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Frank Ocean – Open Letter on Tumblr | Genius

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Whoever you are. Wherever you are.. I'm starting to think we're a lot alike. Human beings spinning on blackness. All wanting to be seen, touched, heard, paid attention to. My loved ones are everything to me here. In the last year or 3 I've screamed at my creator, screamed at clouds in the sky, for some explanation. Mercy maybe. For peace of mind to rain like manna somehow. 4 summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19 years old. He was too. We spent that summer, and the summer after, together. Everyday almost. And on the days we were together, time would glide. Most of the day I'd see him, and his smile. I'd hear his conversation and his silence.. until it was time to sleep. Sleep I would often share with him. By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant. It was hopeless. There was no escaping, no negotiating with the feeling. No choice. It was my first love, it changed my life. Back then, my mind would wander to the women I had been with, the ones I cared for and thought I wa

On July 4, 2012, six days before the debut of channel ORANGE, Frank Ocean posted an open letter to his Tumblr page, under the heading “thank you’s,” introducing his studio album. In his missive, Ocean describes falling in love with a man during the summers of his 19th & 20th years on Earth; the ‘coming out’ letter would circulate online, generating positive discussion in the days after & years since its publication, empowering others to tell their own stories. The letter later appeared in the album booklet accompanying the channel ORANGE CD, released by Island Def Jam on July 17, 2012. On…

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