Frank Ocean: 'New album? Maybe I'll write a book'
Channel Orange star says he is unsure what his next project will be - and it may not be music
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Frank Ocean has scored huge success in 2012 with his debut album Channel Orange, but the bisexual US singer has suggested that the record may be his last, saying he may write a book instead of recording a follow up.
The Odd Future member hit the Top Ten in the UK and the US with the album in July of 2012 after hitting headlines for admitting to being bisexual - which he also deals with in the album's lyrics. Despite huge acclaim and sales, Ocean has now hinted that his next project may be non-muisc related.
"Storytelling's a different thing. Like I said, it's the more interesting part about making music for me, or making albums and songs and stuff.," he says in an interview with The Guardian. "So much so that I might not make another album. I might just write a novel next. I don't know!"
"The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me," he added. "I don't ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing cos that's just … that's just telling yourself a lie.
"But I do like to sing. I play piano every day. I enjoy that."
Frank Ocean performing on Saturday Night Live
As well as Ocean's success with his own music, the singer recently covered Radiohead's classic 'Fake Plastic Trees' at a US show for Spotify.
The stunning performance was overshadowed slighty by the incessant chatter at the gig, but his version remains spectacular. Check it out below.
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