What a hectic weekend we had with the first weekend of Coachella 2023, don’t you think? For three days and thanks to the magic of the internet of things, we had the chance to see great acts that left us with a square eye. However, one of the most anticipated was Frank Ocean, who returned after five years and announced a new album.
As you will remember, It was on August 13, 2017 and on the stage of the Flow Festival in Finland where the American singer and producer gave his most recent presentation. Since then, Frank Ocean stayed out of the spotlight until he announced that he would return to close the third day of Coachella. Although yes, his show left mixed feelings.
Frank Ocean returned to the stage after five years at Coachella 2023
To begin with, all of us who didn’t have the chance to go to Indio, California, got very upset because almost at the last minute, they announced that Frank Ocean’s Coachella 2023 show would not be streamed online. As expected, this caused the anger of thousands of people on the internet of things, since many wanted to see the expected return of this great artist from their homes.
As if this weren’t enough, those who were present at the Empire Polo Club were also taken aback, because It took Frank Ocean over an hour to walk out onto the main stage at Coachella. After a lot of waiting, the singer and producer came out, and a presentation was thrown that left many strange sensations, because in some parts it was raffled and in others not so much.
In accordance with FADERwith a blue sports jacket, Frank Ocean Opened His 2023 Coachella Performance With “Novacane”and from there he played some of his biggest hits like “Bad Religion”, “Chanel” and “White Ferrari”, only he threw them in a reworked way, bringing out new live versions of these gigs.
After “White Ferrari”, Frank Ocean spoke to the public of Coachella 2023 and clarified that he would not premiere new music in his setsince Blonde of 2016 he has not released a fresh studio album.
“It has been so long. Everyone I’ve talked to has told me how long it’s been, so, so long… but I’ve missed you (speaking to the audience) (…) I want to talk about why I’m here, because it’s not because of the new album. It’s not that there isn’t a new album, but there isn’t right now. It’s not now”.
Mentioned Frank Ocean during his performance at Coachella 2023
Frank Ocean put together a weird set at Coachella 2023
After that, Frank Ocean spoke about his personal and special connection to Coachella. But in particular, he took a few minutes to talk about the death of his younger brother, Ryan, who died in a car accident in 2020 and with whom he attended the festival several times as an audience.
The second half of Frank Ocean’s set at Coachella 2023 continued with what the artist described as a ‘rave mix’. And it is that he put together a remix that included mixed versions of his own songs along with fragments of classics such as “Born Slippy” by Underworld and “Actin a Smoochie” by Ice Spice.
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In addition to his own songs like “Godspeed”, “WIseman”, “Self Control”, “Nikes” and “Nights”, Frank Ocean also dropped his reinterpretations of Willie Nelson’s “Night Life” and “(At Your Best) by the Isley Brothers. In the end, as this artist came out late on stage, had to finish his performance before the midnight curfew at Coachellaclosing in a strange way.
