Frank Ocean Ditches Head Tattoo at Last Minute

Frank Ocean shared a surprising glimpse into his artistic process on Instagram, revealing a stencil for a head tattoo. The elaborate purple design was applied to the side of his head and extended down his neck, but the musician ultimately decided against the permanent ink, sharing "Pre- (I bitched out)" on his Story.

This incident adds to Ocean's history of using social media to unveil new body art. In 2019, he covered an existing thigh tattoo with an illustration by "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, a piece titled "Homo vs. Hetero" from his comic strip "Life in Hell."

The rare update from Ocean comes after he was reportedly seen in Tokyo, Japan, approximately five months prior to this post. During a Q&A with Tyrell Hampton for i-D Magazine, as his album "Blonde" approached its tenth anniversary, Ocean spoke about feeling like he was in his "fifth life" in New York and expressed recent inspiration drawn from rural settings.