Frank Ocean despatched followers right into a frenzy this week when he fully cleared his Instagram web page of all posts. the accountwhich is now empty in addition to his profile image, has led followers on Twitter to consider {that a} new album might lastly be within the works.
Whereas Ocean has but to publicly verify or deny the Web rumors, a brand new album can be his first since 2016’s blondewhich topped the Billboard 200 albums chart dated September 10, 2016 and spent a powerful 295 weeks complete on the chart. six years later, blonde is presently on the Billboard 200 dated September 24, 2022 at No. 109. Ocean final launched two singles in March 2020, “Expensive April” and “Cayendo.”
Ocean has additionally launched two different albums, 2011’s Nostalgia, Extremely and 2012’s Channel Orange.
If he had been to launch a brand new album, it might be timed completely with Ocean’s forthcoming gig headlining Coachella Valley Music and Arts Competition in 2023. The 34-year-old artist was initially billed for as one of many three headliners of the 2020 competition, alongside Travis Scott different Rage Towards the Machine, earlier than the occasion was postponed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. He didn’t return for the 2022 version of the competition, which was headlined by Harry Kinds, Billie Eilishand The Weeknd with daft pink, and as a substitute opted to return to the stage in 2023.
Whereas we wait and see what Ocean’s cryptic Instagram exercise would possibly imply, see some fan theories and reactions through Twitter under.