--- description: The release of 'Blonde' ends four long years of anticipation for fans title: Fans Freak Out After Frank Ocean Releases New Album 'Blonde' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cff1b9bdb152836/6988a31a97cdff24826ad840/frank-ocean.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Fans Freak Out After Frank Ocean Releases New Album _Blonde_ by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 21, 2016 1:34 PM CUT  Frank Ocean performs on stage during Day 3 of Pemberton Music and Arts Festival in Pemberton, Canada, on July 20, 2014. Frank Ocean performs on stage during Day 3 of Pemberton Music and Arts Festival in Pemberton, Canada, on July 20, 2014.Andrew Chin—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 21, 2016 1:34 PM CUT Just two days after [releasing his “visual album” _Endless_](http://time.com/4458666/frank-ocean-releases-new-visual-album-endless/ "undefined"), and a day after dropping a [music video for the song “Nikes,”](http://time.com/4460261/frank-ocean-nikes-video-release/ "undefined") Frank Ocean finally came through with a full album. Called _Blonde_, the follow-up to 2012’s _Channel Orange_ ends [four long years of anticipation](http://time.com/4413818/frank-ocean-next-album-boys-dont-cry/ "undefined") for fans after repeated delays and red herrings. After releasing the album, Ocean [thanked his fans via Tumblr](http://frankocean.tumblr.com/post/149245806386/i-had-the-time-of-my-life-making-all-of-this "undefined"). “I had the time of my life making all of this,” he wrote. “Thank you all. Especially those of you who never let me forget that I had to finish. Which is basically every one of ya’ll.” _Blonde_ premiered via Beats 1, is now streaming on Apple Music and can be purchased on iTunes. Fan reactions ranged from joy to hyperventilation. > [](https://twitter.com/Myracles%5FHappen/status/767153217092345856) > [](https://twitter.com/eXOlence/status/767141588212539394) > [](https://twitter.com/PerooVaneee%5F/status/767349564978278402) > [](https://twitter.com/drugflix/status/767237452905877504) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4460579/frank-ocean-new-album-blonde/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4460579/frank-ocean-new-album-blonde/"},"headline":"Fans Freak Out After Frank Ocean Releases New Album Blonde","datePublished":"2016-08-21T13:34:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:06:29.224Z","description":"The release of 'Blonde' ends four long years of anticipation for fans","url":"https://time.com/4460579/frank-ocean-new-album-blonde/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cff1b9bdb152836/6988a31a97cdff24826ad840/frank-ocean.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cff1b9bdb152836/6988a31a97cdff24826ad840/frank-ocean.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 Pemberton Music And Arts Festival","caption":"PEMBERTON, BC - JULY 20: Frank Ocean performs on stage during Day 3 of Pemberton Music and Arts Festival on July 20, 2014 in Pemberton, Canada. (Photo by Andrew Chin/FilmMagic)","creditText":"Andrew Chin—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4460579/frank-ocean-new-album-blonde/","name":"Fans Freak Out After Frank Ocean Releases New Album Blonde"}}]}] ```