Frank Ocean drops new single "DHL" following controversial PrEP+ party

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His sophomore album Blonde was recently named the best album of the decade by Pitchfork, and now Frank Ocean is back with "DHL," his first original song since 2017.The song, co-produced by Ocean and Boys Noize, comes on the heels of a controversial "club night" called PrEP+ (named for pre-exposure prophylaxis, a prescription medicine that can help

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[anterrabre]

This is a shitty look. Personally, I think that any products having to do with HIV prevention should donate a portion of the funds to HIV treatment for those who can't afford the medication, but who asked me?

[yussamahal]

PrEP is great for preventing an HIV infection but I aint fuckin with no condom! The amount of guys Ive seen saying barebacking is fine because they are on PrEP while forgetting there are othet STDs+STIs it's the epitome of privilege.
Here you can only get PrEP if you already have HIV.

[laydownhere]

wait, i know v well how hard it is to get truvada in the US but god, not at all available for negative people???

[yussamahal]

Nope. If I wanted to get on prep, Id have to go to the US.

[xdaisyxlovesxbb]

That's crazy that ppl are still having condomless sex bc im sure thats why STI are on the rise and that they only offer PrEP to ppl who are hiv+. Smh. Sex workers and ppl who are at risk should have access to PrEP.

[likeiused2]

did you enjoy blonde as much as channel orange? I honestly haven't given it a fair shake.

I like this single. the party sounds messy. does he hang out with mostly white people or is that just who was invited or is that who showed up?

the t-shirt is ugly but yeah if you're going to write PrEP+ on it, it would make sense to donate some $. is this the full story?

[mzgrottesca]

Blonde grew on me over time but honestly I'm started to see him as an artist who peaked really, really soon lol

[demonsgaze]

Eh I prefer Channel Orange. I felt it was more interesting lyric wise.

[freeze_i_say]

Frank Ocean all hype no substance

[bluebandit77]

Agreed

[lawofcosines]

nostalgia, ultra is so much better than channel orange

[icetypejim]

This feels like idk, one natural end-result of a move by the capitalist mainstream to incorporate more radical or atleast artistically intriguing elements of 1970s and 80s gay and queer underground into a profitable pop culture without the baggage of the trauma that sparked so much of it. It's like how straight people run around wearing Keith Haring art on their expensive shirts with no idea of what they've got on.

This also falsely imagines HIV as a thing of the past even though the inaccessibility of PrEP and other medications alongside HIV stigma leaves a lot of people still in dire need and lots of people uneducated about HIV (the number of cis straight people that don't even know PrEP exists is just...).

$60 shirts with the medication name emblazoned across the chest would go to charity.

Nnnn what kind of "Jay-Z selling Occupy T-Shirts" teas?

[nene718]

tea

[sadmagikarp]

tell it

[tinkyfinky]

wow my head hurts from nodding tbh