--- ---  # Is This Frank Ocean's Album's New Release Date?  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 9, 2016 2:59 PM UTC  Frank Ocean performs during the 2014 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 14, 2014 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) Frank Ocean performs during the 2014 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 14, 2014 in Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)Jason Merritt—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 9, 2016 2:59 PM UTC After extensive research and [some seemingly credible sources](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/arts/music/frank-ocean-boys-dont-cry-apple-release-date.html) pointed to [Frank Ocean](http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/frank-ocean/)‘s long-awaited sophomore album _Boys Don’t Cry_ [getting a digital release on August 5](http://time.com/4440866/frank-ocean-new-album-internet-reactions/)—and then never materialized—there was widespread [disappointment (and in many cases, outrage)](http://time.com/4439541/frank-ocean-new-album-boys-dont-cry-info/). However, dedicated ( and thirsty) fans [re-examined the few clues that Frank has scattered like breadcrumbs](http://time.com/4413818/frank-ocean-next-album-boys-dont-cry/)—and intriguingly enough, found a loophole that both exonerates Frank and gives a potential new release date. Fans re-visited the image of a library return date card, the bottom date of which read, “July 2016″—leading most to assume that the album would be released in July of 2016, nearly a year after fan rumors flew that he would release an album titled, _Boys Don’t Cry_. > [](https://twitter.com/TeamFrankDaily/status/749129084765110272) Closer examination however, shows, that there’s yet another date on the card that has not yet passed. On the upper-thirds of the card, another date reads, “Nov 13 2016” which fans have concluded could be the [potential new release date for Ocean’s album, if it even actually exists](http://time.com/4432730/frank-ocean-new-album-boys-dont-cry/). Another day, [another Frank Ocean conspiracy theory](http://time.com/4438899/frank-ocean-new-album-boys-dont-cry-fans/). Frank Ocean's New Album Release Date ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4444187/frank-ocean-album-release-date/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4444187/frank-ocean-album-release-date/"},"headline":"Is This Frank Ocean's Album's New Release Date?","datePublished":"2016-08-09T14:59:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:14.485Z","description":"Another day, another Frank Ocean conspiracy theory","url":"https://time.com/4444187/frank-ocean-album-release-date/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Frank Ocean"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84a6297b15756743/6988a19dfb4eacb93a88eac2/frank-ocean-new-album-release-date.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84a6297b15756743/6988a19dfb4eacb93a88eac2/frank-ocean-new-album-release-date.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Day 3","caption":"2014 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Day 3","creditText":"Jason Merritt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4444187/frank-ocean-album-release-date/","name":"Is This Frank Ocean's Album's New Release Date?"}}]}] ```