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Commentary: Leave Frank Ocean alone

LOS ANGELES — To break down Frank Ocean's Coachella set into individual moments is to talk about the makings of an instant-classic performance. There was the remake of his gentle soul ballad "White Ferrari" as an itchy electro-gospel jam. There was the fake snow that fell silently on Ocean and his band during "Come on World, You Can't Go!" There was the bearded man dressed as a security guard ...
Frank Ocean performs during the FYF Fest in Exposition Park in Los Angeles on July 22, 2017.

LOS ANGELES — To break down Frank Ocean's Coachella set into individual moments is to talk about the makings of an instant-classic performance.

There was the remake of his gentle soul ballad "White Ferrari" as an itchy electro-gospel jam. There was the fake snow that fell silently on Ocean and his band during "Come on World, You Can't Go!" There was the bearded man dressed as a security guard twerking against the stage while illuminated by the kind of flashlight you see in body camera footage of police roughing up somebody late at night for some hard-to-fathom reason.

Standing on the field late Sunday night at Indio's Empire Polo Club, I took in

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