Ocean debuts his highly anticipated studio album, along with a 370-page, large-format art book, which he is giving away for free at pop-up shops in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and London.
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The 46-minute visual album is available exclusively on Apple Music. It features Ocean constructing a spiral staircase in an empty warehouse, all set to new music—with potentially more to come.
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Internet sleuths have discovered a media release within the source code of Calvin Klein’s website, following Frank Ocean’s appearance in the brand’s #MyCalvins ad campaign. The unpublished text reveals that Ocean is working on a book, in addition to his forthcoming album and magazine, Boys Don’t Cry.
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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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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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UK singer James Blake’s new track “Always” interpolates an unreleased Frank Ocean song titled “Godspeed.” Blake released the piece on his third studio album, The Colour in Anything.
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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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At the 2013 Time 100 Gala, an MTV News reporter asked Frank Ocean about his creative process and his next music project. Ocean revealed that he’s listening to the 1960s boy bands The Beatles and The Beach Boys while working on the follow-up to his 2012 record, Channel Orange. He also alluded to a couple other artistic projects currently in development.
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“No better than the next man, just doing a different thing with my time… I’m working on a lot of music; I’m gonna get back to that now.” Frank Ocean opens up about life in a new Tumblr update, in which he discusses hanging out with Jay-Z and Pharrell, traveling the world, moving to NYC or Tokyo, writing a novel, starting a car club, and other random musings.
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