“I think the whole idea of me as a recluse is absurd ’cause I’m in the streets like all the time. I’m outside all the time, I’m traveling the world all the time. It’s funny to me that that’s the perception, but I understand what people mean by it in this new paradigm. I don’t know if it’s terribly calculated, but I’m just trying to put myself more into whatever kind of stream is going on here in culture. I don’t think my feelings about press have anything to do with how times are changing. I think it’s more a feeling.
The first part is bizarre. I don’t know whose streets Frank is roaming on but he’s most certainly not on TMZ all day, every day. And just because you travel a lot (and likely on private planes), doesn’t mean you’re an open book. That second part doesn’t really make any sense at all. If he wants to be more into “whatever kind of stream is going on here in culture,” then he’d far more active on social media, host live streams and just generally emerge from his self-imposed bubble. Honestly, the interview is an absolute snoozefest because you can tell the interviewer is treating Frank with kid gloves cause they’re a friendly publication. There are no questions about why he split with his management and Odd Future, no questions about what he thinks about new Kanye, given his close relationship to the producer in the past, or heck, even any concrete information about another album. We do, however, learn that Frank has been in a relationship for 3 years. Word on the street is it’s some dude name Memo Guzman, but the interviewer in Gayletter never probes the subject to get any more details. So if you want to read a long-winded interview of someone who takes themselves way too seriously, has lost the meaning of the word entertainer and likes to talk as if they’re saying something but really have nothing of substance to say, then enjoy Frank’s interview with Gayletter. If Beyoncé is our generation’s Michael Jackson, then Frank Ocean is most certainly our generation’s Lauryn Hill. He just has better time management and a firmer grasp on birth control. Frank Ocean Has Turned Into a Boring, Pretentious Recluse, Just Like Lauryn Hill is a post from: Gossip On This - Pop Culture, News & Videos