Frank Ocean Wants to Make Club Music

You read that right. Frank Ocean, the groundbreaking R&B artist and elusive chanteuse, wants to dip his toes into dance music on his upcoming project. 

When W Magazine asked about his follow-up to his 2016 music project Blonde, Ocean said he's looking into more upbeat genres.

"I’ve been interested in club," said the usually melancholy musician, "and the many different iterations of nightlife for music and songs. And so the things I look at now have a lot to do with those scenes: Detroit, Chicago, techno, house, French electronic…"

It's not exactly coming soon though. Ocean seems to be taking his time on his new body of work. We'll just have to relisten to his 2017 bop with Calvin Harris to hold us over. 

The "Thinkin Bout You" singer also opened up about his excitement to visit popular gay destination Fire Island, untangling strength and vulnerability in his music, and his lasting love for ballroom culture. 

"It kind of reminds me of home," said Ocean on drag and ballroom. "The music is related. It’s very alive, soulful, unapologetic. There’s a duality to the movement. It’s so physical—it’s tough to do some of those moves—but it also has a theatrical, feminine quality that’s beautiful to see in motion. Crystal LaBeija is about her voice and her reads and her look and just being dead serious and fully engaged with who she was and not backing down. You know, House of LaBeija came to my 30th birthday party in L.A. and shut it down. I did runway."

We can't wait to see how this shapes his next album!

Read the full interview here!