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Yeah, after reading that I’d be super fucking mad paying lots of money for that

 

Well yeah… they probably had to put it together after he changed it up last minute lol.

There’s really no defending it.

 

Yes but is he not the one that decided to change the entire production last second? I get that they’re large productions and take time but coming in, but making this radical of a change the day of show is inexcusable.

 

the giant screen took 2 hours to assemble and that was 100% not a last second thing haha

 

It’s dope that you had a good time, no one will take that experience away from you but I don’t get why you are defending him when so many people clearly are upset with him. No one is being irrational by being annoyed or pissed at Frank.

 

Imagine coming in here and defending frank ocean after all this bullshit

 

A lot of this behavior is reminding me of experiences I’ve had with artists personally who are manic and/or using. Kind of got really weird vibes by a lot of things that happened yesterday

 

I’m sorry I enjoyed myself, I’ll just fuck off i guess

 

you were there that’s somewhat different

 

But also like he just played songs from an aux cord lol

 

to change your mind so late that you literally have to melt an ice rink is baffling

 

With the right

It wasn't that the giant stage took time. They started that earlier in the day and by all accounts had it either ready or would have been ready on time. But then Frank scrapped the whole set design. So that delay was them scrambling to set up a new layout, recoreograph, etc. That's a LOT to figure out last minute.

Obviously the screens were recycled from the original design. Those appeared to be ready to go on time. It's all the stuff you could see happening behind/below them that was frantic.

I do wonder why he scrapped the Ice Rink idea. Too ambitious? Didn't meet visual expectations on-site? Of course we will never know.

 

Zero chance he plays next week. Zero.

 

There was a leak on Reddit earlier yesterday of these dudes on a hockey team who claimed they were supposed to be skating around the rink during Frank’s set. But Frank didn’t like the makeup/glitter designs on their faces and freaked out/called off the skating idea. Apparently those were the guys who ended up marching around the set instead

 

I saw that. Imagine being a practiced ice skater booked to play coachella and then rigidly walking in a 15 foot circle for an hour.

 

Also you’ve been booked to play Coachella for almost 3 years. Why tf are you seeing their makeup/parts of the set design for the first time hours before the performance. You think this would be meticulously examined/decided months in advance

 

Based on what I've seen online pretty much tracks with the one time I saw him in 2017, but just way less engaged and more reclusive, sitting deep into the stage behind the screens like that.

Like back then he still came out late, made mistakes and fumbled around, took long pauses between songs, etc. Felt like it was all part of the charm of getting a rare chance to see him though, with the whole intimacy thing the stage set up and cameras create. But he was also more visible, worked around the stage, performed every song himself (lol @ having to point that out). I really enjoyed it, and he sounded super good, so I was able to overlook a lot of that small stuff.

But yeah last night definitely seemed liked those small things became bigger issues and like he really wasn't into doing this coachella performance at all, he probably carried whatever animus he had about the ice rink and whatever else into it. Couple of clips in this pitchfork article showing him just like vibing to playback of his own songs, not performing them at all:

Frank Ocean Debuts Reworked Songs, Hints at New Album at Coachella 2023 | Pitchfork

 

Big Donda Livestream energy last night

 

Getting Lauryn Hill vibes from this and it makes me sad, especially after such a long break.

 

I’ve seen Lauryn Hill live. She was 2 hours late, but she still put on a show when it finally did happen. This was no Lauryn Hill show.

 

I have way less FOMO after finding out how it went last night. Thank you Frank.

 

Wow, pretty much a carbon copy of Frank there. I dig it, and will definitely checkout the album.

 

This looks terrible

 

Embarrassing.

 

I really hope he makes some statement for this shit show.