Frank Ocean, Bon Iver, Yaeji, More: This Week's Pitchfork Selects

She also took the opportunity to ask Billie Eilish to send over vocals for their long-awaited collaboration

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it.

By Jem Aswad

Frank Ocean officially released his bilingual (English/Spanish) acoustic ballad “Cayendo” (Falling Down) via his Blonded YouTube channel on April 2.

Bon Iver are back with a new song called “PDLIF,” which is an abbreviation for “Please Don’t Live in Fear.” Listen to it below. Proceeds from the song will go to Direct Relief, who offer support to health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Frank Ocean’s “Cayendo,” which he released earlier this month, has landed the singer his first Top Ten spot on any Billboard chart. “Cayendo” has reached No. 8 spot on the Hot Latin Songs chart this week, according to Billboard.

Frank Ocean nets his first top 10 hit on the Hot Latin Songs chart, as "Cayendo" arrives at No. 8 on the list dated April 18.

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it.

An impressive at-home rendition of the 'Channel Orange' track

Justin Vernon performed a new Bon Iver song during Bernie Sanders’ virtual town hall about the COVID-19 pandemic Saturday night. It’s called “Things Behind Things Behind Things.” Vernon also performed “Towers,” and “Blood Bank,” and a cover of Bob Dylan’s “With God on Our Side” during the broadcast. Watch it all below—Soccer Mommy performs “Circle the Drain” at the beginning, and Vernon’s performance begins at the 01:02:30 minute mark.

Yesterday, Frank Ocean finally gave his fans new music with a pair of singles, “Cayendo” and “Dear April.” The covers for the streaming versions of the tracks contain silhouettes that weren’t on the artwork of the original vinyl presses.

Many stars are doing their part to try to keep us smiling during the coronavirus pandemic, but Frank Ocean is taking a different approach!

After much ado, Drake has released "Toosie Slide," his first foray into the hip-hop microgenre nebulously defined as "instructional dance music." It's a ploy so deliberately engineered to corner the TikTok market and to meme its way into being the next "God's Plan" that it's amazing it sounds as good as it does.

R&B prodigy Frank Ocean has blessed us all when we needed it most.

Frank Ocean has surprised fans with new music!

Frank Ocean has surprised fans with new music!

Days after vinyl copies of his songs arrived at fans' doorsteps, Frank Ocean released his new singles, “Cayendo” and “Dear April,” on streaming services. Although the vinyls feature both acoustic and remixed versions of the songs, only the latter are currently available on streaming.

Frank Ocean has released two new(ish) singles. "Cayendo" and "Dear April" both premiered at his first PrEP+ party in New York last October, and both slowly made their way to fans who ordered them on 7" vinyl last week, but the acoustic versions of both are now on streaming services. They mark Ocean's first streaming release since last year's "In My Room."