Frank Ocean, che di rado si concede, ha rilasciato una preziosa intervista a W Magazine in cui ha parlato anche di quel che sarà il suo prossimo album in studio.
L’artista di Long Beach ha dichiarato che non è stata ancora fissata una data di release per il suo terzo disco sulla lunga distanza, tuttavia ha rivelato che questo è stata fortemente influenzato dalla club music e in particolare dal sound di specifiche scene musicali:
I’ve been interested in club, and the many different iterations of nightlife for music and songs. And so the things I look at now have a lot to do with those scenes: Detroit, Chicago, techno, house, French electronic.
Ocean, al momento, sta lavorando all’arrangiamento dei nuovi brani e quando gli è stato chiesto quali temi e idee essi esploreranno ha dichiarato:
I believed for a very long time that there was strength in vulnerability, and I really don’t believe that any more. “Strength” and “vulnerability” sound opposite as words. And so to combine them sounds wise, but I don’t know if it is wise. The expectation for artists to be vulnerable and truthful is a lot, you know?—when it’s no longer a choice. Like, in order for me to satisfy expectations, there needs to be an outpouring of my heart or my experiences in a very truthful, vulnerable way. I’m more interested in lies than that. Like, give me a full motion-picture fantasy.
In un’altra parte dell’intervista ha parlato del mercato musicale e della sua scelta di rendersi indipendente:
I’ve been independent since 2016. I plan on keeping it that way for a while. I had amazing credit, I know I need a loan, I go to a bank.
In a lot of the contracts of today with the labels, there’s an expectation to turn in a set amount of albums. That’s really an arbitrary limitation. That’s not state-of-the-art.
I hear rappers talk about their business savvy and their independence in songs. And I think the more of that, the better. The idea of being able to have a decent life living off just a thousand fans who are invested in you and will purchase what you make is only possible with ownership of the business.
Infine, ha detto che è al lavoro con un artista visivo (che ha voluto tenere ancora segreto) per una nuova collezione di fotografie:
I’m playing a character in this sequence about a particular music industry practice that’s been going on for a long time. It’s a narrative in photos.
L’ultimo album di Frank Ocean, Blonde, è stato rilasciato nel 2016, a quattro anni di distanza dal disco di debutto intitolato Channel Orange.
