the end of it, he walks to the top stairs, and we are all like, Is he going to jump?! What's about to happen? Then there's that flash of color, and the stream cuts. We didn't know if we were going to get an iTunes version or anything.
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I hooked up my computer to my TV and watched it while I chatted with everyone in the subreddit. It was an enormous moment when I finally heard some music on the livestream because I had been waiting so long.
It got to the point where my girlfriend was annoyed, and my data charges were insane. When we finally got the livestream, I didn't close it the entire time. I was on the subreddit for Frank during that four year hole. Sean Stanton, designer behind Rust, California The music helps me through the growing pains of adolescence. Blonde was during my first year of college. Nostalgia Ultra was during the beginning of high school Channel Orange was the during the end. Every time a Frank Ocean album drops, its always during a very transitional period for me. He was so open and raw-I felt like the music was made for me. During that time, there was no artist like him. I was one of his fans during the early Nostalgia Ultra days. I started listening to Frank Ocean when I was 13. So I hauled ass to get there and ended up finessing and cutting the line to get the last copy in NYC. Thirty-five minutes into the party an announcement was made that Boys Don't Cry would be given out in Soho, which was one hour away. The following day after it dropped, I linked up with friends and had a faux Blonde listening party deep in Brooklyn. I had spoken to Frank Ocean at the Dazed 100 party, and he told me "it's done and it's coming." I was happy he was serious. Honestly, I thought he was going to pull some D'Angleo or Lauryn Hill shit after Channel Orange. When Endless dropped last summer, I remember waking up and staying up all night to listen to it. Quil Lemons, photographer behind Glitterboy series, New York When I finally heard his voice, it was like a punch in the chest. It was so dramatic, but I had spent so much time loving him and waiting on him and speculating and theorizing. All of a sudden, I hear his voice, and I just fell to my knees. I sprinted through my apartment to set up a table because everything was still in boxes. I just said, "I have to go, I'm sorry," and hung up. I remember scream crying and my face going bright red on FaceTime. One day, I was FaceTiming my cousin, and I pulled up my iPad to just look at the stream. We would stay up all night watching the stream and talking to one another.ĭuring the stream, I was moving into a new apartment. So someone in the thread had the idea that we should make a group chat where we could alert everyone if he was back. He was going on at crazy hours, sometimes like 3 in the morning. So I just brought an iPad with me everywhere and streamed all the time no matter what.
But there was no warning or way to figure out when he was livestreaming. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what was happening. They had the scoop more than anyone else. I followed a bunch of Twitter fans and the forum KanyeToThe. I was so thrown off, and I had no idea what was going on. I saw all these notifications going off on my phone that a stream had opened on Frank Ocean's website.
I remember waking up and getting ready to go to work. Jamie Pesek (left), TeamFrankDaily manager, St.
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