Frank Ocean gives new album update at Coachella 2023

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Frank Ocean confirmed that a new album is on the horizon during his Coachella headline set last night (Sunday April 16) – but that fans could be waiting a while to hear it.Ocean’s set, which was controversially removed from the livestream schedule at the last minute, saw the artist respond to fan’s speculation that his return to the stage after nearly six years meant that new music would be on way.“It’s been so long but I have missed you,” he began. “I wanna talk about why I’m here, ‘cos it’s not because of a new album – not that there’s not a new album – but there’s not right now.”He continued: “These last couple of years, my life changed so much and my brother and I came to this festival a lot.

I feel like I was dragged out here half the time. We were just dancing in that tent to that music and I know he would have been so excited to be here with all of us and I wanted to say thank you for all the support and the love all the years and the time.”Frank ocean teasing his new album and saying he missed me, he was so real for that pic.twitter.com/GQ6UtCPZNE— Number one madi enjoyer (Alpha Male) (@mariojudahfn) April 17, 2023Hitting the stage an hour later than planned, Ocean made the speech just five songs into his set – following performances of ‘Novacane’, ‘Come On World, You Can’t Go!’, ‘Crack Rock’, ‘Bad Religion’ and ‘White Ferrari’.His brother – Ryan Breaux – died in a car crash back in August 2020, aged 18-years-old.Following the announcement, Ocean continued with fan favourites including ‘Pink + White’, ‘Lost’ and ‘Chanel’.