Frank Ocean continues to make streaming historical past even with out dropping an album within the final seven years.
In accordance with Frank Ocean Updates, a fan account on X/Twitter, the elusive singer surpassed 14 billion streams on Spotify earlier this week, which makes him the most-streamed unbiased artist ever.
Followers hopped into the replies to salute Frank and predicted that he might return subsequent 12 months with a brand new album.
“Frank is dropping subsequent 12 months because it’s a intercalary year too suppose ab it he dropped 2012, 2016, wouldve dropped in 2020 however tragedy occurred, 2024 is a intercalary year too like,” they wrote.
Frank Ocean has surpassed 14 BILLION streams making him probably the most streamed unbiased artist of all time. pic.twitter.com/WSLaHXDd2u
— Frank Ocean Updates (@blahnded) December 29, 2023
Frank Ocean hasn’t launched any new materials since 2020 however was again within the studio earlier this month the place he gave the impression to be having fun with himself whereas previewing some new warmth.
The primary clip shared discovered Ocean messing round within the studio with Olaolu Slawn’s son, Beau, earlier than transitioning to the Blonde singer head-bobbing and flexing his muscle tissues to his newest creation that includes him harmonizing over a slice of heat manufacturing.
The 36-year-old additionally made the Blonde vinyl obtainable for buy by way of his web site. The vinyl document, which comes with a foldout for the lyrics and a separate album posted, will price followers $65.
Because the hope for a brand new album on the horizon from the previous Odd Future member stays robust, the track preview got here a couple of month after Frank gave followers a glimpse into one other unreleased observe in November.
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“Playin’ far more laid again than I did after I was my youthful self/ You’ll vent to me ’bout assumptions however they had been educated guesses/ That’s why I hold spinning your block, tryna see all of your sides, and your coronary heart’s been tangled in barbed wires/ You may hand it to me, I can deal with it,” he sings over sparse, spacey synthesizers.
No track title was revealed, however the snippet is 60 seconds lengthy whereas the complete model seems to clock in at virtually 4 minutes.
Frank Ocean’s final album Blonde was launched in 2016, whereas his most up-to-date materials arrived in 2020 within the type of the singles “Expensive April” and “Cayendo.”
An unreleased track known as “These Days” leaked on-line earlier this 12 months after reportedly being bought by a leaker for $6,200. Frank acknowledged its existence by sharing the right lyrics in an Instagram remark.
