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Spike Jonze directed music video for “Moon River” is discovered

According to a CV by cinematographer Darren Lew, the video was directed by Spike Jonze and is “coming soon.”

video, musiccurbSeptember 26, 2018music videos, Spike Jonze, Moon River, Darren Lew

Frank Ocean allegedly unhappy with ‘Astroworld’ feature

Frank has responded to reporting on the matter by way of his Tumblr account.

articles, music, blog postcurbSeptember 14, 2018Astroworld, features, Travis Scott, "Carousel", Tumblr

Travis Scott releases ‘Astroworld’

Frank is credited on "Carousel" as Christopher Breaux.

musiccurbAugust 2, 2018Travis Scott, Astroworld, features

Playboi Carti worked on five new songs with Frank Ocean

Knowing what we do about Frank's process, it's not likely that we'll get to hear all five of their recently recorded tracks.

interviews, videocurbJuly 31, 2018Playboi Carti

Tyler, The Creator shares ‘Flower Boy’ Instagram diary

Frank appeared at least four times in the photo and video journal, including two in-studio videos documenting his contributions to the record itself.

music, photos, videocurbJuly 20, 2018Tyler The Creator, Flower Boy, Where This Flower Blooms, "911 / Mr. Lonely"

Apple Music celebrates ‘Channel Orange’ sixth anniversary

To celebrate the sixth anniversary of his debut album Channel Orange, Beats1 has assembled a supercut of essential Frank Ocean tracks and conversations with a number of Frank's most well-known admirers and collaborators.

curbJuly 10, 2018Apple Music, Beats1, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Abstract, Pharrell

‘Blonde’ certified RIAA platinum

Blonde joins singles “Novacane” and “Thinkin Bout You” in the distinction. Channel Orange remains certified gold.

musiccurbJuly 9, 2018awards, RIAA, Blonde, platinum certification

Alleged design for a Frank Ocean signature sneaker surfaces

According to a Redditor who claims to have worked at a shoe factory in Indonesia, Frank Ocean has a signature sneaker in development.

rumors, merchandisecurbJuly 3, 2018shoes, Comme des Garçons, Converse

Jorja Smith expresses an interest in working with Frank Ocean

In a new interview with 3voor12 Radio, singer Jorja Smith spoke about why her debut album, Lost & Found, had no features and who she'd like to work with on the next one.

interviewscurbJuly 3, 2018Jorja Smith

UC Berkeley offers an English course on Frank Ocean

The course will cover the artistic history, upbringing, background, musical influences, artist identity, and the ways Frank challenges dominant social concepts such as toxic masculinity and gender politics.

articlescurbJune 16, 2018UC Berkeley, academics

Om’Mas Keith files countersuit in publishing battle with Frank Ocean

In the written testimony given to the courts this week, Keith claims that negotiations began in 2014 for his contributions to an upcoming Frank Ocean project (Blonde) and that he traveled alongside Frank up through August of 2016.

articlescurbMay 30, 2018Om’Mas Keith, lawsuits, Blonde, Endless, Boys Don't Cry

A$AP Rocky releases ‘Testing’ with two Frank Ocean features

Frank Ocean appears in “Brotha Man” and “Purity” on Rocky’s third studio album.

music, blog postcurbMay 25, 2018A$AP Rocky, "Purity", "Brotha Man", Tumblr, features

‘Dissect’ podcast announces Frank Ocean-focused third season

It was announced today that the third season would be centered around two of Frank Ocean's records, Channel Orange and Blonde.

reviewscurbMay 14, 2018podcasts, Dissect Podcast

Frank Ocean spotted being a good son on Mother’s Day

It appears that Frank Ocean has one-upped us all this Mother's Day weekend, taking his own mom to Venice, Italy.

spottedcurbMay 12, 2018Katonya Breaux

Frank Ocean spotted in Elon Musk’s Hyperloop tunnels

The photo comes from Memo Guzmán, who posted it on his Twitter account today.

spottedcurbApril 28, 2018Memo Guzmán, Elon Musk, Hyperloop

Blonded ships ‘Endless’ physical formats

After several months of production delays, copies of Frank Ocean’s album Endless on CD, DVD, VHS, and vinyl are being delivered to customers who ordered the items on Cyber Monday 2017.

merchandise, musiccurbApril 9, 2018Endless, reissue, Cyber Monday, vinyl, CD, DVD, VHS, blonded, Endless release

Dermot Kennedy covers “Swim Good”

Dermot Kennedy has teamed up with Mike Dean on his new mixtape, where he revives his cover of Frank Ocean’s 2011 track “Swim Good” and gives it a moody new look.

musiccurbApril 6, 2018covers, Mike Dean, Dermot Kennedy, "Swim Good"

Andrew Durbin discusses what led to his ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ contribution

During an interview, Durbin acknowledged how he came into contact with Frank Ocean, a meeting that would lead to his contribution of “You’ve Been Flirting Again” in issue 1 of Boys Don’t Cry.

interviewscurbMarch 9, 2018Andrew Durbin, Boys Don't Cry, Pitchfork