Bunny is the sixth studio album by American DJ and producer Matthew Dear . It was released on October 12, 2018 under Ghostly International . It is Dear's first album in six years following from Beams in 2012.
74-406: On July 3, 2017, the first single "Modafinil Blues". The track was written with Frank Ocean collaborator Troy Nōka. The second single "Bad Ones" was released on August 29, 2017. The single features a collaboration with Canadian duo Tegan and Sara . On August 8, 2018, Dear announced the release of the new album. He explained the reasoning for title: "I'm calling this one Bunny. As always, it’s got
148-500: A ghostwriter until joining the Los Angeles-based hip hop collective Odd Future in 2010. The year prior, he signed with record producer Tricky Stewart 's RedZone Entertainment , an imprint of Def Jam Recordings , although his debut mixtape , Nostalgia, Ultra (2011), was released independently. His debut studio album , the eclectic Channel Orange (2012), incorporated elements of R&B and soul music . At
222-512: A torch singer due to "his feel for romantic tragedy, unfurling in slow-boiling ballads". Ocean's stage presence during live shows has been described by Chris Richards of the Washington Post as "low-key". While nostalgia, ULTRA featured both original music by Ocean and tracks relying on sampled melodies, Channel Orange showcased Ocean as the primary musical composer, of which music journalist Robert Christgau opines, "when he's
296-457: A July release date. The image shows a library card labeled Boys Don't Cry with numerous stamps, implying various due dates. The dates begin with July 2, 2015, and conclude with July 2016. Ocean's brother, Ryan Breaux, further suggested this release with an Instagram caption of the same library card photo reading "BOYS DON'T CRY #JULY2016". By August 1, 2016, at approximately 3 am, an endless live stream shot in negative lighting in what
370-738: A cease and desist letter. Ocean later confirmed through a Tumblr post that the dispute was about social issues, not music, and had since been resolved between the two artists. On November 6, 2018, three midterm specials of Blonded Radio were aired throughout the day, in collation with the Midterm elections that were held in the US, as well as the release of new merchandise given to those with proof of voting for free in Houston, Atlanta, Miami, and Dallas. The shows themselves did not include any new songs by Ocean, but included various political discussions including
444-450: A cover of the song performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film, Breakfast at Tiffany's . In May 2018, Ocean was featured on the tracks "Brotha Man" and "Purity" from ASAP Rocky 's third studio album Testing . In August 2018, Ocean featured on the song " Carousel " from Travis Scott 's third studio album Astroworld , which released on the same day. In September 2018, it was reported that Ocean took legal action against Scott through
518-440: A dense musical fusion that drew on jazz , soul , and R&B . Funk and electronic music also influenced his album. The songs about unrequited love in particular received the most attention, partly because of Ocean's announcement prior to the album's release, when he revealed that his first love was a man. The announcement made global headlines, and some critics compared its cultural impact to when David Bowie revealed that he
592-598: A discussion about Ocean being an 'openly queer' black man in contemporary rap music. On February 5, 2019, Ocean's Tumblr account was hacked hinting info about more of Ocean's material. The posts have since been deleted. On October 19, 2019, Ocean released a new song titled " DHL " on his Beats 1 radio show Blonded Radio and announced 7-inch vinyl singles of two new songs on his website titled "Dear April" and "Cayendo", originally available only as physical singles featuring B-side remixes from Justice and Sango , respectively. On November 1, 2019, Ocean followed up "DHL" with
666-570: A free man." Numerous celebrities publicly voiced their support for Ocean following his announcement, including Beyoncé and Jay-Z . Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album The Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards to recording artists for quality works on albums in the urban contemporary subgenre within the R&;B field. Honors in several categories are presented at
740-463: A little bit of everything that makes me who I am. Why Bunny? Fundamentally, I love the way the word looks and sounds. I love the way it rolls off the mind and onto the tongue". Alongside the album, single "Bunny's Dream" was also released. The next single "Horses", which featured Tegan and Sara in the second collaboration, was released on September 18, 2018. Bunny was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic , which assigns
814-592: A mentor at Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. He would take Ocean to these meetings, which was the inspiration behind Ocean's song "Crack Rock" from Channel Orange. He also gave him the nickname Lonny, which Frank Ocean still uses today. He died in 2010 and Frank Ocean dedicated a song to him called "There Will Be Tears" on his mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra . He also mentioned him on his 2017 single "Lens". After graduating from John Ehret High School in Marrero, Louisiana in 2005, Ocean enrolled in
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#1732791394300888-537: A music video for a song titled " Nikes " was uploaded to Ocean's Connect page on Apple Music and later to his own website. Also on August 20, Ocean announced pop-up shops in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and London for his magazine Boys Don't Cry , and released his second studio album Blonde to widespread acclaim. Blonde debuted at number one in several countries, including the United States and
962-399: A new song titled " In My Room ", which was premiered on Blonded Radio , and soon after on November 3 posted online another vinyl single of a new song titled " Little Demon " featuring a B-side remix by Arca . However, on February 25, 2020, Ocean announced that he will replace "Little Demon" with an unreleased song which would be released on February 28, 2020. The vinyl for "Little Demon"
1036-530: A remix of Endless track "Slide On Me" featuring Young Thug . On May 15 Ocean was featured on ASAP Mob 's " Raf ", premiered on Blonded alongside a solo version of "Biking". On August 28, Ocean released another single, " Provider ", on Blonded Radio . In October 2017, Ocean published a photo essay titled "New 17" to British magazine i-D . In the essay, Ocean said "If you liked two thousand and seventeen then you'll love two thousand and eighteen". In November 2017, Ocean hinted via Tumblr that his fifth project
1110-428: A renaming and redefining of the category. Its new name was Best Progressive R&B Album , with immediate effect, "to appropriately categorize and describe this subgenre. This change includes a more accurate definition to describe the merit or characteristics of music compositions or performances themselves within the genre of R&B." Adding to this, the description of this category is now as follows: "[t]his category
1184-493: A residential contractor. He was raised by his mother after his parents divorced when he was six years old. When he was five years old, he and his family relocated to the New Orleans area. He was raised Christian , including a brief time as a practicing Catholic . Ocean's grandfather Lionel McGruder Jr. was a father figure for Ocean after his father left the family. Lionel was a recovering drug addict and later served as
1258-516: A songwriter under the name Lonny Breaux. After getting a songwriting deal, Ocean wrote songs for artists including Justin Bieber , Beyonce , John Legend , and Brandy . Ocean later said of his work at the time, "There was a point where I was composing for other people, and it might have been comfy to continue to do that and enjoy that income stream and the anonymity. But that's not why I moved away from school and away from family." He adopted
1332-495: A special photographer for Vogue . On October 23, 2017, he made two covers and a visual essay for British fashion magazine, i-D . Ocean's younger brother, Ryan Breaux, was killed in a car crash on August 2, 2020, at the age of 18. The crash was a single vehicle collision which led Breaux to be pronounced dead at the scene. Ocean wrote an open letter , initially intended for the liner notes on Channel Orange , that preemptively addressed speculation about his attraction in
1406-532: A weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76, based on 14 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 70 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 14 reviews. Paul Simpson from AllMusic explained that the album is "as sprawling and ambitious as his other long-players", admiring that it "features some of [Dear's] most forthright songwriting and catchiest hooks". Simpson also noted
1480-435: Is "cultivating a sound that balances adult concerns with a sense of young men trying to understand their own desires (an apt description of Ocean, particularly)." Writing for Insider , Callie Ahlgrim said that Ocean "changed our very understanding of modern music", and that he discusses themes like youth, innocence, lost love, loneliness, desire, and mortality in his music in a way that "feels fresh and extraordinary [and] makes
1554-417: Is a collaboration with Mick Jones , Paul Simonon and Diplo and is a part of Converse 's Three Artists. One Song series. In April 2014, Ocean stated that his second album was nearly finished. In September 2014, critical success and musical awards enabled new management and representation for Ocean. Ocean signed with Mark Gilespie of Three Six Zero Entertainment. In June, Billboard reported that
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#17327913943001628-407: Is allegedly a Brooklyn warehouse, sponsored by Apple Music began to surface on boysdontcry.co which appeared to show Ocean woodworking and sporadically playing instrumentals on loop. It later became clear that these instrumentals were from his upcoming visual album Endless ; the full version is estimated to be 140 hours long. That same day, many news outlets reported that August 5, 2016, could be
1702-581: Is also Ocean's first recorded collaboration since leaving Def Jam, with Ocean being listed in the liner notes as "appear[ing] courtesy of Frank Ocean". The song went on to be certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and became Ocean's first top ten single on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart, peaking at No. 9. On March 10, 2017, Ocean released a new single " Chanel " on
1776-404: Is an American singer and songwriter. He has been credited by several music critics as a pioneer of the alternative R&B genre. Ocean has won two Grammy Awards and a Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist , among other accolades ; both of his studio albums have been listed on Rolling Stone ' s " 500 Greatest Albums of All Time " (2020). Ocean began his musical career as
1850-577: Is an eccentric take on such subject matter common in R&;B. The latter song was released by Ocean on his Tumblr account and references both the traditional spiritual " He's Got the Whole World in His Hands " and the female anatomy in its chorus: "she's got the whole wide world in her juicy fruit / he's got the whole wide world in his pants / he wrapped the whole wide world in a wedding band / then put
1924-478: Is immersed in new sonic possibilities, one who is deeply committed to artistic exploration in the most profound sense." Savage praised Ocean for taking R&B to a "new level [through] constructing startling sound pictures that fit his lyrics." Pitchfork regarded Ocean as a "master of confessional songwriting, earning a cult-icon status with his enigmatic persona and idiosyncratic approach to pop." In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Ocean at number 190 on its list of
1998-411: Is intended to highlight albums that include the more progressive elements of R&B and may include samples and elements of hip-hop, rap, dance, and electronic music. It may also incorporate production elements found in pop, euro-pop, country, rock, folk, and alternative." According to Recording Academy president Harvey Mason Jr. in the same press release, these changes reflected "the current state of
2072-498: Is to make things that last, that are hard to destroy, see it in stone. (...) This is 3 years in the making and there is so much I'm excited to share with all you strangers. Love". The jewelry company, which has already collaborated with Prada , cites inspiration from "childhood obsessions" and "heritage as a fantasy". On December 25, 2021, Ocean released a new 9-minute untitled song on his Beats 1 radio show Blonded Radio featuring music contribution from Cory Henry . In June 2022, it
2146-635: The Billboard Hot 100 , while four of his releases (singles or albums) have received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Ocean was born Christopher Edwin Breaux on October 28, 1987, in Long Beach, California . His father is Calvin Edward Cooksey and was a singer and keyboardist, and his mother is Katonya Breaux Riley who later worked as
2220-505: The 55th Annual Grammy Awards , the album was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Urban Contemporary Album ; its lead single, " Thinkin Bout You ", was nominated for Record of the Year . He was named by Time as one of the world's most influential people in 2013. After a four-year hiatus, Ocean released the visual album Endless (2016) to fulfill contractual obligations with Def Jam. His second studio album, Blonde ,
2294-624: The University of New Orleans to study English. However, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in August 2005, destroying his home and personal recording facility and forcing him to transfer to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette . He stayed there for a brief time before dropping out to focus on his music career. In 2006, Ocean moved to Los Angeles to pursue his music career, working at various fast-food and service jobs to support himself. In less than three years, he established himself as
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2368-489: The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. On August 20, 2016, Ocean released a 360-page magazine, Boys Don't Cry , alongside his second album Blonde . The fashion and automobile-themed publication contains the photo projects from Wolfgang Tillmans , Viviane Sassen , Tyrone Lebon, Ren Hang , Harley Weir, Michael Mayren and Ocean himself. Four months later, British magazine Print published another photowork from Frank Ocean. On May 1, 2017, Ocean attended annual Met Gala as
2442-684: The United Kingdom, and recorded sales of 232,000 copies (275,000 with album-equivalent units) in its first week. Rather than going on a typical promotional tour playing radio festivals and appearing on television shows, Ocean spent a month after the release of Blonde , traveling to countries such as China, Japan and France. He also chose not to submit Blonde for consideration at the Grammy Awards , stating "that institution certainly has nostalgic importance; it just doesn't seem to be representing very well for people who come from where I come from, and hold down what I hold down." Time ranked it as
2516-433: The album "goes just about everywhere in its hour-long runtime, from ’80s Bowie camp to shimmering alt-pop, to ’90s guitar rave. He’s been tinkering with club music and alt-rock his whole career, but this is by far his most bubbly outing. Despite that, his oddball baritone stays intact, which sadly makes for a mixed bag of experiments". Ben Devlin from MusicOMH said the album "is a worthwhile return for Matthew Dear, showcasing
2590-465: The album "seems more like an album to mentally pick apart than dance to, yet it's not hard to lose one's self in the rush of Dear's inventive rhythms. Jill Guthrie from Clash said of the album: "in its entirety is quintessentially disparate, a fleeting repertoire of the avant, and a keeper of both the nostalgic and the progressive", explaining that the songs drift from "the ethereal" to the "gritty reality". Skye Butchard from Loud and Quiet explained that
2664-448: The album was slated to feature the aforementioned "Memrise". In February 2016, Ocean was featured on Kanye West's album The Life of Pablo on the track " Wolves " along with Vic Mensa and Sia . A month later, the song was re-edited by West, and Ocean's part was separated and listed on the track list as its own song titled " Frank's Track ". In July 2016, he hinted at a possible second album with an image on his website pointing to
2738-616: The album with his 2012 Summer Tour, which featured final appearances at the Coachella and Lollapalooza festivals. At the 2013 Brit Awards , Ocean won the Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist . On May 28, 2013, Ocean announced the You're Not Dead ... 2013 Tour; a fourteen-date European and Canadian tour that began on June 16, 2013, in Munich . He had been scheduled to perform at
2812-610: The best album of 2016 on its year-end list. Forbes estimated that Blonde earned Ocean nearly one million in profits after one week of availability, attributing this to him releasing the album independently and as a limited exclusive release on iTunes and Apple Music. On July 9, 2018, Blonde was certified platinum by the RIAA. On February 21, 2017, Scottish DJ and producer Calvin Harris announced his single " Slide ", in which Ocean and hip-hop trio Migos were featured. The single
2886-453: The best album of the year in the HMV's Poll of Polls . It also earned Ocean six Grammy Award nominations and was credited by some writers for moving the R&B genre in a different, more challenging direction. Considered as Ocean's first commercial release on a traditional record label, Channel Orange featured unconventional songs that were noted for their storytelling and social commentary, and
2960-540: The ceremony annually by the Recording Academy of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". This category was one of the three newly created categories for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards as Best Urban Contemporary Album . In June 2020, the Recording Academy announced
3034-435: The cover of the publication The Fader , in its 75th issue. Ocean released the cover art for his debut studio album's lead single , titled "Thinkin Bout You", revealing the song would be released to digital retailers on April 10, 2012. However, a month earlier, a re-mastered version of the song had already leaked. About the prospective single he said: "It succinctly defines me as an artist for where I am right now and that
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3108-504: The festival in 2023. From March 25, 2020, Ocean's website started shipping the vinyl singles for " Dear April " and " Cayendo ", as well as the previously released "In My Room", although many reported later having issues in receiving vinyl orders or receiving refunds for canceled orders. Remixes of the two tracks had previously been teased during his club night DJ set PrEP+. The vinyl issues and exclusivity encouraged listeners to leak these two songs onto sites like Twitter and SoundCloud , and
3182-1041: The festival's second weekend, citing a leg injury. Ocean's music has been characterized by music writers as idiosyncratic in style. His music generally includes the electronic keyboard , often performed by Ocean himself, and is backed by a subdued rhythm section in the production. His compositions are often midtempo , feature unconventional melodies, and occasionally have an experimental song structure . In critical commentaries, he has been characterised as an " avant-garde R&B artist", and an " avant-soul singer ". Steven Hyden called him "an introspective psych-soul balladeer". In Ocean's songwriting, Jon Pareles of The New York Times observes "open echoes of self-guided, innovative R&B songwriters like Prince , Stevie Wonder , Marvin Gaye , Maxwell , Erykah Badu and particularly R. Kelly and his way of writing melodies that hover between speech and song, asymmetrical and syncopated." Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone calls him
3256-554: The first night of OVO Fest on August 4, 2013; however he was forced to cancel his appearance due to a small vocal cord injury. The first night of the music festival was subsequently cancelled and James Blake was booked to appear during the second night as Ocean's replacement. Ocean appeared on John Mayer 's album Paradise Valley , as a featured artist on a song called "Wildfire". In February 2013, Ocean confirmed that he had started work on his second studio album, which he confirmed would be another concept album. He revealed that he
3330-431: The flow of linear time by prompting us to dive deep into our own memories and feel something indelibly real". Certain songs on Channel Orange allude to Ocean's experience with unrequited love . Music critics have credited Ocean for pioneering alternative R&B , approaching R&B music differently to his contemporaries with an idiosyncratic style. Both Insider and The Wall Street Journal regarded Ocean as
3404-418: The internet. It was later revealed the song was a reference track , written by Ocean, for Roc Nation artist Bridget Kelly 's debut studio album. Kelly renamed the song 'Thinking About Forever'. In September 2011, a music video directed by High5Collective for Ocean's version was released, yet the song still appeared on Kelly's debut EP Every Girl . In August 2011, Frank Ocean made his first appearance on
3478-429: The introspective sound universal and transcendent [which] is why he's one of the defining artists of our time." Jacob Shamsian of Business Insider said that Ocean "isn't just one of the most important artists in pop, he's one of the most important artists in all of music." In a GQ article titled "Why Frank Ocean is a musical icon", Jon Savage described Ocean as a "consummate contemporary artist in every sense who
3552-407: The label, and began working on a mixtape on his own without their input. On February 16, 2011, Ocean self-released the resulting mixtape , Nostalgia, Ultra online for free. The mixtape received critical acclaim. The mixtape focuses on interpersonal relationships, personal reflection and social commentary. NPR 's Andrew Noz said Ocean's songwriting is "smart and subtle...setting him apart from
3626-555: The mastering engineer, can apply for a "Winners Certificate". Many African American musicians have disputed the use of the term " urban contemporary ", seen as a "catchall for music created by Black artists, regardless of genre". In a backstage interview given after his first Grammy win (for Best Rap Album ), artist Tyler, the Creator stated that "[i]t sucks that whenever we — and I mean guys that look like me — do anything that's genre-bending or that's anything, they always put it in
3700-915: The most dominant artist of the 2010s decade. He was included in the 2013 edition of the Time ' s list of the 100 most influential people in the world and the 2017 edition of the Forbes 30 Under 30 . Andy Kellman of AllMusic wrote, Frank Ocean has been one of the more fascinating figures in contemporary music since his early-2010s arrival. A singer and songwriter whose artful output has defied rigid classification as R&B, he has nonetheless pushed that genre forward with seemingly offhanded yet imaginatively detailed narratives in which he has alternated between yearning romantic and easygoing braggart. Culture critic Nelson George asserts that, along with Miguel , Ocean has "staked out ground where [he is] not competing with those hit-driven [commercial R&B] acts" and
3774-437: The music industry and how it's evolved over the past 12 months." In the weeks leading up to this decision, the label "urban" to indicate music made by African American musicians, songwriters and producers had come under fire. The award goes to the artist, producer and engineer/mixer, provided they are credited with more than 50% of playing time on the album. A producer and engineer with less than 50% of playing time, as well as
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#17327913943003848-513: The pack". Rolling Stone magazine's Jonah Weiner wrote that Ocean was a "gifted avant-R&B smoothie". In April 2011, Ocean stated that his relationship with Def Jam had strengthened since the release of the Nostalgia, Ultra . The mixtape made Ocean widely known and led to his collaborations with rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West . Ocean first appeared in Tyler, the Creator's music video for
3922-446: The past to another man. Instead, on July 4, 2012, he published the open letter on his Tumblr blog recounting unrequited feelings he had for another young man when he was 19 years old, citing it as his first true love. He used the blog to thank the man for his influence, and also thanked his mother and other friends, saying, "I don't know what happens now, and that's alright. I don't have any secrets I need kept anymore... I feel like
3996-411: The production chops that have made him a familiar name for 15 years now. It sags in places, but this isn’t such a crime when the album also contains highlights like Electricity, Horses, Modafinil Blues and Bunny’s Dream, which are highly recommended for any electronic music fan. Musicians Production Frank Ocean Frank Ocean (born Christopher Edwin Breaux ; October 28, 1987)
4070-508: The record label. Before the visual album's release on Apple Music , Ocean had already begun making efforts to part ways with Def Jam, who signed the artist in 2009. He describes his negotiations with the label as a "seven-year chess game", while adding that he had replaced many of his representatives (including his lawyer and manager ) during the process, as well as having to buy back all of his master recordings that previously belonged to Def Jam . At midnight Pacific time on August 20, 2016,
4144-491: The release date for Boys Don't Cry . That date also turned out to be inaccurate, though in a Reddit AMA session, his collaborator Malay said that Ocean is a perfectionist, constantly tweaking things, and that his art cannot be rushed. On August 18 and 19, 2016, the live stream was accompanied with music and at midnight an Apple Music link was directed to a project called Endless . Endless would be Ocean's last album with Def Jam Recordings to fulfill his contract with
4218-452: The second episode of Blonded Radio , as well as playing an alternate version featuring American rapper ASAP Rocky . The song was his first solo effort to be released after Blonde and Endless in 2016. On subsequent episodes of Blonded Radio in April, Ocean premiered " Biking " featuring Jay-Z and Tyler, the Creator , "Lens", as well as an alternate version featuring Travis Scott , and
4292-493: The singer was working with a string of artists such as Happy Perez (whom he worked with on nostalgia, ULTRA ), Charlie Gambetta and Kevin Ristro , while producers Hit-Boy , Rodney Jerkins and Danger Mouse were also said to be on board. On November 29, 2014, Ocean released a snippet of a new song supposedly from his upcoming follow-up to Channel Orange called "Memrise" on his official Tumblr page. The Guardian described
4366-416: The single " She ", from Tyler's debut studio album Goblin (2011). His first performance was in collaboration with Odd Future at the 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, where he later joined them for their first tour across the east coast of the United States. On May 19, 2011, Ocean's record label Def Jam announced its plans to re-release Nostalgia, Ultra as an EP . The single " Novacane "
4440-408: The sole composer Ocean resists making a show of himself—resists the dope hook , the smart tempo, the transcendent falsetto itself." Ocean's lyrics deal with themes of love, longing, misgiving, and nostalgia. His debut single " Novacane " juxtaposes the numbness and artificiality of a sexual relationship with that of mainstream radio, while "Voodoo" merges themes of spirituality and sexuality, and
4514-493: The song as: "...a song which affirms that despite reportedly changing labels and management, he has maintained both his experimentation and sense of melancholy in the intervening years". On April 6, 2015, Ocean announced that his follow-up to Channel Orange would be released in July. The album was ultimately not released in July, with no explanation given for its delay. The publication was rumoured to be called Boys Don't Cry , and
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#17327913943004588-456: The stage name Frank Ocean, getting the name from Frank Sinatra and the 1960s film Ocean's 11 , which Sinatra starred in. Soon after, he joined Los Angeles-based hip hop collective Odd Future , whom he had met in 2009. His friendship with Odd Future member Tyler, the Creator reinvigorated Ocean's songwriting. In late 2009, he met Tricky Stewart , who helped him sign a writing contract with Def Jam Recordings . Ocean felt neglected by
4662-483: The two songs were officially released digitally on April 3. On August 8, 2021, Frank Ocean officially revealed his first fashion project, "Homer", initially announced by the singer in a Financial Times interview. In a Q&A sent in the press release, Homer was simply stated as "an independent American luxury company founded by Frank Ocean". In an Instagram story, Frank wrote: "This project has kept my mind moving and my imagination turning throughout it all. (...) My hope
4736-459: The whole wide world on her hands / she's got the whole wide world in her hands / he's got the whole wide world in his hands." According to Corbon Goble of Stereogum , the lyrical "moods" of "Voodoo" are indicative of Ocean's "sometimes-bleak, depressive lyrical tendencies", while MTV News writer Tirhakah Love such songs are among Ocean's most distinctive for how they transfigure the meaning behind short-term and long-term memory, and "disrupt
4810-467: Was announced that Ocean was in talks to direct his first feature film, with A24 producing. In October, Ocean revealed Homer Radio , a weekly Apple Music 1 broadcast described as a window of what plays around their office after hours. On January 10, 2023, Coachella announced Ocean would be headlining the festival on April 16 and 23, his first live performances since 2017. Ocean began his set nearly an hour after his scheduled start time on April 16 and
4884-480: Was bisexual in 1972. Channel Orange debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and sold 131,000 copies in its first week. The majority of its first-week sales were digital copies from iTunes, while approximately 3,000 of the sales were physical copies. On January 30, Channel Orange was certified gold by the RIAA. By September 2014, it had sold 621,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Ocean promoted
4958-569: Was canceled and refunds were provided. Ocean was set to headline at Coachella in October 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the festival was initially postponed until October 9–11 and October 16–18, but in June, Riverside County public health officers announced it and Stagecoach had been cancelled altogether. In August 2021, Coachella co-founder Paul Tollett confirmed that Ocean will headline
5032-424: Was complete. However it is unknown when or if it will be released. Ocean's voice appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto V , as he plays himself hosting an in-game radio station called Blonded Los Santos 97.8 FM. He also lent the songs "Provider", " Ivy ", "Crack Rock", " Chanel ", "Nights" and "Pretty Sweet" to the game, and sings the radio station jingles. On February 14, 2018, Ocean released " Moon River ",
5106-546: Was forced to end the show early due to local curfew restrictions. The performance was widely criticized by both fans and music critics, especially for not being live-streamed on YouTube, like most of the other performances from the festival. No professional photographers were allowed in the audience and no merchandise was available to fans. The effort Ocean gave to his performance was regarded as mediocre by many and disappointing for an artist that had not performed live music in six years. He would go on to cancel his appearance at
5180-496: Was released independently the following day. Expanding on Ocean's experimental approach, Blonde was met with critical acclaim, debuted atop the US Billboard 200 , and ranked first on Pitchfork 's Best Albums of the 2010s Decade list. After 2017, Ocean has released sporadic singles, worked as a photographer for magazines, launched the fashion brand Homer , and started Homer Radio . 15 of Ocean's songs have entered
5254-665: Was released to iTunes in May 2011, and the EP originally was set to be released the next month, but was delayed. In June 2011, Ocean revealed that he would work on the upcoming Kanye West and Jay-Z collaborative album, Watch the Throne . Ocean co-wrote and featured on two tracks: " No Church in the Wild " and " Made in America ". On July 28, 2011, a song titled " Thinkin Bout You ", leaked on
5328-447: Was released two days later and is from Harris' fifth studio album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 . Ocean and Migos are credited with featured vocals and Ocean and Migos members, Quavo and Offset are credited songwriting, while production is handled by Harris. The other Migos member, Takeoff is not in the song. The song was released on February 23, 2017, and featured on the first episode of Ocean's Beats 1 radio show, Blonded Radio . It
5402-628: Was the aim," he said of the follow-up to his acclaimed Nostalgia, Ultra . "It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story and all kinds of sonic goodness." Perhaps this is R&B's Ziggy Stardust moment, where the controversy and publicity surrounding an artist's sexuality and the brilliance of his latest album combine to give his career unstoppable momentum. — Alexis Petridis , 2012 In 2012, Ocean released his debut studio album Channel Orange to universal acclaim from critics, who later named it
5476-477: Was working with Tyler, the Creator , Pharrell Williams , and Danger Mouse on the record. He later stated that he was being influenced by The Beach Boys and The Beatles . He stated he was interested in collaborating with Tame Impala and King Krule and that he would record part of the album in Bora Bora . On March 10, 2014, the song "Hero" was made available for free download on SoundCloud . The song
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