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  • Updated Jan 2

    "...there is so so much I'm excited to share with all you strangers. Love." - Frank via IG Stories.

    LP 5

    Released: TBA

    + The album is at the very least in it's final stages or possibly finished.

    HDD reported the album is being previewed to labels (to quote: "sources are also saying the album is f***ing great.") Unlikely that Frank is looking to sign to any of them though, but is instead browsing deals (distribution?) for his next project to be released under.

    + String arranger / composer in Brazil.... Arthur Verocai?

    In a 2019 interview with W Magazine Frank mentioned:

    I’m working with a string arranger right now in Rio, and every time we go back and forth, because I don’t put things on the Internet, I have to send a drive with someone to Rio, or I have to go myself.

    With a description that vague it's pretty much impossible to guess who he was referring to, but with Tyler's recent work with composer Arthur Verocai for Louis Vuitton's FW22 show probably narrows it down to him due to their close proximity. Verocai has worked with DOOM, Madlib and most recently BADBADNOTGOOD.

    + Blake Mills appearance?

    Blake Mills, songwriter and guitarist, hinted at working with a "(notoriously) secretive" musician during the Summer of 2020 in an interview with the Washington Post.

    He is now one of the primary producers in a studio at ... Sound City, where ... he was working on an album by an artist so famously secretive he can’t talk about it at all.

    + Cory Henry on the keys

    In an IG story Frank stated he'd worked with Cory Henry (incredibly talented pianist and organist) during the summer of 2020 for the blonded radio 2021 Xmas show. Coincidentally, this was the around the same time Blake Mills had said he was working with that "famously secretive" artist in LA. Possibly multiple album studio sessions including both Henry and Mills occurred during this time frame.

    Extras/miscellaneous:

    1. Art studio in Chinatown - no music playing but "Frank Ocean ... is often seen ducking in and out of the space during the week." Via Artnet, 2021

    2. Additional potential collaborators

    • Daniel Aged, El Guincho, Noah Goldstein - worked with Frank on a lot of the 2019-2020 singles he released. Sir Dylan (Dylan Patrice), Micheal Uzowuru, Vegyn, Wheezy (Homer 2022 campaign)
    • Pino Palladino? renowned bassist (D'angelo, Roots, Badu, Mayer etc) recently released a collab album with Mills (Notes With Attachments). An accessible collaborator if Frank was in the need of a bassist.

    3. Sonics - based on the (sparse) list of potential collaborators above it's hard to predict exactly what this album is going to sound like as they could have anywhere between very minimal to very substantial contributions to the project. @KAYTRANADA guesses this might have a lot of soul/jazz/funk elements which makes sense taking a surface-level look at the who he's been rumored to have worked with. But it's Frank Ocean, so who knows.



    timeline

    2023

    November 8th 2023

    Frank posts a snippet of new music on IG !

    August 1st 2023

    Slawn posts a pic of Frank (filming something) in a studio in London.

    June 22nd 2023

    Frank Ocean is spotted filming something in Amsterdam.

    April 19th 2023

    Frank Ocean pulls out of Coachella Weekend 2, citing two fractures and a sprain in his left leg, per Variety.

    April 16th 2023

    Frank Ocean closed the opening weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

    March 27th 2023

    Frank Ocean schedules an album cover/video teaser shoot with a BMW M3 ahead of his Coachella performance.

    2022

    Dec 17th 2022

    Blonde is re-issued on vinyl.


    Dec 13th 2022 / Apr 15th 2021

    Eric Roth (screenwriter) mentions he'd given Frank feedback for a visual album/project.

    October 27th

    Launch of Homer Radio

    music.apple.com/us/curator/homer-radio/1620058858

    From the desk of Frank Ocean. Thursdays at 10PM EST.

    A one hour window into what plays around our office after hours (...) This is Homer Radio. An office soundtrack. Can’t you hear our ‘voice’? It’s not a dead line.” — Frank Ocean

    Send music/info (an EPK) to epk@​homer.com ✉️

    July 10th

    2 new episodes of blonded Radio @ 4:30 PM and 5:05 PM PT. E1 featuring a conversation with Dr. James Fadiman and E2 with Qi Gong Master Mingtong Gu.

    E1 "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" replay: music.apple.com/us/station/blonded-lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds/ra.1601887936

    E2 "blonded ENERGY!" replay: music.apple.com/us/station/blonded-energy/ra.1601887882

    channel ORANGE 10 year anniversary


    June 1st

    Frank Ocean in talks to Direct first feature film with A24 + 2AM.

    Frank Ocean is currently working with production company 2AM on his potential feature film, should it go ahead. The 2AM venture is backed by investing from A24, the studio where all of 2AM’s current projects are being distributed from. Project referred to as Philly internally.
    If Frank Ocean is able to make availability within his schedule, the hope is to begin filming sometime this Fall and have production wrapped before the New Year arrives. Sources have said that Ocean has already eyed New Mexico as a potential location to film his feature directorial debut.

    discussingfilm.net/2022/06/01/frank-ocean-in-talks-to-direct-first-feature-film-with-a24-exclusive

    2021

    December 25th

    Blonded Radio @ 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST. With guest speaker Wim "The Iceman" Hof and additional words by Frank. Sounds by Frank, Cory Henry and Dylan Patrice.

    Replay available: music.apple.com/us/station/blonded-xmas/ra.1490633668

    YouTube mirror

    NEW TRACK: “Come on World, You Can’t Go!”


    September 15th

    HDD report LP5 is being previewed for labels (to quote: "sources are also saying the album is f***ing great.") Unlikely that Frank is looking to sign to any of them though, but is instead browsing deals (distribution??) for his next project to be released under.
    hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=328274&title=OCEAN-ACTIVITY

    September 3rd

    Rosalia posts a picture of her and Frank at a studio on her ig account @holamotomami

    September 13th

    Met Gala appearance.

    Dreamcore

    August 9th

    Frank Ocean posts a picture from a studio.


    August 6th

    Launch of Homer + FT Interview
    homer.com ::: @homer

    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FINANCIAL TIMES' How To Spend It

    READ: ft.com/content/7eae6d13-072a-4ae3-89a4-642fbf337bb9




    August 2nd

    Frank Ocean announced as Coachella 2023 headliner.
    latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-08-02/frank-ocean-coachella-2023-paul-tollett

    Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival co-founder confirmed with the Times that Frank Ocean will return to Coachella as a headliner in 2023.


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