Inside Frank Ocean's Coachella Chaos

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🗓️ 22 April 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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We take a deep look at Frank Ocean's controversial Coachella performance — as well as the odd discourse around it — and look back on his career, with Tomás Mier and Simon Vozick-Levinson joining host Brian Hiatt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.2	It was chaotic. There is some beauty in chaos. It isn't what I
0:36.9	intended to show but I enjoy being out there and I'll see you soon. That's what
0:42.2	Frank Ocean had to say Wednesday in a statement cancelling
0:45.2	his performance at week two of Coachella, which his representative's claim was on doctor's
0:50.5	orders due to quote two fractures and a sprain in his left leg.
0:55.6	Frank Ocean of course has made some of the greatest albums of the last decade or so.
0:59.4	But hasn't released one since 2016's blonde and hadn't performed since 2017.
1:04.3	And his performance last Sunday night during Coachella's first weekend was by all accounts
1:09.2	very unusual.
1:10.2	Rolling Stones Ethan Millman and Thomas Meyer just confirmed rumors that the original plan was to have an ice-ring on stage,
1:16.2	with over a hundred skaters, according to their sources. None of that ended up happening. In today's episode,
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