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"Little Demon"
Intended vinyl cover
Song by Frank Ocean
B-side"Little Demon" (Arca Remix)
LabelBlonded
Teaser video
"Little Demon" (Arca Remix) on YouTube
Audio sample
Audio sample of "Little Demon" (Arca Remix)

"Little Demon" is a song by American singer Frank Ocean featuring vocals by British rapper Skepta. The song was intended to be sold as a 7-inch single in November 2019, but plans were scrapped in February 2020. The song was remixed by Venezuelan record producer Arca and previewed on Blonded Radio.[1] The song has yet to be released digitally.

Background

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"Little Demon" is the first collaboration between Ocean and Skepta.[2] In November 2018, Ocean initially teased "Little Demon" by sharing a snippet of the song on Instagram.[3] In October 2019, Ocean resumed his Blonded Radio show on Beats 1 and began a series of queer-themed club nights entitled PReP+. He released the single "DHL" and sold the upcoming songs "Cayendo" and "Dear April" as 7-inch vinyl singles.[4] On October 30, 2019, Ocean announced that his third PReP+ party would take place on Halloween and would be hosted by Venezuelan record producer Arca.[5] During the party, Ocean and Arca debuted a new song featuring British rapper Skepta.[6] The following day, Ocean released his follow-up single "In My Room" which was also sold on vinyl.[7] The Skepta-featured song was then previewed as "Little Demon" on the ninth edition of Blonded Radio and sold as a 7-inch single.[1]

Release and promotion

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In November 2019, Ocean put up "Little Demon" on sale as a 7-inch single.[1] In February 2020, Ocean's website Blonded.co sent out an email that stated that the release of "Little Demon" on vinyl was canceled.[8] The vinyl was planned to be replaced with "a new, unreleased Frank Ocean song" instead.[8] However, this ended up getting canceled as well.[9]

Critical reception

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Michael Saponara, writing for Billboard, described the song as melancholic.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c James Rettig (November 4, 2019). "Frank Ocean – "Little Demon (Arca Remix)" (Feat. Skepta)". Stereogum. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Michael Saponara (November 4, 2019). "Frank Ocean Debuts Melancholic 'Little Demon' Arca Remix Featuring Skepta: Listen". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Chris Mench (November 1, 2019). "Frank Ocean Previewed An Unreleased Skepta Collaboration At His PrEP+ Party". Genius. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Lazlo Rugoff (October 21, 2019). "Frank Ocean announces two new 7"s". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Matthew Ismael Ruiz (October 31, 2019). "Frank Ocean Announces Halloween PrEP+ Dance Party". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  6. ^ Jeremy Nifras (November 1, 2019). "Frank Ocean celebrated Halloween at PrEP+, debuted a Skepta collab (?)". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  7. ^ Daniel Kreps (November 2, 2019). "Frank Ocean Unveils New Song 'In My Room'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  8. ^ a b Matthew Strauss (February 25, 2020). "Frank Ocean Says He'll Release New Song on Vinyl". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  9. ^ Monroe, Jazz. "Frank Ocean Cancels Release of New Vinyl, Refunds Orders". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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