Frank Ocean In General

He lost every major award, but he still managed to be all over last night’s show. His gently psychedelic “Forrest Gump” performance was a burst of inspired weirdness, the sort of thing that rarely makes its way to the Grammy stage. He made his two minor acceptance-speeches gracefully, without giving much indication that this whole silliness meant anything to him. He’s the reason Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt got split-second on-camera cameos. Shown during his rivals’ acceptances, he laughed at the right moments and managed not to look like a dick. During a night as ridiculous and ego-inflating and ego-wounding as the Grammys, he did every last little thing right.