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Top 12 of 2012: #4 – Frank Ocean’s Startling Confession

Top 12 of 2012: #4 – Frank Ocean’s Startling Confession
Was it an honest admission or a carefully crafted publicity stunt? No one knows, but on July 3, 2012 Frank Ocean shocked the world and the internet when he confessed via his Tumblr page that he once was in a relationship with a man.

Ocean claimed the open letter was meant to be included in his album thank you’s, but nonetheless was posted by him a week before his critically acclaimed album Channel Orange was to be released.

In it he wrote:
Four summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19 years old; he was too. We spent that summer, and the summer after, together. Everyday almost. And on the days we were together, time would glide. Most of the day I’d see him and his smile. I’d hear his conversation and his silence until it was time to sleep. Sleep I would often share with him. By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant. It was hopeless. It was no escaping, no negotiating with the feelings. No choice. It was my first love. It changed my life.
The admission garnered him the support of many in the gay/lesbian community and from fellow musicians like Beyonce, who penned a poem about him on her Facebook Page. 

Channel Orange went on to sale 131,000 copies it’s first week and was #1 on iTunes, but in the process inadvertantly hung a huge question mark over Ocean’s head regarding his sexuality with songs like “Forrest Gump” and “Bad Religion.”

But no matter what team he plays for, there’s no denying his talent, and the genius of Channel Orange. Let’s just hope it’s not his last, since he did recently confess that he would now like to focus on writing novels. Oh Frank!

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