Fraank is a Russian hip-hop artist, musician, poet, sound producer. The creative path of the artist began not so long ago, but Frank from year to year proves that his work is worthy of attention.
Childhood and youth of Dmitry Antonenko
Dmitry Antonenko (real name of the artist) is from Almaty (Kazakhstan). The date of birth of the hip-hop artist is July 18, 1995. Very little is known about his childhood and youth.
Despite the fact that he was born in Almaty, the childhood and youth of the future artist passed in Kemerovo. Like everyone else, Dmitry attended school. At the age of 12, he is actively interested in various musical directions.
Fraank's creative path
The artist's career began with the fact that he recorded several tracks and LPs. Fans can find the first works of the artist under the creative pseudonym Deks. It cannot be said that Dmitry gained popularity with the release of the composition, although the artist's tracks under the old pseudonym were gaining local popularity back in those days. Before the first significant success had to wait a few years.
The search for the perfect sound, the artist mixed with visiting various festivals and battles. Dmitry toured a lot and did not forget to keep in touch with fans and journalists. Later, he opened his own recording studio and started producing.
Frank's collaborations with other artists deserve special attention. To this impressive list of achievements of a hip-hop artist, work was added as a sound engineer, beatmaker and graphic designer.
Fraanck's decline in creativity
Most likely, the versatility of Fraanka played a cruel joke on him. Starting from mid-2017, he ceases to delight fans with new releases.
In the same year, Dmitry visited the project #FadeevHears from Maxim Fadeev. Then a photo of Fraank appeared on the artist's Instagram account with a Russian producer in a recording studio. During this period of time, information was published in various sources that Fraank signed a contract with the Red Sun label.
2018 turned out to be even more mysterious. This year, all photos and videos have disappeared from the artist’s social networks. As it turned out, fans were waiting for great news. Dmitry "tried on" a new creative pseudonym, style, image, message. This was the beginning of a new era under the pseudonym "Fraank".
As it turned out later, all this time the artist simply paused, but also worked on new material and reassembled himself. As for cooperation with Fadeev, this is still a mystery.
The fact that the artist's songs have changed beyond recognition deserves special attention. At the same time, the main attribute of the performer appeared - a black mask. Fraank seemed to have foreseen the events that befell humanity in 2020 (the coronavirus pandemic).
Presentation of the debut single Fraank
At the end of November 2019, the singer's debut single premiered under a new creative pseudonym. We are talking about the track Blah Blah. The work was widely accepted by connoisseurs of style. The single was widely covered by various hip-hop publications. Fraank was like a breath of fresh air in Russian hip-hop. Then he releases several prehistory videos - Showreel and Style Sad. The videos are saturated with the everyday life of the artist and some audacity.
On the wave of popularity, the premiere of the single "Stylishly sad" took place. The release of the composition is accompanied by a presentation of a bright clip. The song instantly became popular and is still on the list of Fraanck's most popular works.
On February 15, 2019, the hip-hop artist delighted fans of his work with the presentation of the Superhero single. "Fans" were blown away by the fact that the track was fundamentally different from those works that Fraank had previously released.
In March 2019, he released the mega dance single "The End". In a short period of time, the track is gaining popularity, which significantly increased Fraank's authority. The artist does not stop at the achieved result, and releases the composition "April", which increases the number of his fans and secures his status as a multi-genre artist.
The summer season turned out to be incredibly rich in super hits. Fraank expanded his repertoire with tracks: "Lips", "Minimarket" (feat. GOODY), "Body" (feat. Kravts), mixtape "E-BUCH" (feat. Xanderkore).
At the same time, he went on his first tour, launched limited-edition merch (a collection of masks "Fraank Freedom Mask"), presented his own font "Fraank Freedom", and also signed a contract with Universal Music.
After some time, the premiere of clips for musical works "Moscow", "In this you and I", "Lips" took place. Then he took part in the Hip-Hop Ru battle and presented the album "Space Mode".
The Space Mode era
Most likely, the artist decided to “finish off” the interest of fans. He released the prehistory short film "Space Mode". Fraank finally revealed his face, and also told some interesting facts about himself and his work. Also, in October 2019, he gave an interview to Raremag.
At the beginning of 2020, Fraank delighted fans with the news that he plans to record a second studio album. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the artist postponed the recording of the second Royal Mode studio album for an indefinite period.
But in early February, he presented the single Wanna Love (with the participation of Artem Dogma). During the same period of time, Fraank and Kravts released a video for the musical work "Bodi".
At the end of February, he posted the first video of "Royal Mode Chronicle #1", featuring a new, unreleased Lollipop track. He also said that there was very little left before the release of the second studio LP.
Later, he published the track listing for the upcoming album. But then he again announced that the release of the album was postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19.
"Summer Holidays" also did not remain without musical novelties. Fraank delighted his audience with the release of the track "Typhoon" (featuring Dramma). And already in September 2020, he published a prehistory video of Amaretto. In early October, the premiere of the composition Amaretto took place. In the same period of time, he presented the song "Stop Crane" (with the participation of Fargo).
Details of the artist's personal life
In 2019, information appeared that Fraank was in a relationship with Nikky Rocket. The artist did not comment on speculations and rumors about his personal life for a long time.
But in 2020, he revealed some details about his romance with Nikky Rocket in the "Amaretto" prehistory video. In 2021, there were no significant changes on the love front. Apparently, Fraank is also in a relationship with a blogger and singer. They often comment on each other's posts, and appear together at various events.
Interesting facts about the singer Fraank
- The artist has no musical education. He "makes" music "by ear";
- He leads a healthy lifestyle and practically does not drink alcohol;
- Fraank writes beats and tracks for other artists.
Fraank: our days
In the fall of 2020, he first mentioned the "reset" in his work. The changes began with the fact that Fraank - grew his hair. In the same year, he got into the TOP-100 musicians around the world (according to the Promo DJ website).
Some time later, Fraank shared with fans the information that he was invited to the show "Let's Get Married", but he, for obvious reasons, refused. In November 2020, his track "Typhoon" (together with Dramma) became popular in America and China. The song hit the top Shazam charts.
In mid-December, the premiere of the song "Baby Lamborghini" (with the participation of Nigyrd) took place. A week later, he became a member of "Pro Battle". In addition, he pleased the “fans” with the release of the track “You don’t understand, this is different” for the first round in an unusual “drill” style.
Against the backdrop of the events that took place on the territory of the Russian Federation in 2021, Fraank releases the composition "Akvadiskoteka". The track is incredibly warmly received by fans.
At the end of January of the same year, the premiere of the composition “You don’t understand, this is different” took place. Note that he prepared the song as a competitive entry for the second round of "Pro Battle".
Black Star and Sony Music as an artist
After some time, information appeared on the network that Frank was collaborating with Black Star and Sony Music labels. On February 19, his repertoire was replenished with the single "Bipolar". The composition went with a bang to the artist's audience, but the song received particular popularity on TikTok. On February 26, the premiere of the slow version of the song "Stylishly sad" took place.
In early March, he released the contest work "We'll Discuss at the Table" for the third round of the "Pro Battle" battle for 5 minutes. The artist built a whole storyline, creating references to colleagues in the workshop in the first part of the composition (Scriptonite, Miyagi, the Chemodan Clan, 104, TruwerAndy Panda Caspian Cargo, Aljey), devoted the second part to his opponents and in the third part made the classic Fraank style.
On April 16, 2021, he pleased the “fans” with the release of the track “Destroy”, which became a competitive entry for the 4th round of “Pro Battle”. He moved on to the next round with little effort. For unclear reasons, the fifth round track "Pro Battle" was uploaded by the singer to the battle's website, but was not shared on his social media. The fifth round was the last for Fraank.
Unexpected LP "Royal Mode"
On June 30, 2021, a post appeared on the artist's social networks about the imminent release of the second studio LP Royal Mode. In mid-July, pre-orders for the new album opened. At the same time, the premiere of the track Plastic took place.
On July 23, the premiere of the second composition from the upcoming album took place. The song "Girlfriend" received quite a lot of positive feedback. On July 30, fans finally enjoyed all the songs of the Royal Mode LP. Famous photographer 19TONES worked on the cover of the collection.
At the moment, it is known that the artist is actively working on new material and is not going to slow down.
There are rumors on the net that the artist plans to please his listeners in the fall with his third album. Also, according to information from various sources, there are suggestions that the third disc will be called "Depression Mode"
