FRANK Ocean fans have voiced their disappointment after they weren’t allowed to access his performance online.
The talented musician headlined Coachella on Sunday night, but wasn’t livestreamed on YouTube as expected.
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Youtube delivered the news on Twitter, with the announcement: “Frank Ocean is not scheduled to appear on the Coachella live stream.”
This came as greatly upsetting news to his fans at home, many of whom had been anticipating the show for months.
On Twitter, people were quick to air their opinions; some with humor, and some with anger.
One person wrote: “Everybody on frank oceans team and at youtube headquarters is gonna get their ass beat if I don’t get this livestream.”
Another joked: “My blood is on youtube and Coachella’s hands if they don’t livestream frank ocean’s set.”
A third snarked: “Hold up so they got frank ocean at Coachella, he showed up late, ended early, and they didn’t even livestream it.
“He HATE HATES his fans huh lol.”
Another agreed: “Frank ocean really hates his fans LMFAOOOO no music in almost 7 years, and won’t livestream his Coachella performance for the fans at home wtf is that about.”
Many pointed out that Frank was a big name for the festival and a big opportunity to get views on the livestream.
“Are you f***ing kidding me?” one fan wrote. “I’ve been waiting to watch this live stream ever since Frank Ocean was announced as headliner.”
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Another person added: “Wow YouTube, you’re not gonna lives stream the most anticipated artist of the two weekend-long music festival…”
WHAT’S NEXT?
According to attendees of the festival, the 35-year-old singer’s choice not to livestream his performance might be because he has new music in the works.
He’s reported to have said: “I wanna talk about why we’re here… because it’s not about the new album… not that there’s NOT a new album, but it’s not right now.”
In January 2023, Frank Ocean was announced as one of the headliners for Coachella, leaving fans ecstatic to hear his craft once again.
The elusive artist hasn’t been on stage since he last performed at Flow Festival in 2017.
Although Ocean debuted two singles in 2020, the singer also hasn’t released a new studio album since 2016, when Blonde was shared with the world.
SHOCKING SHOW
Frank Ocean started his performance nearly an hour late but was forced to end his set just after midnight.
The artist said abruptly after a song: “Guys, I’m being told it’s curfew, so that’s the end of the show. Thank you so much.”
The disjointed ending left many fans in disbelief, especially given the set was such a long time coming.
The star was originally due to perform at Coachella in 2020, before the festival was cancelled due to the pandemic.
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