In his magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, Frank Ocean published a photo series featuring sports cars crafted from hoodies, sweatshirts, and T-shirts by London-based visual artist Gary Card.
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In Frank Ocean’s new magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, video director Tyrone Lebon published a photo series titled “I Shot a Video for Fun,” which showcases his production of the music video for “Nikes.”
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In Boys Don’t Cry magazine, French film director Romain Gavras published a comic strip featuring graphics by London-based artist Pablo Jones-Soler. It contains a series of text messages from a drug mule, who explains the process of trafficking product from Morocco into France and the rest of Europe.
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In Boys Don’t Cry magazine, Frank Ocean included a photoshoot with friends camping outside Munich, Germany. Notably, the series features an image of his friend smoking in a car that appears on one of the three digital album covers for Blonde. The piece also samples a text by American neo-conceptual artist Jenny Holzer titled Truisms.
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In Boys Don’t Cry, artist Tom Sachs outlines the acceptable (and forbidden) paints used in his NYC studio. The article is a print adaptation of his 2011 film Color.
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Frank 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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In an interview with Pitchfork, Wolfgang Tillmans walks us through his photoshoot with Frank Ocean for Fantastic Man magazine. This shoot would lead to a newfound friendship, and Tillman’s song would be used as the bookends to Frank’s new visual album, Endless.
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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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In a Tumblr post, Frank Ocean shared his Snapchat username, which spells the phrase “A Real Glitter Boy.”
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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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On 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!”
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Ocean returns with a new single posted on Tumblr. The two-minute, low-fi track features him serenading his lover, whose body and expressions he has “memorized.”
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Time magazine invited Ocean to its event at Lincoln Center in NYC for a second time, after including him on its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2013. He paired a black suit and tie with Vans Sk8-Hi sneakers and brought his mom, Katonya Breaux, as his plus-one.
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In a new tour video from Mikey Alfred’s Illegal Civilization, Frank makes a cameo wearing a new, green Illegal Civ T-shirt sold by Odd Future.
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Ocean was spotted hanging out with Madonna, Katy Perry, Beyoncé, and other celebrities during the Costume Institute Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. He wore a Givenchy tuxedo and studded snakeskin shoes to the haute couture festival. The theme of this year’s event was “Punk: Chaos to Couture.”
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Frank Ocean is the issue 3 cover star of the motor-based French magazine Garagisme.
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Time magazine invited Ocean to its event at Lincoln Center in NYC after including him on its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Ocean wore Lanvin head-to-toe and brought his mom, Katonya Breaux, as his plus-one.
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Band of Outsiders’ founder Scott Sternberg himself shot a new series of polaroids to promote the brand’s new Spring line. Frank Ocean is the latest in a long line of celebrities to model for the brand.
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The video is being directed by Hiro Murai.
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The most powerful couple in the music industry is showing love to Frank Ocean following his decision to go public about his sexuality with an open letter. Beyoncé expressed her support through a poem, while Jay-Z published an article titled “Thank You Frank Ocean,” written by filmmaker Dream Hampton.
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