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Frank Ocean Moving to Shanghai

I’M OUT

To work on his first novel.

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Frank Ocean in Nov. 2012. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty),Alberto E. Rodriguez

Soak in Frank Ocean’s performance at the Grammys, because it might be his last U.S. appearance for a while. In an interview with The New York Times, Ocean revealed plans to write “in remote locations" for the next two years. Ocean was vague about his plans to write a book. “I’ve started ... You can say that. It’s fiction, and it’s about brothers. That’s all I’m going to say.” The crooner also hinted that, in the future, his music might have a lighter tone. “I hope not to define myself by suffering,” he said. “I don’t worry about where [the inspiration] will come from.”

Read it at The New York Times