Z 326

5y

First of all I’m not going to talk about him scamming fans with vinyls etc last year; that s*** is just obviously unprofessional and there’s not much to discuss here (but that’s a thing to keep in mind anyway)

What I’m going to talk about is how Frank finessed a lot of people on a major scale in an emotional/ideological way LMAO

Frank done dropped an emotionally relatable masterpiece with Blonde but also has always been pretty quiet about his habits/lifestyle
Which made his fans hook up on that emotional connection with his music and use it to fill the missing pieces of Frank persona in their heads

Result is people deadass thinking this:

But as @innuendo pointed out in some threads, Frank actually been materialistic from the jump and now, with Homer etc he’s actually that rich mf who does rich mf s*** and all those projected misconceptions about his persona begin to fall.

Y’all be talking about Frank being relatable and rejecting materialism meanwhile Frank is out there driving 911 GT3 and y’all don’t even own a regular Carrera lol.

Update: and of course I don’t think it’s some kind of an intentional finesse; rather just a case of people being mad delusional

Smoofer

5y

Maybe I fell for the same delusion that OP is talking about but it just really removed any idea of Frank as someone who cares about social issues or his fans that aren’t rich

FRANK DUX

5y

lmao y’all bring kanye stans up but at least kanye is actually entertaining outside of just dropping classic albums

Frank persona outside of music is dry af

Z 326

5y

Imagine bumping White Ferrari while actually driving a white Ferrari tho must be a whole another level of relatability

huey p rxcan

5y

saddest but funniest tweet of all time

huey p rxcan

5y

gotta be crazy fr

Smacked Voodoo

5y

Frank stans flocking to Thundercat would be terrible and I'm pretty sure Zack Fox will probably call them crackers at some point.

math fifty

5y

Niggas think cause Frank made the soundtrack to their first breakup that they supposed to be his friend

Z 326

5y

I agree but I’m pinning Frank specifically because he’s the type of artist to make it easier for fans to build up delusions because of more “mysterious” persona and not opening it up about his personal life/habits like that (even tho it’s still quite on surface as mentioned itt)

But like you don’t see mfs trying to say Gunna is some standards-rejecting anti-materialist because it would just be obviously not true lol (s/o Gunna btw)

Nuja

5y

I remember he tried selling that basic ass merch overpriced and people were sucking his d*** trying to defend him. I love Frank but he do be on some hoe s*** sometimes

math fifty

5y

Niggas think cause Frank made the soundtrack to their first breakup that they supposed to be his friend

Z 326

5y

I agree but I’m pinning Frank specifically because he’s the type of artist to make it easier for fans to build up delusions because of more “mysterious” persona and not opening it up about his personal life/habits like that (even tho it’s still quite on surface as mentioned itt)

But like you don’t see mfs trying to say Gunna is some standards-rejecting anti-materialist because it would just be obviously not true lol (s/o Gunna btw)

p apollo

5y

some of these kids in his fanbase worship him for real. could never do wrong in their eyes

Childhood

5y

idk if this is known, but I think I found the twitter of frank's dad and he's posting some legal papers or something

p apollo

5y

some of these kids in his fanbase worship him for real. could never do wrong in their eyes

Childhood

5y

https://www.reddit.com/r/FrankOcean/comments/p164b4/frank_oceans_dad/

we do a little lurking huh

Smacked Voodoo

5y

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B-But...Frank was supposed to be a poor and sad twink like me

Smacked Voodoo

5y

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B-But...Frank was supposed to be a poor and sad twink like me