--- title: Frank Ocean Teases New Album Coming This Summer description: The wait for Frank Ocean's next album will end this summer. In a photo posted on his website and Tumblr, a Ocean is seated next... canonical: https://time.com/3773517/frank-ocean-album-release-kendrick-lamar-grammy-pyramids/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-07T07:41:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:44:54.945Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Frank Ocean Teases New Album Coming This Summer og:description: The wait for Frank Ocean’s third album will end this summer, apparently og:url: https://time.com/3773517/frank-ocean-album-release-kendrick-lamar-grammy-pyramids/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d147d71c4aa06c8/698786f7cd1bba1df96f60d3/168070931.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Music Festival - Day 6 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Frank Ocean Teases New Album Coming This Summer twitter:description: The wait for Frank Ocean’s third album will end this summer, apparently twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d147d71c4aa06c8/698786f7cd1bba1df96f60d3/168070931.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Frank Ocean Teases New Album Coming This Summer by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Apr 7, 2015 7:41 AM UTC  Frank Ocean performs during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Music Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans on May 4, 2013 Frank Ocean performs during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Music Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans on May 4, 2013Tyler Kaufman—FilmMagic by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Apr 7, 2015 7:41 AM UTC The wait for Frank Ocean’s next album will end this summer. In a photo [posted on his website](https://frankocean.com/2015-04-06-17-01-15/) and Tumblr, a Ocean is seated next to two magazines along with the message: “‘I got two versions. I got twoooo versions.’ #ISSUE1 #ALBUM3 #JULY2015 #BOYSDONTCRY.” Ocean’s reps confirmed to EW that he will in fact be releasing a publication called _Boys Don’t Cry_ along with his third release (the first was his 2011 mixtape bow, _Nostalgia, ULTRA_) this July. That would make it three years to the month since Ocean’s official major-label debut, _channel ORANGE_, landed in July 2012 — If you didn’t listen to [“Pyramids”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTCCDTCRx74) 10 times a day, then you didn’t subscribe to “carpe diem” that summer — and netted him a Grammy for Best Urban Contemporary Album, as well as a place on countless year-end top 10 lists, including EW’s own No. 1 spot. _This_ [_article_](https://editor.ew.com/article/2015/04/06/frank-ocean-new-album-boys-dont-cry) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3773517/frank-ocean-album-release-kendrick-lamar-grammy-pyramids/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3773517/frank-ocean-album-release-kendrick-lamar-grammy-pyramids/"},"headline":"Frank Ocean Teases New Album Coming This Summer","datePublished":"2015-04-07T07:41:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:44:54.945Z","description":"The wait for Frank Ocean's next album will end this summer. 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