In a newly resurfaced video, Frank Ocean leads the class and the audience in song at the John Ehret High School graduation.
In the video YouTube user, Daymond Burditt shared Ocean, born Christopher Breaux, is seen singing the school’s alma mater at his 2005 commencement ceremony in New Orleans.
Footage of Frank Ocean singing at his high school graduation has surfaced on YouTube 17 years later. pic.twitter.com/dyeeAn8EUx
— Brenton (@BrentonBlanchet) June 29, 2022
According to W magazine, Ocean revealed that he didn’t have a love for authority, sharing that he was expelled and suspended every school year.
“I didn’t have a deep affection for authority,” Ocean said. “I was expelled and suspended it felt like every five minutes, every school year until I became obsessed with figuring out how to make a career in music. And that interest fostered a different mentality. I think it was also around the transition to becoming a teenager, and I got really calm. My mom comments on that fairly often. I feel like I still had a lot of inner chaos, but I didn’t express it the same way. So that probably was noticeable.”
Frank Ocean reveals he was a problem child in school: “I was expelled and suspended it felt like every five minutes” https://t.co/Zlois2cJuo pic.twitter.com/YuRKbEFZie
— The Hip Hop Station (@WCCG1045FM) October 3, 2019
Although fans would prefer a new release from the reclusive musician, many users still enjoy the 17-year-old clip.
Someone on tiktok found a video of Frank Ocean singing at a graduation from yearssss ago and someone in the comments said “closest thing we getting to new music” 😭😭
— jamie🫠 (@jamielopez1207) June 29, 2022
my goat
— Lil Pho (@pho_lil) June 30, 2022
Even the way he says, “Thank you.” at the end is beautiful. 👏👏👏
— Talia Arieyl (@InestimableTali) June 30, 2022
If only they knew who he was about to become
— Imari Speaks 🎙📺📻🎮 (@ImariSpeaks) June 29, 2022
Frank Ocean has not released a comment about the video’s release.
