In an online article for Vice’s pop culture magazine, the musician and photographer discuss Hampton’s new book, Last Call: Vol. 1—a collection of portraits captured at parties around New York City between 2016 and 2018.
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Swiss art curator Hans Ulrich Obrist published a book featuring 100 Post-it notes from 100 artists—one of them is Frank Ocean, who contributed his note in 2014. Ocean’s Post-it reads: “I feel like crying but… I can’t—I think I broke it.” He might have been foreshadowing his 2016 magazine Boys Don’t Cry, which was a work in progress when he wrote down the remark.
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The back sides of the “ThinkPad” and “Chairman” posters sold by Blonded in December 2022 form a missive by the “Recording Artist” that details his past events and alludes to his future music projects.
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The lyrics foldout accompanying the December 2022 LP reissue features a cryptic note, titled “Cost of Master Recordings.” It tells a fictional story based on Ocean’s real-life struggle to retain ownership of his 2016 studio album from Def Jam.
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“Not funded by Gilead Sciences; funded by Blonded, independently.” Frank Ocean clarifies his intentions and inspirations for his club night series PrEP+ following its debut. The open letter dispels some rumors surrounding the event, which takes its name from the HIV-prevention medicine Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, better known as PrEP.
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A24 is releasing a new screenplay book on the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight with a foreword by Frank Ocean.
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During an interview, Durbin acknowledged how he came into contact with Frank Ocean, a meeting that would lead to his contribution of “You’ve Been Flirting Again” in issue 1 of Boys Don’t Cry.
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“FRANK OCEAN: The Artist is Absent” is now available to read online for those who didn't grab a copy of the zine.
Read MoreTimothée Chalamet talks to one of his inspirations, Frank Ocean, about film, music, and the art that influences them.
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Frank is the cover star of i-D’s Winter 2017 Sounding Off issue, #350.
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During a broadcast, she read an excerpt from Frank Ocean’s Boys Don't Cry poem “Boyfriend.”
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In Boys Don’t Cry, Italian motorsport enthusiast and blogger Federico Aliprandi wrote a two-page editorial titled “Active Analysis on the Superiority of Lesser Objects,” in which he shares his views on 20 compact cars from various years, makes, and models.
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Mikey Alfred, founder of the LA skate brand Illegal Civ, offers advice to readers of Boys Don’t Cry magazine based on their zodiac sign.
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In Boys Don’t Cry, American writer Andrew Durbin presents a short story titled “You’ve Been Flirting Again,” paired with illustrations by Swedish visual designer Kilian Eng. It follows a man seeking romance in a world where technology has made travel and dating effortless. As a result, courtship has become superficial and simulated, like finding love on a reality TV show.
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Frank Ocean writes seven free-verse stanzas titled “Boyfriend” in his new zine.
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Frank Ocean’s zine features a photo series by London-based photographer Harley Weir that captures the people of Dakar, Senegal, located in West Africa. The models reenact quotes from various artists, poems, and performance art projects. Weir shot the images in 2015 under Ocean’s creative direction.
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In Boys Don’t Cry, Italian car enthusiast and blogger Federico Aliprandi chats with amateur racecar driver and Ocean’s longtime friend Evan “Ed aka the Sloth” Clark, photographed by cinematographer Francisco Soriano. The two discuss a variety of topics, including car collections, manufacturers, drivers, engines, supercars, American muscle, and more.
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Boys Don’t Cry includes a poem by English writer Kate Tempest that highlights the deaths and persecution of ‘brown-eyed men’ by police and others.
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In Boys Don’t Cry, British novelist Ben Brooks published a silly piece titled “Kimchi,” or “Partial List of Misappropriated Hood Ornaments,” which follows an 11-year-old painting prodigy named Elliot Vostock. The article includes two portraits by British photographer Michael Mayren and an illustration by American visual artist Eric Yahnker.
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In his new magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, Frank Ocean joins journalist Zing Tseng in interviewing composer Christophe Chassol and producer Om’Mas Keith in Paris, France. The foursome discusses music, identity, philosophy, and more. The piece also features two paintings by visual artist Daniel David Freeman and photos by video director Nabil Elderkin.
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