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Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You” with no words: Flea plays the melody on trumpet, over his own electric bass, an upright and a string section arranged by Nathaniel Walcott. The third single from Honora, his first album under his own name, out March 27 on Nonesuch and named after his great-great-grandmother. He has said he picked the song because he loved Channel Orange and thought it would be fun to play on the horn.
Written by Frank Ocean and Shea Taylor. Flea: electric bass and trumpet. Anna Butterss: upright bass. Strings arranged and orchestrated by Nathaniel Walcott, conducted by Suzie Katayama, with Paul Cartwright as concertmaster. From Honora, produced by Josh Johnson. Nonesuch Records. Photograph: Cornet in B-flat, John Augustus Köhler, London, ca. 1849, silver-plated brass. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2002.
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- NMU 260211
- artist
- Flea
- title
- Thinkin Bout You
- from
- Honora (2026)
- writers
- Frank Ocean, Shea Taylor
- strings
- Nathaniel Walcott, arr. · Suzie Katayama, cond.
- producer
- Josh Johnson
- label
- Nonesuch
- photograph
- Cornet in B-flat, Köhler, ca. 1849. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- listen
- flea.lnk.to/thinkinboutyou
- filed
- February 11, 2026
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