The world — or at least the part of the world that cares about Frank Ocean — is waiting.
The singer’s second studio album, titled Boys Don’t Cry, is expected to drop today (August 5), 1,487 long days after the release of his official debut, Channel Orange.
Keep in mind though, Ocean never said anything himself about the album coming out Friday. It was a New York Times report that quoted an anonymous source with knowledge of the details of the Apple Music release.
The expected date had fans eagerly watching for something at midnight East Coast time, and then again on Central time, and then again on Pacific time, and then in the morning, and then at noon, and, well, you get the idea.
Ocean’s devotees have been through this before though. A post on his site from last year includes the hashtags “#BOYSDONTCRY” and “#JULY2015.”
But hope still remains. There’s still some of August 5 left, and when he teased the “July 2016” date last month, he delivered the live stream on his website at the last possible moment to get in under the deadline.
[UPDATE: It didn’t drop.]
Check below for some of the best reactions we found of people waiting on the project, and if you’re starting to feel antsy, why not listen to the soothing soundtrack of Ocean’s carpentry sessions?
On the real tho?? Black people only support this homo because hes black.
We dont play that gay shit!!
Stop being so impatient!
Y do you keep replying to these people acting like we give a shit about this dudes album lol…? U do know cb and August putting out music.. we don’t need this dude
He’s taking his time to release it, relax 🙂
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TO hfghdf:
Brother, as a straight black man, you are dead wrong. My wife and I were introduced to Frank Ocean by our oldest son, who is gay.
We love our son – a handsome, athletic, book-loving, sport-loving, masculine, 17-year-old young man turning 18 this month and entering Howard U. He will be joining two of his sisters there. Still have the youngest daughter and son at home.
Besides that point, I’ve never had issues with gays. (Most of my friends are straight but had a few gay friends ay my all-black high school (some of the most loyal fellows you’d ever meet) and college and some are still friends I keep in contact with, always seeing during the winter holiday season at Christmas or Thanksgiving. It hurts my heart that our community has people who hate them simple because of who they were born to be – in this case, good people who contribute much to American. I thank my mother and father (old hippies) for teaching me that all people were to be valued for their unique qualities) They are born that way and God made us all in HIs image. Jesus loves us all. Allah loves us all. It’s always made me ill that many of my extended family member and friends in the community hate gay men simply because they’re afraid of them. Not one of my gay friends ever hit on me or my other straight friends – they weren’t interested in us because we were straight. The ones I’ve know are interested in their own kind (i.e. other gay men). They were simply interested in living their own private lives
And Frank Ocean is a musical genius.
But that brotha needs to drop the new album ASAP. Was hoping my son and I would have time to enjoy listening to the tracks together. But I think Frank Ocean is a shy man and somewhat self-centered man who has also overestimated his importance is the world. However, I do admire in his honesty in “coming out” via the letter he wrote about being in love with a man when he was younger and expressing his solidarity with the gays at Pulse Nightclub.
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Well you’re gonna have to wait for it just like billions of his fans :
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You sir need to practice your patience.
Any men waiting on this battyboy’s album are fruitcups. Big Boys Don’t Cry??? FOH! Y’all corny
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no homo
Another non hip-hop story
Wtf?
The fucks wrong with rappers now a days? If you say somethings gonna be done on a schedule make sure it is have some respect for your fans im a business owner and if i signed a contract to install the trim cabinetry and counter tops in your home and didnt do it on the date agreed upon it makes me look unprofesional unorganized dishonest and a unreliable person and the work would probably be going to someone else with me recieving a penalty these rappers need to start being hit in the wallets like on the date there releasing there album all the fans avoid buying it for a week to a month all late just like they released it and it would change there attitudes and respect towards fans quick but there too used to shitting on there fans getting whatever they want and being allowed to behave act and do whatever they want without anyone ever checking them because there a celebrity and they will be rich regardless these people bitching need to realize they have the power to put an end to this shit but your inner sheep of consumerism allows dicks like this to walk all over you so hey enjoy that frank ocean fans its not child support its an album release date now keep to it
You just wrote a novel about a Frank Ocean album?
No im writing an opinion bored hung over on a saturday morning kinda what these comment sections are for to see what people think of whats posted and its more about how rappers today always claim release dates and shit and never meet them its a disrespect to the fans im not even a frank ocean fan im just a hiphop fan whos tired of what dipshits like frank ocean are doing to the game your word is bond stick to it
I mean I was checking for the album too…no lie…lol
I wish i was dead…