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CameraOn

I don't think there is an album

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I think these silhouettes that are being featured on these singles aren't part of an album, but part of a series of songs and/or remixes. Frank has said in recent interviews that he wants to be more flexible with putting out his music and I think this means not conforming to the idea of an album. I mean think about it - how do DHL and In My Room fit on an album with any kind of clarity or cohesion with Dear April and Cayendo. Thinking that this is all connected to an album is barking up the wrong tree and setting yourself up for disappointment. These tracks are not part of any real combined project and we're getting them as Frank wants them to be released. I'd be happy to be wrong but I also don't think that no album is bad. This is just a more flexible/less restricting way to put out music that Frank wants to explore

Posted Apr 3, 2020, 4:28 AM UTC

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Boysdocry96Look at us, we're in love.•

man i hate to agree with u cause i need that album frank.

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Eskoe1•

U think the remixes are gonna have silhouettes? I hope the remixes are exclusive to the vinyl. But who knows what Frank has been cooking up for us.

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CameraOnOP•

That remains to be seen but I'm feeling that the remixes will be vinyl exclusive and attached to the 'single' given that he's only decided to release the acoustic vinyl versions on streaming (at least for the moment)

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haychayy•

yeah this just pissed me off

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CameraOnOP•

Haha sorry :(

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rorro1114•

Sending virtual hug

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martinnn18:endless-black: Endless•

Completely agreed. I know everyone wants an album and the speculations will fire up again but I just think frank is doing what he wants

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King_Con123•

I'm gonna be honest, I don't really care about remixes at all.

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kulsss•

The truth nobody wanted to hear. At least he's releasing new music, that's nice tho! An album would be great but that also means waiting all the time for new music.

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colsquatch•

i agree with this take

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jacobbbbbbbb1•

I don’t think he’s gonna have 17 singles before an album lmao

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CameraOnOP•

If they're singles for an album, it's not going to be an album in the conventional sense that blonde, channel orange, nostalgia ultra or even endless were

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UnendingBang•

Why would they all be different numbers that are somewhat far apart instead of having them numerical?

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CameraOnOP•

I guess he's got tracks behind all these silhouettes and he's releasing them as he sees fit - it's obvious he's been making changes regularly even subtle differences like the extended intro on Dear April streaming vs. the vinyl. There were also only 13 silhouettes on the DHL cover and that got extended to 17 when he released In My Room, the order of those silhouettes also got changed on the In My Room cover (the chair on DHL was in the 4th position but got moved to the 1st position).

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ProviderLens•

Fax bruh, say less

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Paytonc51•

I think there’s an album, but non of the single will be on it. He wanted more flexibility on what he can release, that doesn’t mean he’s not working on a album.

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CameraOnOP•

That'd be great, but there isn't anything really to suggest he's doing that

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Paytonc51•

No, but that’s also not in his nature

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