Frank Ocean Says “My Label is Not Funding My Your Not Dead Tour”

Frank Ocean took to his tumblr to talk about his “Your Not Dead Tour”. Ocean explains how the tour is currently on isn’t receiving any financial backing from his label. He is spending his own personal money to carry out the production.

He also says that this tour is not to promote an album but to basically fulfill some purpose he has in music. Since Frank Ocean has been on tour he has debuted a few new songs which we still aren’t sure will be on his next album.

Ocean talks living out of a suitcase and being in a different city every night. He is now documenting his days in a blue journal. He says his challenge is to write one liners about the duration of his day. That actually sounds fun. I may take that challenge. Either way we can’t wait for his new album.

Frank Ocean’s Letter on his Tumblr:

i’ve been meaning to write you more. different hotels every night aren’t so bad really. in fact- all the moving house could inspire a photo series.. not for the gram, knowing me it’s probably only for whoever controls my estate in the future and enthusiastically develops all the rolls of film i forgot to.

i’m in belgium, just 7 concerts into a tour with an ambiguous ending. i’d tour for a year if it didn’t interrupt my recording or my weekend driving. i really wanted to go to cairo in between europe and australia.. might let things settle some.. go to south africa instead and place some flowers on a gate for the president. for being epic and 94.

i write on paper at night. my tour manager gave me a small powder blue book at the beginning of this run with gold embossed lettering on the cover that reads ‘one line a day’.. it’s easier than you’d think to narrow the entire cinema of your day into one sentence.

i never read them back in the morning. whenever morning is.. even my macbook clock can’t keep up. all the travel isn’t in support of an album or anything like that really- past or ahead. there’s no label or touring firm dollars involved. all pennies from my pocket.

in support of some odd daydream. ops to photograph crowds and clouds from planes. contrast all the quiet with some noise. new noise and old noise..sober crowd, faaded crowd. all welcome.