Frank Ocean tore into the Grammys in a passionate post on his Tumblr account.
The musician released "Blonde" and visual album "Endless," his highly-anticipated followups to his 2012 debut, in 2016, but he didn't submit either for Grammy consideration in 2017 and called the awards show "dated."
In response to Ocean's criticism, Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich and writer David Wild told Rolling Stone that Ocean's 2013 performance of "Forrest Gump" was "faulty" and "not great TV."
Ocean took to his own Tumblr page in response and slammed the Grammys for giving Taylor Swift album of the year in 2016 over Kendrick Lamar.
He argued that if he felt a need to "redeem" himself for his past performance, he would have made a return to the Grammy stage rather than stay away.
"Ok Ken (and David). As much as I hate to make you guys famous or even respond to you directly. We all die one day and you're old so f--- it," he wrote. "Yea yea my 2013 performance at the Grammys was absolute s--t. Technical difficulties, blah blah. Thanks for the reminder. Very much appreciated. F--- that performance though. You think that's why I kept my work out of the Grammy process this year? Don't you think I would've wanted to play the show to 'redeem' myself if I felt that way?"
Ocean said he wanted to make an appearance to honor Prince, "but then I figured my best tribute to that man's legacy would be to continue to be myself out here and to be successful...I am young, black, gifted, and independent. That's my tribute," he wrote.
He then explained that he has watched the Grammys before and said that Swift's "1989" winning album of the year over Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly" was not "great TV" and, to use Ehrlich and Wild's words, described it as "hands down one of the most 'faulty' TV moments [he's] seen."
The crooner added that the awards system is flawed and biased.
"Believe the people. Believe the ones who'd rather watch select performances from your program on YouTube the day after because your show puts them to sleep," he continued. "Use the old gramophone to actually listen bro, I'm one of the best alive. And if you're up for a discussion about the cultural bias and general nerve damage the show you produce suffers from then I'm all for it. Have a good night."
Mic drop.
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