When it was announced that Frank Ocean was going to headline Day 3 of Coachella, it was kind of a big deal: the Long Beach singer-rapper had not played live since 2017.
So when fans that couldn’t make it to the festival found out Sunday that the performance wouldn’t be livestreamed, there was a lot of social chatter on the manner.
The official announcement came via YouTube’s Twitter account after fans noticed that Ocean had been removed from the streaming schedule.
Frank Ocean is not scheduled to appear on the Coachella livestream. The current schedule is in the description → https://t.co/oweGcgaTZs
— YouTube (@YouTube) April 17, 2023
The replies to the Tweet speak volumes:
This is the worst day of my life
— DANI MEDINA (@danimedinanews) April 17, 2023
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/B1UPDp0oYj
— KRNG Billiard (@BilliardYT) April 17, 2023
This will be coming up in therapy
— Kyle Nadler (@klnadler) April 17, 2023
Safe to say, there was a lot of disappointment.
me if coachella doesn’t livestream frank ocean tonight pic.twitter.com/cyt2w3H6ho
— ur mom (@notauntblazer) April 17, 2023
what do u mean frank ocean’s set won’t be on the livestream pic.twitter.com/3yfYOilpBQ
— krits (@sdrgonn) April 17, 2023
frank ocean fans pic.twitter.com/JRB18f5Mss
— Frank Ocean Updates (@blahnded) April 16, 2023
And, of course, alternative viewing options were discussed:
Me multitasking and switching from TikTok to Instagram trying to find a good frank ocean live:pic.twitter.com/QtECBc7X29
— COACHELLA YOU WILL CRUMBLE (@krostyburguerr) April 17, 2023
coachella security trying to stop people from live-streaming frank ocean’s set pic.twitter.com/bKqqcEleBt
— wiLL (@willfulchaos) April 17, 2023
us watching frank ocean’s livestream via instagrampic.twitter.com/zq0BcSrjHh
— Frank Ocean Updates (@blahnded) April 17, 2023
Ultimately, content was posted by fans in the crowd.
frank ocean performing godspeed. i’m so moved
pic.twitter.com/Vz06GnL4Y5
— SK (@raptalksk) April 17, 2023
frank ocean dancing/vibing to chanel live at coachella pic.twitter.com/MnqAf5WPXo
— Frank Ocean Daily (@TeamFrankDaily) April 17, 2023
He also left fans with a speech, teasing a new album and paying homage to his late brother, Ryan Breaux.
Frank Ocean’s speech during his Coachella set.pic.twitter.com/GN8Ly4GaHN
— Odd Future (@OddFuturePage) April 17, 2023