WHYY

Best music of the 21st century

Which songs and genres defined the first quarter of the 21st century? In what ways have new technologies changed the way we ...
Forbes

Frank Ocean’s Masterpiece Hits A Momentous Landmark

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Frank Ocean’s Blonde climbs to No. 82 on the Billboard 200, marking ...
Yahoo

Frank Ocean Rumored To Be Dating UFC Fighter Payton Talbott, Leaks Unreleased Song Snippet

The man Frank Ocean is rumored to be dating has shared a snippet of an unreleased song from the singer, further fueling speculation surrounding the mysterious music star’s romantic life. In a video ...
Uproxx

Frank Ocean Teases New Music With The Help Of His Rumored Boyfriend Payton Talbott

Will he, or won’t he make a return to music? This is a question Frank Ocean fans have been asking themselves for years. After the “Novacane” singer’s admittedly “chaotic” 2023 Coachella appearance and ...
Forbes

Frank Ocean Is Rising On The Charts, Despite No Word On New Music

Both of Frank Ocean's albums, as well as several of his most popular singles, are all climbing on the U.K. charts, despite his lengthy inactivity. MANCHESTER, TN - JUNE 14: Frank Ocean performs at The ...
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 ...
GQ

Is Frank Ocean About To Drop New Music? (Probably Not. But You Never Know.)

Frank Ocean works across many mediums. One of them, obviously, is music. Another, less obviously, is carpentry—in Endless, his 2016 album-slash-music-video, the songs soundtrack a gang of duplicate ...
The Fader

Frank Ocean shares snippet of new song

Frank Ocean has shared a snippet of an unreleased song. The track in question can be heard in a 24-second video uploaded to Ocean’s Instagram story Thursday afternoon (December 7), in which Frank can ...
Rolling Stone

Man of Mystery Frank Ocean Shares Snippet of New Song

Ocean’s most recent LP, Blonde, dropped in 2016. Fans have been anxiously awaiting its follow-up for years, and although Ocean has hinted at a new album a few times nothing has materialized.
Hypebeast

Frank Ocean Returns With Snippet of Unreleased Track

Frank Ocean fans are no stranger to waiting for their favorite artist to put out new music. The last full-length album fans got from the reclusive singer was his 2016 sophomore album Blonde in 2016.
brooklynvegan

Frank Ocean shares 1-minute clip of new song (listen)

It’s been over seven years since Frank Ocean released an album, and over three years since he released any new song at all, but he returned today with a one-minute teaser of a new song. He posted it ...