After cancelling appearances at several festivals earlier this year, Frank Ocean came through last night (July 22, 2017) at the FYF Fest in Los Angeles.
The California-born and New Orleans-raised singer ran through some of his most popular songs including “Chanel,” “Biking,” “Thinking bout You,” “Pink + White,” among others. He also performed for the first time a cover of Steve Monite’s “Only You.”
Ocean opened the show with “Solo” and went on to perform a total of 18 songs. He closed with “Nikes,” whose lyrics were shown on the stage screen to encourage the crowd (as if they needed any) to sing along.
Notably, when Ocean performed a cover of Stevie Wonder’s cover of The Carpenters’ song “Close to You,” the stage screen camera panned in on image of actor Brad Pitt, who was watching the performance from near the stage. Pitt credited Ocean for helping him recover from his break up with Angelina Jolie and praised his talents in a GQ magazine interview published in May 2017, for which he commented, “I find this young man so special. Talk about getting to the raw truth. He’s painfully honest. He’s very, very special. I can’t find a bad one.”
For some added intrigue, director Spike Jonze was spotted in the audience filming the performance.
Following the mention, at Ocean’s performance at the Parklife Festival in Manchester in May, he hollered back at Pitt when he wore a t-shirt wearing a screen photo image of the actor.
Watch Ocean’s performances below. Image via Roger Ho.
“Close to You”
Brad Pitt’s cameo during “Close to you” at @FYFFEST pic.twitter.com/50g48prYOE
— FRANK OCEAN (@FRANKOCEANinfo) July 23, 2017
“Solo”
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Solo pic.twitter.com/2cY1kjD2su
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
“Chanel”
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Chanel pic.twitter.com/V59HIZZZbM
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
“Lens”
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Lens pic.twitter.com/Z9wO7ndQo1
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
“Biking”
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Biking pic.twitter.com/iZDYiWOCfX
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
“Good Guy”
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Good Guy pic.twitter.com/iEHulX5q5L
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
“Self Control”
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Self Control pic.twitter.com/F614g26Ovu
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
“Close to You”
“Ivy”
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Ivy pic.twitter.com/snE0G1XAst
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
“Only You”
“Thinking bout You”
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Thinking Bout You pic.twitter.com/lWTAIjIbiI
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
“Nights”
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Nights pic.twitter.com/5nMZm2G0Oc
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
“Pink + White”
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Pink + White pic.twitter.com/wA5ij9WNp8
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
“Nikes” (part 1)
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Nikes Pt.1 pic.twitter.com/QcveWuzTIp
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
“Nikes” (part 2)
FRANK OCEAN PERFORMING – Nikes Pt.2 pic.twitter.com/cy8dUMDCia
— (@pilotjonathan) July 23, 2017
