Frank Ocean’s Notorious Coachella Set Explained: Lip-Syncing, No Live Streams And An Abandoned Ice Rink

Conor Murray - Forbes - 19/04
Some fans expected more from Ocean, whose first performance in six years suffered from his late start and last-minute changes of plan.

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The singer’s highly anticipated Coachella performance took social media by storm—but largely because the performance, which was marred by a late start, obvious lip-syncing, last-minute stage redesigns and a reported ankle injury, disappointed fans who have waited six years for Ocean to return to the stage.

Frank Ocean attends The 2019 Met Gala. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage)

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Ocean took the stage Sunday as one of this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival headliners, three years after he was originally set to perform at the 2020 festival, which was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Disappointment first struck when YouTube tweeted on Sunday that Ocean’s performance—unlike nearly every other performance at Coachella—would not be livestreamed, meaning fans who didn’t attend the festival in person would miss the opportunity to see Ocean return to the stage (or would have to rely on low-quality social-media videos filmed by...
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