For anyone that’s been following latest on the impending release of Frank Ocean‘s new album Boys Don’t Cry, you’re probably feeling like Frank’s taken your emotions, put them through a washing machine and handed half of them back to you without so much as an apology that it’s mostly not yours and the whites are all pink.
Since the release of his debut studio album Channel Orange in 2012 we’ve been teased, tortured and trolled, with projected date after projected date thrown out into the mediasphere. All the while Mr Ocean seems to be doing just about everything except releasing the damn thing.
Now that apparently we’re expecting the LP to be released this week (seriously!), we decided to compile a timeline of every time Frank broke our hearts, with the hope that this will be the final article ever written in the lead up to the release of Boys Don’t Cry.
Frank Ocean 'Boys Don't Cry' Timeline
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October 2013
Ocean responds to a tumblr post stating that his follow up to 'Channel Orange' may be available as early as mid-2014. -
April 2014
Frank uploads a photo of a studio whilst on tour with Outkast, as well as a post indicating that he’ll likely skip their Coachella gig to finish his next record. -
November 2014
Frank uploades an unfinished version of a new track 'Mesmerise', but gives no indication as to whether it’ll be featured on an upcoming album. -
April 2015
A year after first teasing the release, Ocean finally reveals the title 'Boys Don’t Cry' as part of a tumblr post with the hashtag #JULY2015 and caption ‘I got two versions’. -
March 2016
For the first time we hear that the record is now finished – when a 30-second clip leaks from a listening party in New York. It is taken down shortly afterwards. -
May 2016
James Blake releases his new album and reveals that he’s been working with Frank Ocean on the new album, but is unable to unveil any other information about its release. -
May 2016
Amid growing anticipation for 'Boys Don’t Cry', Chance The Rapper says that no one really knows where Frank is, but that he’s working on a "masterpiece". -
June 2016
Several fake Twitter accounts ‘reveal’ that the album will be released on Friday, 3rd June. Many across the Twittersphere are taken for a ride, but nothing eventuates. -
July 2016
Finally something from Frank himself, when he updates his website with a post titled ‘Late’ including a library slip marked with the album title and a bunch of dates with the caption #JULY2016. -
August 2016
Frank Ocean updates his website with a live feeds of a warehouse, with an Apple Music logo in the corner. The New York Times reports that the album will be released on Friday, 5th August.
