Is the First Frank Ocean Interview in Three Years About to Hit Beats 1?

Zane Lowe, currently of Beats 1 and formerly of BBC Radio 1, has a grand tradition of long, strong interviews. You've either seen or quoted his interviews with Kanye WestEminemJay ZDrake. And now he seems to have secured one of the biggest gets in the music biz: Frank Ocean, who hasn't given a major interview in more than three years, since his Oyster magazine cover story. (His last interview before that? A talk with Zane Lowe in February 2013.)

The Fader noticed that a recent Evening Standard profile of Lowe led with an interesting story. "None of the world’s panting media were able to secure an interview," the author says of Frank Ocean and his double-surprise Endless/Blonde drop. "No one except Zane Lowe."