--- title: Rio 2016 Olympics: Laurie Hernandez Asks Where's Frank Ocean description: Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez is asking a question that we all want to know the answer to: Where's the new Frank Ocean album? canonical: https://time.com/4450378/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-12T18:40:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:40.252Z og:title: Gymnast Laurie Hernandez Wants To Know Where Frank Ocean's Album Is og:description: But really though. og:url: https://time.com/4450378/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e01cd9c293d1ec5/6988a234524fc0009adf9232/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gymnast Laurie Hernandez Wants To Know Where Frank Ocean's Album Is twitter:description: But really though. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e01cd9c293d1ec5/6988a234524fc0009adf9232/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Olympic Gymnast Laurie Hernandez Would Also Like To Know Where Frank Ocean's New Album Is > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=d27ecb61-6064-4935-a415-e98801bdc922&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: These Olympic Gymnastics Photos are Mesmerizing [Watch (HLS stream): These Olympic Gymnastics Photos are Mesmerizing](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/H0640w6A.m3u8) (0:29)  _Published 2016-08-11. During the 2016 Rio Olympics photographers covering gymnastics were dispatched to every corner of the arena to offer a unique perspective of the visually compelling sport._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 12, 2016 6:40 PM UTC  US gymnast Lauren Hernandez competes in the Floor event during the women's team final Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 9, 2016\. / AFP / Emmanuel DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) US gymnast Lauren Hernandez competes in the Floor event during the women's team final Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 9, 2016\. / AFP / Emmanuel DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) EMMANUEL DUNAND—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 12, 2016 6:40 PM UTC Even though [Olympic gymnast and national treasure Laurie Hernandez](http://time.com/4444296/rio-2016-olympics-gymnastics-us-women-worlds-best/) has already won [a gold medal in this year’s Olympics](http://time.com/4445766/rio-2016-olympics-womens-gymnastics-usa-wins-team-final/?xid=homepage) (and in our hearts), she still has questions just like the rest us, chief among them: [where is Frank Ocean’s new album?](http://time.com/4440866/frank-ocean-new-album-internet-reactions/) The 16-year-old athlete took to Twitter on Wednesday after celebrating the [Final Five’s team win](http://time.com/4400508/gymnastics-us-olympic-games-rio-team/) to ask the eternal question on all of our minds, “Where did Frank Ocean go?” Good question, Laurie. While you’ve been busy securing a gold medal for the U.S., Frankie has been AWOL with no album in sight, although there have been multiple red herrings, like[ a seemingly credible report that the album would be arriving on August 5th](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/arts/music/frank-ocean-boys-dont-cry-apple-release-date.html) and the most recent fan theory [that the album will be arriving sometime this fall](http://time.com/4444187/frank-ocean-album-release-date/). For the time being, however, [Frank Ocean watch](http://time.com/4413818/frank-ocean-next-album-boys-dont-cry/) continues — stay woke. > [](https://twitter.com/lzhernandez02/status/763531638613639168) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4450378/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4450378/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean/"},"headline":"Olympic Gymnast Laurie Hernandez Would Also Like To Know Where Frank Ocean's New Album Is","datePublished":"2016-08-12T18:40:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:40.252Z","description":"But really though.","url":"https://time.com/4450378/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","entertainment","Summer Olympics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics","Rio 2016 Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e01cd9c293d1ec5/6988a234524fc0009adf9232/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean.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/blt2e01cd9c293d1ec5/6988a234524fc0009adf9232/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO","caption":"GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO","creditText":"EMMANUEL DUNAND—AFP/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/4450378/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean/","name":"Olympic Gymnast Laurie Hernandez Would Also Like To Know Where Frank Ocean's New Album Is"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"These Olympic Gymnastics Photos are Mesmerizing","description":"During the 2016 Rio Olympics photographers covering gymnastics were dispatched to every corner of the arena to offer a unique perspective of the visually compelling sport.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/H0640w6A/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-08-11T22:23:07.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/H0640w6A.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4450378/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean/","duration":"PT29S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4450378/rio-2016-olympics-laurie-hernandez-frank-ocean/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```