Frank Ocean slams Taylor Swift's '1989' win in angry letter about the Grammys

At the tail end of 2016, Frank Ocean called the Grammy Awards "dated" and did not put forth his album Blonde for consideration—effectively boycotting the 59th annual awards and triggering a wave of possible no-shows from Kanye West, Drake and perhaps Justin Bieber.

Now, in response to criticism from Grammy producers, Ocean penned a letter on Tumblr on Saturday night to share his frustrations with the awards show and to slam Taylor Swift's 1989 win over Kendrick Lamar in 2016.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich and writer David Wild expressed their irritations working with Ocean during his 2013 Grammy performance, saying the artist was rigid in his ways and did not understand that his vision would not be well-suited for television.

"So, his feelings about the Grammys right now, I would imagine, probably go back to that in one way. But honestly, it wasn't us," Ehrlich said.

In response, Ocean admits the performance was "absolute shit," but goes on to explain that's not why he decided to not participate this year.

"In reality, I actually wanted to participate in honoring Prince on the show 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," Ocean wrote. "Winning a TV award doesn’t christen me successful. It took me some time to learn that. I am young, black, gifted and independent ... that’s my tribute."

"I’ve actually been tuning into CBS around this time of year for a while to see who gets the top honor and you know what’s really not 'great TV’ guys? 1989 getting album of the year over To Pimp A Butterfly. Hands down one of the most 'faulty’ TV moments I’ve seen," Ocean continues, explaining that he believes the show puts people to sleep and needs to examine it's cultural bias.

You can read the full post below:

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 fuck it. Yea yea my 2013 performance at the Grammys was absolute shit. Technical difficulties, blah blah. Thanks for the reminder. Very much appreciated. Fuck 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? In reality, I actually wanted to participate in honoring Prince on the show 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. Winning a TV award doesn’t christen me successful. It took me some time to learn that. I bought all my masters back last year in the prime of my career, that’s successful. Blonde sold a million plus without a label, that’s successful. I am young, black, gifted and independent.. that’s my tribute. I’ve actually been tuning into CBS around this time of year for a while to see who gets the top honor and you know what’s really not 'great TV’ guys? 1989 getting album of the year over To Pimp A Butterfly. Hands down one of the most 'faulty’ TV moments I’ve seen. 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. 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.