Frank Ocean releases two new singles on Spotify and Apple Music
Artist has not put out a full album since 2016’s Blonde
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Your support makes all the difference.Frank Ocean has released two singles, “Dear April” and “Cayendo” on streaming services, including Spotify and Apple Music.
After previewing the songs last October at a club night in New York, the artist had previously made the tracks available as a double A side 7” vinyl.
Ocean has not put out a full length album since Blonde in 2016.
The 32-year-old has spoken in interviews about an upcoming record, saying it is influenced by club music from around the world. It will also feature the work of string instrument arrangers.
The as-yet-unnamed album will, Ocean revealed, explore themes of strength and vulnerability.
“I believed for a very long time that there was strength in vulnerability, and I really don’t believe that any more,” he said, in a rare interview with W magazine.
“’Strength’ and ‘vulnerability’ sound opposite as words. And so to combine them sounds wise, but I don’t know if it is wise.”
Ocean’s track “In My Room” was recently selected by former US President Barack Obama as one of his favourite songs of 2019.
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