In VMAN’s upcoming issue, the elusive Blonde singer interviews actor Timothée Chalamet, who stars in Call Me By Your Name and Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut Lady Bird.
During the conversation, Ocean traverses through a range of topics, such as the soundtrack to Call Me By Your Name, New York hotspots, how Joaquin Phoenix is his favourite actor, Sufjan Stevens, different art forms and acting.
Fans will know that Ocean is somewhat of a photographer, having shared a visual essay to i-D last year. On the art form, he says, “I’ve been into photography for six or seven years. It’s almost like this quiet search for joy. It actually provides me with the same feeling that making a record does: imagining or dreaming about something, and then it being in the real world.”
On Call Me By Your Name, Ocean says, “It’s a really special role and an opportune, appropriate time right now in popular culture. I think it’s also good for you that this is your opening song. It’s such a proper foundation, to do roles like these that have so much heart and vulnerability in the very beginning, completely boutique or small, but on the lips of so many. Congratulations for the work and its effect and how it’s made people feel; it’s tremendous.”
Ocean also calls the soundtrack to Call Me By Your Name “super good”, and Chalamet details his own experience of the score. “We listened to Sufjan Stevens [included on the soundtrack] with Luca and Armie [Hammer] right before we started shooting – that was an experience, to listen to that and, like, hold each other after. It’s awesome to hear you say that about the soundtrack.”
Furthermore, Chalamet adds, “You’ve got to score a movie,” to which Ocean replies, “Yeah, one of these days.”
Commenting on the actor’s career, Ocean speculates, “You have the opportunity to learn all these things – seems like the best profession in the world for the curious spirit and mind.”
VMAN will hit the newsstands on 22 February. You can read the full interview here.