Today we’d like to introduce you to Frankie B.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
I started making music when I was in my preteens. At first, it was just something I genuinely enjoyed, uploading songs to SoundCloud, experimenting, and enjoying the way music made me feel. Over time, that enjoyment grew into something much deeper and became a real passion of mine.
When I moved to California around 2016, I started creating my first project, The Start of Something Blue. That project really marked the beginning of me taking music more seriously and discovering who I wanted to be as an artist. From there, it’s been history.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
It honestly hasn’t been a smooth road. I still remember why I moved to California in the first place, I needed to get away. I wanted to feel something different in life, and in a lot of ways, I’ve been chasing that feeling ever since. I moved to Atlanta, came back to Charlotte, my hometown, and eventually made my way to Houston in January.
But through all of that, I feel like I’ve done a lot of internal work. I’ve had to sit with myself, go through therapy, and really confront a lot of grief and loss. Last year was especially heavy for me. I experienced a lot of death, but I also had to come to terms with something else: friends and family aren’t always going to be the people you need them to be.
That realization changed me. So Dead on Arrival feels like a reintroduction, not just to my music, but to myself. It’s me stepping into this next chapter with a much clearer understanding of who I am, what I’ve been through, and what I want to say.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I’ve been making music for over 10 years, and I think what sets me apart is that every project I create has its own universe. I’ve always been drawn to the parts of life that are harder to explain. the emotions that exist somewhere between love and loss, wanting someone and letting them go, grief, anxiety, or simply not knowing what you’re feeling yet. That’s really where Blur&B comes from: music for the moments in life that don’t have a name yet.
For a long time, I was creating from a place of being lost, hurt, grieving, and looking for validation. I was making music, but I wasn’t really healing. I was running from things while chasing a life I wasn’t necessarily ready to receive. Dead on Arrival feels different because it isn’t a comeback for me—it’s an arrival. I moved to Houston with the intention of actually doing the work, and through therapy, isolation, and a lot of self-reflection, I finally confronted a lot of what I had been carrying.
The title Dead on Arrival speaks to that. The things that were supposed to kill this part of me, the grief, the industry frustrations, my insecurities, and the feeling of having to prove myself as a Black queer artist, all arrived here dead. Not me. Not the music. The baggage did.
I’m probably most proud of the fact that I’m finally making music without trying to impress anyone. I’m not chasing a viral moment or trying to be someone I’m not. I just want to make people feel seen and give a voice to emotions they may not know how to articulate themselves. If someone hears my music and feels a little freer, a little more understood, or like a weight they didn’t even realize they were carrying has finally lifted, then that’s what makes it all worth it.
Risk taking is a topic that people have widely differing views on – we’d love to hear your thoughts.
Risk-taking is a complicated thing for me, especially as an artist in an industry where everyone wants your money, but not everyone genuinely wants to see you win. There’s an emotional risk in networking, opening yourself up, and surrounding yourself with people you trust. Then there’s the financial side, investing in yourself is often a gamble. You don’t always know where the money is going, whether it will come back, or if it will even create a return on investment. A lot of the time, it doesn’t.
That’s why I think you really have to love what you do. Being an artist is a risk in itself. You’re constantly putting pieces of yourself, your time, your money, and your vulnerability on the line. But I’ll always say: bet on yourself.
Don’t expect handouts, and don’t forget your “why” along the way. You might lose money, friendships, support, or even certain versions of yourself, but I’ll take those risks any day if it means I’m staying true to myself and can genuinely be proud of what I’m creating.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://frankiebmusic.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frankieb.wav
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/FrankieBMusic
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankiebmusic
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/frankieb
- Soundcloud: https://SoundCloud.com/FrankieBMusic
