Frank Ocean sings at his high school graduation in newly surfaced viral video

A two-minute clip is racking up hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube and Reddit, showing 17-year-old Chris “Lonny” Breaux singing John Ehret High School’s alma mater at his 2005 graduation ceremony. It appears to originate from a digitized VHS tape produced by the school. The new video is the oldest publicly available recording of Ocean singing to date.

Read More
Frank Ocean talks to Wim “Iceman” Hof, freestyles in third “blonded Xmas” special

In the first episode of his Apple Music 1 radio program in two years, Ocean interviewed the Dutch motivational speaker about “how to change your mind.” The third Blonded Radio Christmas special concludes with a 9-minute freestyle, titled “Come On World, You Can’t Go!”

Read More
Frank Ocean attends 2021 Met Gala with green robotic baby

His child’s name is Cody, and he wore a onesie to the festival. Ocean arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC wearing a black Prada three-piece suit, a “DreamCore” hat atop his green hair, and a diamond-encrusted “Sphere Legs” necklace from his new luxury brand, Homer. The theme of this year’s event was “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.”

Read More
Award-winning study names Frank Ocean the 21st century’s most influential artist

An undergraduate trio from the College of William & Mary beat over 16,000 university-level teams at COMAP’s 2021 International Mathematical Contest in Modeling by designing a quantitative way to evaluate any musician’s influence in both their own and other genres. Their math model ranked Frank Ocean above all his peers in this millennium.

Read More
Frank Ocean refunds “Little Demon” orders due to COVID-related issues

The undelivered 7-inch single, sold by Blonded in November 2019, has been stricken by a little demon: the coronavirus. In February 2020, customers were first notified that their orders would be replaced with a new record, later revealed to be Ocean’s unreleased single “These Days.” However, those orders are now being refunded due to supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read More