Ocean is considered a genius who strings along his audience with fake release dates, unreliable performance schedules and an internet presence consisting of vague tumblr posts and media blackouts. Though festivalgoers are often irritated (a woman behind me angrily yelled about the £125 she spent on festival tickets solely to see Ocean), it’s also indulged as a quirk of character, part and parcel of his talent. It wasn’t the type of energy you’d expect for such a slow, echoey song - but it perhaps occurred because he was almost 30 minutes late, and because Ocean is known for cancelling his festival slots - twice in May alone (FYF and Primavera) often with only a vague statement about “production delays”. When Frank Ocean finally stepped on the stage at Lovebox this year and started his set with ‘Solo’, a wave of high-energy rowdiness swept the 50,000-person crowd.
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