Fans of Frank Ocean will be familiar with his Beats 1 radio show ‘blonded’, and last night’s show granted us the gift of new, dreamy tune ‘DHL’ with two more tracks supposedly on the way.

Our first original release since album ‘Blonde’ in 2017 and his cover of ‘Moon River’ in 2018, ‘DHL’ is 4 minutes and 30 seconds of euphonious-sounding production from Boys Noize laced with Frank’s ambling verses.

The show also premiered more new material, with us all getting a remix by Sango of new tune ‘Cayendo’. This, alongside the original version of ‘Dear April’ (which has previously been remixed by Justice at a New York club night) are both available for pre-order, showing that Frank clearly has a lot in the works right now.

In a rare interview with W Magazine, Frank has admitted he is being influenced by club music and will be making a departure from R&B in his upcoming work, considering themes of ‘strength and vulnerability’.

‘I’ve been interested in club, and the many different iterations of nightlife for music and songs. And so the things I look at now have a lot to do with those scenes: Detroit, Chicago, techno, house, French electronic. The expectation for artists to be vulnerable and truthful is a lot, you know? When it’s no longer a choice. Like, in order for me to satisfy expectations, there needs to be an outpouring of my heart or my experiences in a very truthful, vulnerable way. I’m more interested in lies than that. Like, give me a full motion-picture fantasy.’

From the insight we’ve got into his new project, including ‘DHL’, Ocean’s new music taking a beat-driven transformation. There’s still the mellow lucidity we’re all accustomed to but this is being developed into something more – music for us to dance to rather than cry to, maybe – or that could just be me.

Needless to say, it’s finally Frank Ocean season again. God bless.