Rumors started to swirl about Frank Ocean’s sexuality last month after a listening session for his Channel Orange album. Several songs on the album, as noted by those in attendance, seemed to be about two men in love. Now, Ocean has taken to Tumblr to address the situation.
Ocean describes meeting and falling in love with a boy when he was 19. “By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant,” he says. “It was hopeless. There was no escaping, no negotiating with the feeling. No choice. It was my first love, it changed my life.”
He goes on to note that, though he expressed his love to this man, the feelings were not reciprocated. “He wouldn’t tell me the truth about his feelings for me for another 3 years,” writes Ocean. “I kept up a peculiar friendship with him because I couldn’t imagine keeping up my life without him.”
Ocean concludes the post by saying he is keeping positive and moving forward. You can read the full Tumblr post here.
Channel Orange hits stores July 17th.
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