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In his new magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, Frank Ocean published a photo series featuring a remote-control toy and “life-size” model BMW E30 M3 Sport Evolution. The photoshoot juxtaposes children playing with a small RC car and an adult driving a full-size version out of a large toy box.
Read MoreIn Boys Don’t Cry, British novelist Ben Brooks published a silly piece titled “Kimchi,” or “Partial List of Misappropriated Hood Ornaments,” which follows an 11-year-old painting prodigy named Elliot Vostock. The article includes two portraits by British photographer Michael Mayren and an illustration by American visual artist Eric Yahnker.
Read MoreAmerican photographer Jim Mangan captures Frank Ocean and his longtime friend Ray Buck driving amphibious all-terrain vehicles in a magazine article titled “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Water Moccasin.” Mangan captured the photo series along Red Creek near Perkinston, Mississippi, in 2015.
Read MoreIn his new magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, Frank Ocean joins journalist Zing Tseng in interviewing composer Christophe Chassol and producer Om’Mas Keith in Paris, France. The foursome discusses music, identity, philosophy, and more. The piece also features two paintings by visual artist Daniel David Freeman and photos by video director Nabil Elderkin.
Read MoreIn Boys Don’t Cry, Frank Ocean shared a verse and photographic series titled “Jumbo” that features his friend Ysham Jackson modeling outfits styled by fashion director Rita Zebdi. Notably, the piece includes an image that appears on one of three magazine covers.
Read MoreIn his zine, Frank Ocean models for German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans in a series titled “I’m a Morning Person,” captured in Berlin in January 2015. The piece includes four portraits, one of which appears on the cover of Boys Don’t Cry and its companion album, Blonde.
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 MoreIn his zine, Frank Ocean explores the car scene in and outside of Tokyo in a photo series by Dutch artist Viviane Sassen titled “Foxface.” Notably, the editorial includes a portrait of Ocean wearing a racing helmet, which he used on one of three front covers for Boys Don’t Cry and two of four album covers for his companion project, Blonde.
Read MoreAn art piece in Boys Don’t Cry magazine offers a glimpse into the Internet-surfing habits of six notable figures, including Frank Ocean, rapper A$AP Rocky, singer James Blake, stylist Justin R. Saunders, and music producers Michael Uzowuru and Evian Christ. The article is titled “Bon Jovi Naked”—a tongue-in-cheek reference to a Google search for Jon Bon Jovi’s 1997 track “Naked.”
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreFrank Ocean shared a catalog of 100 films and 50 tracks in his zine, including some interesting selections across various genres.
Read MoreIn 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.”
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreTyler uses transportation as a metaphor for success and ambition in his new text for Boys Don’t Cry magazine. The two-page spread also features pictures of him and his cream-colored BMW M3 E30.
Read MoreBoys Don’t Cry magazine includes a poem by Kanye titled “The McDonald’s Man,” which details french fries, cheeseburgers, and other items on the menu conspiring against each other. The piece features photos by Nabil Elderkin that capture West driving his Lamborghini up to a franchise location in Calabasas and speaking his verses onto the drive-thru’s order screen.
Read MoreIn his new magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, Frank Ocean published an interview featuring rapper Lil B (aka BasedGod) and Illegal Civ founder Mikey Alfred. The trio discusses music, money, internet culture, and more, over eight pages titled “Holy Combat.” The article includes a painting of Lil B with a snake around his neck by London-based artist Daniel David Freeman.
Read MoreBoys Don’t Cry features a series of interviews by Illegal Civ founder Mikey Alfred with five of Ocean’s other friends in LA around 2012 or 2013, titled “Hopes and Dreams.” Recordings from these sessions were sampled in Ocean’s song “Futura Free,” which closes out his companion album, Blonde. The interviewees include his brother, Ryan Breaux; Illegal Civ skaters Sage Elsesser and Na’kel Smith; and friends Brahim Hariri and Evan Clark.
Read MoreIn his new magazine, Boys Don’t Cry, Frank Ocean published a six-part screenplay titled Godspeed. The story follows Steely, a “charismatic and well-liked, but emotionally guarded” boy, alongside his friends. Ocean describes the play as a ‘reimagined part of his boyhood.’
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreInside Frank Ocean’s Boys Don’t Cry magazine, journalist Danna Takako talks to the voice of the 2016 Blonde track “Be Yourself” and 2012 Channel Orange track “Not Just Money.” Takako asks Watson about her phone calls and her son’s friendship with Ocean—including how it led him to record his music for the first time—in an article titled “This Is Mom.”
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