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

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Frank Ocean has shared a teaser on his website for his forthcoming studio album and magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, originally slated for release in July 2015.

In his first post since announcing the project in April 2015, a new image on boysdontcry.co shows a library “due date” card with a series of stamped dates from over the past 12 months. The title of the overdue material is printed at the bottom of the book insert: “Boys Don’t Cry.” Two dates are crossed out on the card: July 2, 2015—exactly one year ago, and the month initially intended for the project’s release—and April 6, 2016, one year after Ocean’s original announcement. The final stamp reads “July 2016,” with the exact day smudged in red ink. It appears the highly anticipated release is imminent.

DATE DUE: JUL 02 2015; AUG 07 2015; SEP 11 2015; OCT 09 2015; OCT 23 2015; NOV 13 2016 [sic]; NOV 27 2015; DEC 11 2015; JAN 08 2016; FEB 12 2016; FEB 19 2016; MAR 25 2016; APR 06 2016; APR 22 2016; MAY 06 2016; JUN 03 2016; JUL [?] 2016; BOYS DON’T CRY

Update 2016-08-20:

More than a year after its initial planned debut, “Boys Don’t Cry” finally arrived as two music projects—the visual album Endless and the studio album Blonde—released 24 hours apart, along with a 368-page magazine titled Boys Don’t Cry, which contains a CD of the latter album.

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

Frank Ocean announces new album, magazine ‘Boys Don’t Cry’
Frank Ocean announces new album, magazine ‘Boys Don’t Cry’

In a website and Tumblr post, Ocean reveals that “album 3” is set for release in July 2015, alongside “issue 1” of his companion magazine. The teaser offers a first look at the magazine’s cover, which will be available in “two versions.”

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