Frank Ocean has made his Instagram public

The singer's first post dates back to May 2017

Frank Ocean has long been a enigma online, the singer once having a thriving presence before removing himself almost completely from social media. Or so fans thought.

The 31-year-old has secretly been regularly posting on Instagram under a private account since May 2017, the first photo being a candid snap of Ocean with actor Ansel Elgort at the Met Gala.

Other photos include various artists – such as Tyler, the Creator, SZA and Zoë Kravitz – as well as events in Ocean’s life, including live performances, his 30th birthday, and the album Blonde going platinum.

Ocean recently released a special episode of Blonded Radio, calling on fans to vote in the midterms. He also handed out merchandise embossed with the messages: “The largest political group in America is the 42 per cent none-voters.”

Since releasing the albums Blonde and Endless, Ocean has been relatively quiet, releasing a few odds-and-ends tracks (loosies) and performing sporadically. However, fans are hoping that a sentence Ocean wrote as part of an essay for i-D hints at new music to come this year: “If you liked two thousand and seventeen then you’ll love two thousand and eighteen.”

With just over a month of the year remaining, fans have their fingers crossed that something will come soon enough.