It’s important to reflect on where you want to go, specifically and what success really looks like to you. He notes however, that purpose and intention are big parts of the journey. (Getty)įrank did something few artists ever get the chance to do, and he came out with a huge financial payoff in the end. The plan is legendary, and a huge win for artists around the world in terms of ownership over your art, career and livelihood.
Just as labels have found ways to move around artists, Frank found a way to move around them. The reality is that the music business is just that, a business. Anytime you get into the business side of the arts, there has to be some degree of objectification or commodification that you’re comfortable with, of yourself and of your work.” “Well, fucking with major music companies, you’re going to be…deflowered. It’s definitely a period I look back on fondly.” I love the music and the art that came out of that period, as well as the visual work. A week later, channel ORANGE was released in all other formats.“I feel at peace with all that,” Frank explains in an interview with GAYLETTER, “I feel like the best outcome for myself was that outcome, and I feel proud of what I was able to get done with it. Ocean also made the album available to stream in full on his Tumblr site. Within hours of its release, the album was No. Ocean’s second album, channel ORANGE, was released for download on iTunes on July 10, 2012, a week earlier than scheduled, to avoid the album being leaked on the Internet. Many of his colleagues in the music business immediately showed their public support for his courageous decision to be open about his sexuality, although he made a point not to label his orientation. Also in July, Ocean posted an open letter to his website, in which he revealed that he had feelings for both men and women. The following month he performed another track from the album on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. In June 2012, he unveiled a new track, Pyramids, again via his Tumblr site. Still riding the wave of success that followed his release of nostalgia, ULTRA, Ocean began to work on a follow-up album to be released by Def Jam records, with whom he had begun to repair his relationship.
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