The anticipation level for Ocean ’s new album , Boys Do n’t Cry , the follow - up to 2012 ’s Grammy - winningChannel Orange , has been intense ever since the singer formally harbinger the record album ’s title ( along with an accompanying zine - like issue with the same name ) back in April 2015 . Multiple projected release dates have passed since then , leading many fans to postulate : where ’s the record book ? No , seriously , where is it ?
Well , after month of hypothesis , new Frank Ocean medicine is here ! Last night , Ocean releasedEndless , a Modern album that ’s now available to streamvia Apple Music , but with a twist : despite being very cool and exciting , it ’s notactuallythe album he ’s been hyping for more than a year . That ’s right : another euphony enigma to solve . To help you parse it , we ’ve piece together what you involve to bed to crack this interactive record album - release teaser .
Endlessis its own beast – but it should also be a little familiar
On August 1 , alivestream appeared on Ocean ’s internet site , showing the vocalist piece a occult social organization in a wood - shop - like storage warehouse and featuring snipping of unexampled euphony , like a game reboot ofTool TimefromHome Improvement . Ocean , in collaboration with his " bemused " director Francisco Soriano , has now edited and layered the carpentry footage to createEndless , a " visual album " extend 45 minutes ' Charles Frederick Worth of raw music – include those blissful Ocean vocal you ’ve been missing for four age .
Ocean is n’t alone on this record . The 18 - course project features musical contribution from a wide cooking stove of pardner , let in Radiohead ’s Jonny Greenwood , British singer - ballad maker James Blake , R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan , electronic artist Sampha , frequent Kanye West producer Mike Deen , and many of the musicians who give toChannel Orange . If you want to disclose more musical Easter eggs , The Faderhas thecomplete record album creditsfor you to dig through .
Boys Don’t Cryis still coming, but it’s got a new name
So , what occur to the original album teased all those months ago ? It ’s notEndless , accord toRolling Stone . The magazine reports thatBoys Do n’t Cryis now gestate to arrive out this weekend . And oh yeah , it ’s not actually calledBoys Do n’t Cry . An Apple Music representative toldRolling Stonethat the singer has scrap that title in favour of a new title that has yet to be revealed .
That does n’t stand for theThe Album Formerly Known As Boys Do n’t Crywill actually debut this weekend . We ’ve been burned before . originally this month , theNew York Timesreportedthat the undertaking would be unloosen on August 5 . The book failed to happen . It ’s clear that Ocean has been tinkering with this project for a while and need everything to be just right before he let loose it into the world , but the reveal ofEndlesssuggests that he might be ready to let the khat out of the handbag . The wait is ( probably ) coming to an end .
But what did Ocean build in the video?
In addition to releasing a ocular record album and an old - fashioned disc , theEndlessvideo also resulted in a finished construction undertaking . Now we bang what it was : a staircase . Of course , Twitter had jokes about the thing .
We ’ll keep update this post as more entropy ( and possibly more wooden structures ! ) becomes available .
Update Sunday :
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Last night , Frank Ocean release a second album . According to the masking art , it ’s calledBlond , although it ’s presently styled asBlondein theApple Music storehouse , where you may now take heed to the 17 - running project in its entirety . The album dropped on Saturday evening follow the release of a new non - woodwork - related video recording for the track " Nikes , " which you’re able to watch below .
In addition to the picture , the album also arrived with a bit of IRL fanfare . In New York , Los Angeles , Chicago , and London , the record album was sell atBoys Do n’t Crypop - up shops , where fans line up to buy the magazine that was ab initio promised back when the record album was first announce under the titleBoys Do n’t Cry . Each copy of the glossy magazine also include a candela transcript of the new album .
While prescribed song - by - Sung dynasty record album credits have not been released , the cartridge holder included a listing of " album contributors . " It ’s an telling and eclectic bunch , with present-day artists Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar sharing credits with The Beatles and Elliott Smith . Take a looking at below .
If you were n’t able to make it out to one of the pop - up slur last Nox , an sea - penned note from the mag has also appeared on Ocean’sTumblr page . The essay offer some linguistic context for the sack of the album , talk over the grandness of motorcar to the criminal record and some of his sentiment about the recording process .
Also , Ocean posted amore humorous noteon his website that reads , " I HAD THE TIME OF MY aliveness MAKING ALL OF THIS . THANK YOU ALL . ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WHO NEVER rent ME FORGET I HAD TO FINISH . WHICH IS BASICALLY EVERY ONE OF YA’LL . HAHA . bang YOU . ”
well to see he kept his sense of humour intact through this whole thing .
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