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Why Frank Ocean Thinks Being Vulnerable Is Overrated · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: It's been more than three years since Frank Ocean's highly
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Speaker 1: influential album Blonde that talked several best of sixteen less
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Speaker 1: and single handedly shifted the direction of R and B,
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Speaker 1: and expect his next album to signal a new direction
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Speaker 1: as well. And a rare sit down with w Magazine,
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Speaker 1: Frank express he has been inspired by club music from
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Speaker 1: Detroit and Chicago house to French electro, and while Frank
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Speaker 1: has been celebrated for his brutal honesty and past songs,
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Speaker 1: he may be leaving that behind for now. He says,
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Speaker 1: I believe for a long time that there was strength
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Speaker 1: in vulnerability, and I really don't believe that anymore. In
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Speaker 1: order for me to satisfy expectations, there always needs to
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Speaker 1: be an outpouring of my heart in a very truthful,
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Speaker 1: vulnerable way. Now I'm more interested in live, a full
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Speaker 1: motion picture fantasy and a quote. Frank also says he
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Speaker 1: doesn't have an eye on any release date yet, but
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Speaker 1: given that he's inspired new music in seems like a
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Speaker 1: safe bet that direct from Hollywood