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Promo video from ‘Blonde/Boys Don’t Cry’ Chicago pop-up shop appears online

A newly surfaced promotional video captures scenes from Frank Ocean’s 2016 pop-up shop in Chicago, Illinois, one of four locations where fans picked up free copies of Boys Don’t Cry magazine and its companion album, Blonde. The company Square56 produced the one-minute feature, which is the third hype video to emerge since Ocean released the two projects.

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Unreleased promo videos for ‘Blonde/Boys Don’t Cry’ surface online

Two promotional reels for Frank Ocean’s August 2016 album and magazine, Blonde and Boys Don’t Cry, have appeared on Vimeo. The first video shows model Ysham Jackson getting his blonde hair cut. The second features an unusual interview with Frank Ocean.

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Frank Ocean appears in Calvin Klein’s #MyCalvins ad campaign

In a surreal video filmed by British filmmaker Tyrone Lebon, Frank Ocean joins a host of other celebrities in modeling for Calvin Klein’s fall 2016 #MyCalvins global campaign. The one-minute underwear advert sees Ocean discussing his passion for music as a new instrumental plays in the background. He also quotes prospective lyrics from his overdue album, Boys Don’t Cry.

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Frank Ocean teases overdue album, zine ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ with cryptic library card

A mysterious image has appeared on Ocean’s website, showing a library book insert with a series of crossed-out “due dates.” The post is his first update since April 2015, when he announced the originally planned July 2015 release date for “album 3” and “issue 1” of his companion magazine.

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Frank Ocean teams up with Diplo and The Clash’s Mick Jones, Paul Simonon for Converse single “Hero”

The latest installment of Converse’s Three Artists, One Song campaign brings together Frank Ocean, rock legends Mick Jones & Paul Simonon, and electronic music producer Diplo for a new song.

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Frank Ocean reveals debut studio album’s release date, name ‘Channel Orange’

Frank Ocean announced the title of his first studio album—Channel Orange—and its upcoming release date—July 17, 2012—through a video posted on Tumblr. It shows a tan minivan parked on the side of the street and features a snippet of Ocean’s second promotional single, “Pyramids.”

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