Being a Frank Ocean fan can be rough … you don’t have to tell me twice as a card-carrying member of the Ocean stan club.

But 2016-17 has been a reversal of fortune for fans, who received a studio album, a visual album, three loose singles, six episodes of an Apple Music radio show, a highly-charting single, a handful of features with old friends like Tyler, the Creator and A$AP Rocky and a summer festival run.

An average person would take that and move on after 3+ years of almost nothing. But now one year after Endless and Blonde’s release, the questions that are still unanswered are numerous, and they still bother the core Frank fan. Here’s just a few things to reignite frustrations that stem from Frank being so mysterious.

What took so long?

Fresh off the hype of Channel Orange, talks of his follow-up were immediate and seemed like a release wasn’t far away. He told Zane Lowe in 2013 that he already had ten songs ready, and he wasn’t lying about the songs existing at least: Videos from a European tour stop in June 2013 show him preforming early versions of “Seigfried” and “Ivy.” But the “early versions” are pretty similar to what landed on the album, just with some altered lines and a stripping down of some drums. There are some possible reasons if you connect some dots: Frank has mentioned having bouts with writer’s block in the past, and his perfectionism is a quality many collaborators have taken away from working with him.

Why didn’t the album drop on its many possible dates (including July 2015)?

What made the over four year wait even worse was teasing that made it seem like the album was on the way. The first date from the man himself came in April 2015 with Frank posting a picture of “Boys Don’t Cry” magazine to his Tumblr with the caption “#ALBUM3 #JULY2015.” July came and went. Over one year later, a cryptic library card appeared on “boysdontcry.co,” which included several stamped dates, possibly denoting dates when “Blonde” was supposed to drop. The photo’s focus was on the last date, “July 2016,” yet the month passed without any information.

But right at the top of August, the Endless stream popped up (more on that in a second), and shortly after, the New York Times claimed Blonde was due to drop on August 5. It instead came out 15 days later. A source claims the album was supposed to drop on the 5th, but once that info leaked, the album was pushed back to regain the element of surprise.

What was the point of Endless’ visuals?

Whether you actually paid attention to Frank building a staircase while music occasionally played over a 3-week span on Apple Music, or you’ve at least watched the more “concise” version that lasts nearly 46 minutes, it still was definitely a curious roll out. It was literally the step-by-step process of building a staircase. The actual stream was either nothing at all or very dull a majority of the time, with every painstaking detail being shown. Frank also disappeared for nearly two weeks in the midst of the stream. Did it create buzz? Absolutely, but it was such an odd way of going about it beyond it matching the album’s title.

What is the actual track listing of Endless?

The craziest part of Endless is that there ARE song titles, despite it being one free-flowing project, but nobody truly knows the correct run times for each. The credits contain names, but fans looking to split the songs into parts for easier consumption have no true clue if their edit is correct. Some songs’ sections of the album seem somewhat obvious thanks to breaks in the music, but for all we know there could be major inconsistencies after all this time.

For example: Three of the later tracks on Endless are “Rushes,” “Rushes To” and “Higgs.” Which song was which was what was pretty much universally accepted for awhile … until Frank went on tour and preformed “Higgs.” It was discovered “Rushes To” was actually the latter portion of “Rushes,” “Higgs” was the song known as “Rushes To,” and the song that was thought to be Higgs was actually an unlisted track called “Mitsubishi Sony.” Got all that?

Where is the song “Easy”?

Frank dropped the magazine “Boys Don’t Cry” along with Blonde last August, and the pages contained the lyrics to the song “Easy,” a song that hasn’t been released. Which is an odd move, but not even in the top 100 confusing things Frank has done. This isn’t the first time Frank has written and released lyrics without an actual recording – he posted his own remix of Migos’ “Versace” to Tumblr a few years ago.

On the same note, what’s with the “Magazine” track listing of Blonde?

One thing I think many have forgotten about over time is that the physical edition of Blonde is totally different then the one we all know and follow. “Boys Don’t Cry” has a track listing with various differences from what you’ll find anywhere else. “Easy” is track six, “Mitsubishi Sony” is in there, “Pretty Sweet” is the first song, and the whole thing is only 12 tracks. There’s no explanation for why this listing exists or what it’s supposed to mean in relation to the regular album.

Why does he have “twooo versions?”

In the aforementioned 2015 Tumblr post that seemed to announced his new album, he captioned it “I got two versions. I got twooo versions…” He really meant it: There were two versions of Blonde and two spellings of the album (the physical album reads ‘blond’ while it’s listed on streaming services as ‘blonde’).

There were two versions of his song “Lens,” one by himself, and another with Travis Scott. The Endless track “Slide on Me” was all in its lonesome until a remix with Young Thug popped up on Blonded Radio. His other two post-Blonde singles are in on the act – “Chanel” has a regular version and an A$AP Rocky remix, “Biking” originally has verses from Jay Z and Tyler, The Creator before a solo version dropped, featuring an extra Frank verse.

Oh and of course on Blonde itself, “Nikes” is a mess of duality in its own right. The original track has Frank singing in a high-pitched voice before his regular voice gives way later on. The music video version of the song not only features the high-pitched and regular voices, but a low-pitched voice talking over the song, who of courses says “I’ve got twoooo versions” in the intro to the track. Oh, and The magazine version of the song is finished off with a verse from Japanese rapper KOHH. Why? Who knows.

The trend hasn’t come to a halt yet: One of Frank’s latest appearances came on A$AP Mob’s “Raf,” where he has two different verses that were released. Finally, (breathe, we’re almost done) the song Higgs that has already caused confusion confused has an “A” and “B” version, the only difference really being the key it’s sung in, it seems.

The crazy/sad part is, that isn’t the half of it with Frank. Also on the list:

What’s going to happen with the Spike Jonze directed film from Frank’s world tour?

What happened to an apparent interview with Zane Lowe that could’ve shed some light on these questions?

Will we ever get a high quality version of “Endless”?

And what the hell is the deal with “Device Control” on Endless?

Being a Frank Ocean fan tends to be a rabbit hole of non-answers that might just best be avoided if you’re of the faint of heart. But sometimes the quality of the critically acclaimed singer pulls you in. Happy Birthday, Blonde!