Frank Ocean

<p><a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/619463-frank-ocean-bad-bunny-blackpink-headline-2023-coachella" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Frank Ocean</a> hinted at releasing a new album in a story included on a poster from his <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/52486-frank-oceans-blonde-credits-beyonce-kendrick-lamar-david-bowie-and-more-news" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">latest merch drop</a>. The piece focuses on a “fictitious Recording Artist,” who can be presumed to be Ocean.</p>



<p>“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,” the message begins.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="691" src="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1147435974.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-621773" srcset="https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1147435974.jpg 1024w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1147435974.jpg?resize=300,202 300w, https://editor.urbanlinx.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1147435974.jpg?resize=768,518 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; MAY 06: <a href="/profile/frankocean" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Frank Ocean</a> attends The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage)</figcaption></figure>



<p>He continues: “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.&#8221;</p>



<p>From there, the story begins to clearly mirror that of Ocean&#8217;s own career over the last few years. He argues in favor of <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/421203-frank-ocean-shares-unreleased-music-on-new-episodes-of-blonded-radio-celebrating-channel-orange-10-y-news" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">releasing singles</a> as opposed to albums, something Ocean focused on from 2017 through 2020 with &#8220;Chanel,&#8221; “DHL,” “In My Room,” and more.</p>



<p>“The Recording Artist attempts to explain to the major music label the singles distribution model as opposed to the long-form album model,&#8221; Ocean adds. &#8220;The Recording Artist believes the latter to be outdated, and that releasing singles is more suited to modern consumption habits where people curate their own playlists which are then shared within private circles. The meeting does not appear to be productive.&#8221;</p>



<p>Ocean concludes by suggesting he &#8220;has since changed his mind about the singles model.&#8221; He adds that he&#8217;s once &#8220;again interested in more durational bodies of work.”</p>



<p>Check out the full story from Ocean&#8217;s foldout poster below.</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">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. <a href="https://t.co/15nvU780No">pic.twitter.com/15nvU780No</a></p>&mdash; blonded.blog (@blondedblog) <a href="https://twitter.com/blondedblog/status/1615011345828569091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2023</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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