UPDATE 19/06/16: Frank Ocean has released a visual album called Endless.
UPDATE 19/08/16: Frank Ocean is playing new music on the live stream.
ORIGINAL STORY: Frank Ocean‘s long-awaited new album Boys Don’t Cry still hasn’t hit our ears, and the internet is now considering that the singer-songwriter might actually be dropping his new record in November, a date mentioned on the mock “library card” Ocean shared last month.
Boys Don’t Cry was originally thought to be arriving in July, but that didn’t eventuate and the album’s release was later reported to be coming exclusively to Apple Music on Friday, 5th August. That didn’t happen either, and it’s left fans in a pretty desperate state, but there’s still a chance the album could arrive in November, because there’s only one possible date remaining on that “library card”, and it’s Sunday, 13th November.
Here’s the original “library card”, taken from Frank Ocean’s Boys Don’t Cry website:
(Click to expand) / Source: Frank Ocean
While 13th November is the only forthcoming date to feature on Ocean’s “library card”, we wouldn’t be surprised if he dropped Boys Don’t Cry whenever he damn-well feels like it, which could be tomorrow, or even, well, November.
As fans continue to wait for the album to arrive, alleged images from Ocean’s accompanying Boys Don’t Cry zine have supposedly leaked on a Frank Ocean fan page — here are those unconfirmed images:
Magazine Leak pic.twitter.com/xWFI7ztD5q
— Frank Ocean Daily (@TeamFrankDaily) August 6, 2016
Magazine Leak pic.twitter.com/nlJ2WXkfSw
— Frank Ocean Daily (@TeamFrankDaily) August 6, 2016
Magazine Leak pic.twitter.com/9l4kfe2eKl
— Frank Ocean Daily (@TeamFrankDaily) August 6, 2016
— Frank Ocean Daily (@TeamFrankDaily) August 6, 2016
Boys Don’t Cry‘s tracklist reportedly leaked earlier this week as well, and it references supposed collaborations with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Lorde and Outkast’s Andre 3000.
Before the leak, Ocean reappeared on his Boys Don’t Cry live stream on Apple Music, where he continued to build and paint what appears to be a set of wooden stairs. At the time of writing, the live stream shows an empty warehouse, with some of Ocean’s wooden creations stacked in the middle of the room.
While we wait for Boys Don’t Cry to arrive, relive all the pain of the album’s unfulfilled promises below, and stay strong.
Gallery: Frank Ocean’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ – A Timeline Of Unfulfilled Promises
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.
