In an Instagram comment, Ocean clarified that the “unreleased 2020 project” circulating online in recent years is not a scrapped album of his and some of its tracks are inauthentic. He also explained the origin of the “LAUWIL” tagline, which some fans had mistaken for the title and rollout of his fifth album.
Read MoreThe MMA fighter posted a 35-second excerpt of a new track, unofficially known as “Dairy.”
Read MoreAmerican singer-songwriter Omar Apollo reveals in the liner notes for his second studio album, God Said No, that his track “Life’s Unfair” interpolates the melody or lyrics of a previously unheard-of piece by Frank Ocean.
Read MoreThe 24-second clip offers a glimpse behind the scenes at new music in the works.
Read MoreThe one-minute video features an unreleased track, unofficially known as “Boundaries/Younger Self.”
Read MoreEmails from Frank Ocean’s producers shed light on his 2016 album’s development, detailing changes made to several released and unreleased tracks between January 2014 and February 2015.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreAt some point prior to the release of Blonde in August of 2016, Kia Tasbihgou was commissioned to create artwork for six singles on “Boys Don’t Cry.”
Read MoreTwo 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.
Read MoreIt's possible that this was intended for the version of the track found on the Boys Don't Cry version of the CD which features Japanese rapper KOHH.
Read MoreThe lyrics in Frank Ocean’s zine list an unfinished, 12-track sequence of Blonde, including two songs omitted from the final album. The most notable artifact is the unreleased song “Easy,” which has lyrical similarities to “Self Control” and the Endless track “Hublots.” Also present are unique versions of “Nights” and “White Ferrari,” as well as “Mitsubishi Sony” from Endless.
Read MoreInternet 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.
Read MoreUK 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.
Read More“Frank Ocean wanted to do rap, so we canceled him,” Brian Wilson told Vulture in an interview about his upcoming record, No Pier Pressure.
Read MoreOn Instagram and Tumblr, rapper Lil B the BasedGod shared a photo of himself with Frank Ocean, which he captioned: “Rare photo of Lil B and Frank Ocean in the studio together! New music coming soon! Collect this!”
Read MoreThere has been a new development in the ongoing saga following “No Such Thing As White Jesus,” the “lost” collaboration between Frank Ocean and Nas. We now have a clip proving that the track is real, thanks to Hit-Boy, who shared a 10-second snippet on Instagram.
Read MoreIn a Tumblr post, Ocean shared the lyrics for his own take on Migos’ new single “Versace.” The verse references Ocean’s Grammy win over Chris Brown and his recent appearance at the 2013 Met Gala, where he chopped it up with Donatella Versace.
Read More“It got mixed up with some drives that Kanye’s engineers had, and they finally sent it back, and I got the files now.”
Read MoreA technical mishap has apparently resulted in the loss of the Frank Ocean–Nas collaboration that was set to appear on Nas’ album Life Is Good.
Read MoreHe reveals that Frank Ocean was involved in the sessions.
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