Heres what we know about their long-awaited album.
Boys Dont Cry the album is part of a cross-platform experience.
Since Ocean releasedChannel Orange, the way artists distribute music has fundamentally changed.
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And the other mediums might be what Ocean is most interested in, anyway.
Shortly afterChannel Oranges release, hetoldtheGuardian, I might not make another album.
I might just write a novel next.
Itll likely be another concept album.
But its anyones guess if thatll hold true from a sonic perspective.
Some of those guests could be true superstars.
WhenChannel Orangedropped, Ocean was at a transitional point in his career.
But many still saw him as the resident crooner in the Southern California horror-rap collective Odd Future.
Expect a high-quality album.
But top-notch artists have gone out of their way to praise the samples theyve heard fromBoys Dont Cry.
People are going to be pleasantly surprised, for sure, Malay said.
And that same month, BlaketoldEW that Oceans new material is going to make people very happy.
