After tying some of the biggest names in music for most 2013 Grammy nominations, Frank Ocean has suggested that his critically-acclaimed album Channel Orange—our Album of the Year—may be his last. Speaking with The Guardian, Ocean talked about some artists' choice to focus on sonics rather than lyrics. He explained that he chooses to focus on the latter: "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. So much so that I might not make another album. I might just write a novel next. I don't know!"
While advising that no one knows what tomorrow holds, he continued to leave his own future endeavors up in the air. "The idea of recognizing your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me. I don't ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing 'cause that's just—that's just telling yourself a lie."
When pressed for clarification, Ocean explained: "I'm beginning to question the importance of art in this world these days .... I don't intend to stop making music ... But I do think – it would be f---ing legendary if I just made Channel Orange last year, then put out a best-selling novel next year, then, you know, designed an arena in Stockholm in 2014. I don't know! You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible..."
The dude is clearly ambitious and beaming with creativity, so he can certainly do whatever he wants and succeed, but we hope to hear more new music from Frank Ocean in the very near future.