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1. 13 years on, Frank Ocean is giving fans the Channel Orange vinyl
Ocean’s breakout project album, first released in 2012, is finally available on vinyl. Orders can be made via Blonded.co website with the 2xLP package costing $69. Patience is a virtue in the Frank Ocean community and a note on the order page (“Please allow 4-6 weeks for fulfillment.”) does suggest another slight wait, but nothing major.
Cardi B, Am I The Drama? artwork
2. Cardi B finally announced details of her new album
Speaking of keeping people waiting, Cardi B will release her first album in seven years is set for release in September. Here is everything we know about Am I The Drama?
3. Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend can now be played in church
Two weeks after Sabrina Carpenter released the controversial album cover of her upcoming project Man’s Best Friend, the pop singer returned to Instagram to share an alternate version. And in an ironic nod to the fierce moral debate over the original cover, Carpenter quipped in the image’s caption that the new one is “approved by God,”
4. Brandy & Monica are hitting the road together
R&B icons Brandy and Monica have announced their first-ever co-headlining tour, 27 years after the release of their hit “The Boy Is Mine.” Speaking in a TV interview on Tuesday, Monica called the tour a “musical marriage,” while Brandy said “this is a dream come true. I can’t believe we’re here.”
5. Blood Orange returns with new song “The Field”
Dev Hynes is back. After teasing his return online last week, he dropped “The Field,” the first Blood Orange release since 2022. “The Field” includes contributions by Caroline Polachek, Eva Tolkin, Tariq Al-Sabir, and Daniel Caesar. The track, produced by Hynes, samples U.K. post-punk group The Durutti Column’s 1998 song “Sing to Me” and arrives ahead of a support slot on Lorde’s upcoming North American tour.
