Frank Ocean has re-released ‘Blonde’ on Vinyl and has released new merch along with it.
The lauded and long-awaited third album from the star came out in September 2016, with Ocean then selling vinyl copies of the album for just 24 hours two months later.
The vinyl comes as a two-record gatefold packaging that features a 12” x 36” lyrics foldout and 12” x 24” foldout poster of Kendall Roy from the Emmy Award-winning HBO series Succession. It retails for $65 (£52) and is available for purchase on the blonded.co site.
On the website, it reads that those who order the vinyl should allow for 4-8 weeks for fulfillment. Ocean also released merch in the form of apparel consisting of a Brazil ringer logo t-shirt featuring New York motif graphics like the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge as well as shorts.
In the years since the release of ‘Blonde’ on vinyl, the original copies have sold online for thousands. The last time Ocean reissued the pressing was in December of 2022.
Since the release of ‘Blonde’, just a handful of singles including ‘DHL’ and ‘In My Room’ have arrived. Ocean also shared previously unreleased music to soundtrack his radio show celebrating the ten-year anniversary of 2012’s Channel Orange’ back in July and also dropped ‘Cayendo’ and ‘Dear April’ on streaming services earlier this year, with the tracks previously being vinyl exclusives.
Elsewhere, Ocean recently teased potential new music on his Instagram stories last month.
On November 9, the ‘Nikes’ singer took to his Instagram Stories to post a minute-long snippet of a new, unreleased song. The Instagram Story expired on November 10 but was been recorded and shared by Pop Base on X/Twitter.
Ocean most recently headlined the first weekend of Coachella Festival in April. It was his first live gig since 2017.
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