Forbes

Frank Ocean Hits A New Career High–Despite Not Releasing New Music For Years

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Frank Ocean fans have been waiting quite a long time to hear ...
Forbes

Frank Ocean Earns His First Top 10 Hit On One Chart, Despite Not Releasing New Music

Frank Ocean's "White Ferrari" drives into the top 10 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, earning the R&B superstar his first top 10 smash on the social media-focused list. MANCHESTER, TN - JUNE 14: Artist ...
Complex

Listen: Frank Ocean "Songs For Women"

OFWGKTA is branching out into R&B. Sort of. Affiliate Frank Ocean just got our attention with his new project, especially standout record "Songs For Women." If we wanted to generalize and lump the ...
American Songwriter

Frank Ocean Shares Rare Snippet of New Music on Social Media

Most recently, Ocean performed for the first time since 2017, at Coachella this year to a lackluster reception. He arrived an hour later than scheduled and stayed mostly near the back of the stage, ...
Rolling Stone

Who Knew Frank Ocean Would Sound Just as Cool as Classical Music? Vitamin String Quartet Sure Did

Based on the image of an enigmatic billboard that appeared this week, Frank Ocean may or may not be on the cusp of a return, either on record or onstage at Coachella. But in the meantime, his music is ...
AOL

Frank Ocean Talks Music, Politics, Skin Care in Rare Interview

Since he first emerged as a member of the Odd Future collective around the beginning of this decade, Frank Ocean has managed to build an admirable arms-length relationship with fame, releasing music, ...
Los Angeles Times

Review: The impact of Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde’, more than eight years later

“Blonde” by Frank Ocean was released Aug. 20, 2016 and was an album that would become so influential that it remains a fan favorite more than eight years later in 2025. This was the second studio ...
Rolling Out

Frank Ocean celebrates 37th birthday as Odd Future’s most influential graduate

Happy birthday to Frank Ocean, who turned 37 on Oct. 28. We first heard about Ocean as part of Tyler, The Creator’s collective, Odd Future. It is now safe to say Ocean is easily the biggest alum from ...
Hyperallergic

Thinking About Frank Ocean

CHICAGO — In the summer of 2011, back before his blown-up image started selling thousands of records, I discovered Frank Ocean while looking through a batch of new releases, through a then-mysterious ...
The Tufts Daily

What Elton John and Drake can learn from Frank Ocean

Frank Ocean may have some of the most cultish, fervent supporters in the entire music industry. Born as Christopher Edwin Breaux, the 37-year-old singer’s fan-base — and influence — far exceed the ...