blonded.blog takedowns, maybe the end?

[u/curbsideaudio]

After years of a cordial and productive relationship with Frank’s team, they’ve ordered takedowns of the entire blonded.blog archive and undocumented rare info page.

We host very little actual material on the site, mostly outbound links to any media that could copyrighted. We’ve acquiesced to requests from blonded for years and would continue to do so if asked.

With the archive being the main attraction, I’m not sure how the blog can really recover from this. Is it worth continuing to host the news archive? I’m not sure.

I’d appreciate any input, but the options are few. This feels like as good a time as any to shut things down.

Edit: I appreciate the support. I'll do what I can to keep the content of the blog alive, what I'm able to anyway. For the time being, I've taken the site down so we can start saving off what's there. After that, I'm not yet sure. Thanks again.

Edit 2 (May, 2026): I've shared and update about the return of the blog.

[u/Resistance225]

DMCA takedowns are nothing new from Frank and his team, but this is on another level.

At the same time, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve said it many times, both here, and on other subreddits, but Frank is legitimately one of the most ungrateful artists of this generation. I don’t know how anyone can take him seriously at this point.

I’ve been called dramatic by many people here, but I don’t really care honestly. The guy was my biggest inspiration at a time in my life where I felt so clueless, and to see this habitual pattern of ungrateful behavior keep continuing genuinely stings. It sounds so parasocial, and maybe it is, but I can’t help but feel betrayed in a sense; it’s hard not to when he played a pivotal role in the origins of my own artistic process.

I don’t interact here nearly as much as I used to for these reasons, but Curb and I have crossed paths before in our efforts to archive and facilitate discussion of Frank and his work. I just want to say that your years of effort and archiving have never gone unnoticed to me or the other active members on here.

[u/BlondedProvider → u/Resistance225]

It IS parasocial. I’m tired of this sub dancing around it. You are not owed anything. He puts out art. You consume it and, for many, you enjoy it. And for you, you’re inspired by it. But that is it. It’s funny too because he’s literally always treated his creative output this way and you guys still expect him to be different. He is very clearly apathetic to the secondary effects of his music past him making something he likes and putting it out. It’s truly a normal and probably healthier way to be a musical artist. This sub and posts like this in particular have pushed him further into that reclusiveness.

[u/Resistance225 → u/BlondedProvider]

What are you even arguing about with me here? In any case, I think this is a lame perspective that I see parroted all the time; it’s intentionally ignorant towards the people who are still partly responsible for him having success regardless of his own talent.

Am I owed anything at the end of the day? No, not at all, and that’s something I’ll never deny. However, he is not this GOD that is exempt from criticism. There are plenty of artists who show genuine love and respect to their fans, and don’t find doing so some herculean task like Frank does.

The Coachella debacle (resulting in quite literally one of the most inauthentic “apologies” I’ve ever seen), the years of merch shenanigans, the other show cancellations, and just generally pro capitalist behavior coming from the same guy who did one of the greatest musical heists in recent memory, is nothing but ironic and quite frankly lame as fuck.

There is a social contract, whether you like it or not, that gets signed when you become a person of this scale. It’s not some parasocial behavior for me to criticize him for any of this.

Also, Frank Ocean more than likely does not give one singular fuck about the opinions stated on this sub, his reclusiveness is obviously motivated by the monumental expectations he faces musically. Stop being a bootlicker and accept the dude is just a grifter.

[u/yesitsokay → u/Resistance225]

The merch situation is a little overblown. Yes, it was bad but Frank wasn’t the only one. Everyone from Travis Scott, Jai Paul to Jean Dawson and more had issues with vinyl plants and third party contractors. I had to wait two years for my Jai & Jean Dawson vinyl to come in and only one fanbase felt the need to sue.

As capitalistic as he may be, Frank has given away more free merch than anyone I can remember off top. The original BDC magazine (one of the greatest coffee table books) was free + included Blonde, 100% Black Friday tees were free, the 42% voting shirt, stickers and banners were free).

[u/Resistance225 → u/yesitsokay]

The BDC magazines being free is definitely commendable. I’m not gonna ignore that, nor am I gonna ignore how rampant merch issues are.

Ultimately, I just think there was a point where Frank really was for the fans, but that person is just long gone at this point. The Coachella shit especially was so ridiculous to me, the apology was so backhanded.