Frank Ocean Is Teasing New Music With SZA, Andre 3000, And Kendrick Lamar – Or Is He?

Frank Ocean, the elusive mystery musician, is preparing to release new music — or is he? New posts on his Tumblr page this morning hint at what generally seems to be music coming on March 1. SZA, Kendrick Lamar, and André 3000 all look to be involved — and beans, there's going to be beans in there somewhere?


The brief and mysterious post featured the March date in bold lettering followed by the names and initials of three music figures; Solana is the opening name of SZA, K and L are Kendrick Lamar's initials, and André is the initial name of Outkast legend André 3000.


Beneath these three giant names is a phrase that reads best at lunchtime: "Here for the beans." What sort of beans aren't specified, and there really are oh so several. Fried, black, and pinto are three that immediately come to mind.)


A separate post keeps the cryptic motif going. "? (2019) ? (2019) ? (2020)," it reads. Is Frank Ocean playing with the world? Or is something more devious going on beyond the scenes?


Soon right after these bizarre posts went up, another appeared, this time with a weird request that included a Instagram link. "If this blog post gets 25,000 likes I'll release the Frank Ocean song featuring andre, kendrick and sza (it’s a legit song)," the latest post reads. Could this be the work of a troll?


Frank's spent the last couple of years mucking with people's expectations by sporadically sprinkling music – "Moon River" in 2018, "Chanel," "Provider," "Biking" and Lens" in 2017 – and bits of personal information into the ecosystem. In January, he posted a snippet of his take on SZA's "The Weekend" to his Instagram Story.


At the tail end of last year, Frank released two significant episodes of his Beats 1 Radio show "blonded RADIO," one that aired (in three parts) in November about voter suppression another that aired in December about the holidays. He also opened up his Instagram account to the public and showcased snapshots from live performances along with other random tricks into his daily life.


Through all of that though, the Frank drought has been real. He released a visual album, Endless, in 2016 followed by his sophomore studio album, Blonde, a day later. Hopefully, this bean-obsessed mystery is the begin of something bigger. Hopefully, it's just real.