WATCH: Frank Ocean's 'Forrest Gump' Grammy Rehearsal
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- February 25, 2013
- by Variance Staff
Frank Ocean's Grammy performance of "Forrest Gump" was no doubt meant to be one for the books. Perfectly inserted just before last year's Album of the Year winner Adele presented her 2013 predecessor, it's obvious producers had high hopes for that prime real estate in the lineup. The positioning was likely supposed to be great for the wider public's impression of Ocean, a critical darling and mega-talent whose Album of the Year-nominated channel ORANGE was six digits behind his fellow nominees in sales totals. But that didn't happen.
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