A new Frank Ocean album is already at bay, and fans couldn't be more thrilled!
Fans of the elusive singer have been celebrating on Twitter recently as photos of his recently relaunched "Blonde" album on Vinyl surfaces online.
Apart from the actual Vinyl disc, fans were surprised to receive a foldout poster detailing what could be interpreted as his future plans for his music.
The story written on the poster addresses Ocean in the third person, referring to him as the "Recording Artist," and detailing what he has done since the release of the album in 2016.
Back sides of the posters from the recent Blonded merch sale tell a narrative that’s as close to an album announcement as we’ll ever get from Frank Ocean. pic.twitter.com/15nvU780No
— blonded.blog (@blondedblog) January 16, 2023
"In the summer of 2019, Blonded produced a photo series shot on Thursday, August 8, 2019, by photographer Michael Marcelle. The photo series follows the story of a fictitious Recording Artist as he navigates the radio system," he wrote.
In 2017, Ocean established his footing on the radio scene with Blonded Radio, a platform where most of his songs were first teased or first heard.
"In one scene, the actor Jeremy Strong plays a chairman of a major record label [...] The Chairman is flanked by another figure. Both are dressed in suits, wearing ties, and are positioned behind a long boardroom table. They are opposite a shadowed figure in the foreground - the Recording Artist - whose subjectivity the viewer is to inhabit," he furthered.
Most notably, Ocean, referred to as the Recording Artist in the story, said that he attempted to explain to the music label his proposed "singles distribution model," as opposed to the traditional "long-form model."
Ocean wanted to pump out singles instead of releasing a whole body of work since it is more suited to how people consume music nowadays, where they "curate their own playlists which are then shared within private circles."
However, in the same story, he revealed that the meeting did not appear to be productive. But, at the latter part of the passage, he had this to reveal:
"Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, these events were intended to grow from small club events to larger raves across the world. The Recording Artist has since changed his mind about the singles model, and is again interested in more durational bodies of work."
With this glaring hint, many fans believe that Frank Ocean's new album is set to be released in these coming months, especially since the Coachella 2023 festival enlisted Ocean as one of its headliners alongside BLACKPINK and Bad Bunny.
