Frank Ocean creates Snapchat account @arealglitterboy
Tumblr: @frankocean.
Frank Ocean, aka “A Real Glitter Boy,” posted his Snapchat username on Tumblr, writing:
SNAPCHAT: AREALGLITTERBOY
will shine and shine and shine
Snapchat is a social media and instant messaging app where people can share photos that are usually visible for only a brief period of time before disappearing. Follow Frank Ocean on Snapchat: @arealglitterboy.
Update 2015-06-19:
Over a month after making his account, Frank Ocean shared a selfie on his Snapchat story as his first public post.
Update 2016-08-20:
Interestingly, over a year after creating his Snapchat account with the username “A Real Glitterboy,” Frank Ocean published Boys Don’t Cry magazine, which features a photographic series of his titled “Glitterboy Down (Best Day Ever).”
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