Coachella 2023: See Shawn Mendes, Ariana Madix & More

Frank Ocean's Coachella 2023 performance is making waves, but not successful the mode you'd expect.

The Grammy victor was the third and last headliner astatine the three-day Indio, Calif. euphony festival. While the April 16 show—Ocean's archetypal performance successful astir six years—was hotly anticipated, his signifier comeback yet near fans scratching their heads aft it was riddled with complications, including an disjointedly abrupt extremity to his set.

As seen successful a video circulating connected Twitter, the 35-year-old chopped his show abbreviated by announcing to the crowd, "Guys, I'm being told it's curfew, truthful that's the extremity of the show. Thank you truthful much."

What's worse for concertgoers, Ocean's acceptable had already been shortened owed to a delayed start. The "Thinkin Bout You" vocalist did not deed the signifier until astir an hr aft its advertised time, with the archetypal 5 minutes featuring a radical of radical silently walking astir successful a ellipse connected signifier with Ocean obscurity to beryllium found, according to Variety.

And erstwhile Ocean did yet appear, belting retired the archetypal lines of his 2011 deed "Novacane," helium was hardly seen fixed however helium had tucked his microphone successful a tiny country astatine the backmost of the stage. His presumption besides made it hard for the cameras to seizure him, starring to mostly shots of the backmost of his caput being shown connected the stage's elephantine LED screen. 

However, determination were inactive respective highlights from the show. A security defender twerking along to euphony made for a buzzy moment, arsenic did Ocean alluding to caller music.

"I wanna speech astir wherefore we're here, due to the fact that it's not due to the fact that of a caller album," helium told the audience in a video captured by a fan. "Not that there's not a caller album, but there's not close now."

The Channel Orange artist besides concisely touched connected the death of his 18-year-old brother Ryan Breaux, who passed distant successful a car clang successful 2020. "My life's changed truthful much," helium said, earlier recalling however helium and his member utilized to be Coachella. "I cognize helium would've been truthful excited to beryllium present with each of us."

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