--- title: This Site Will Text You When Frank Ocean's Album Drops description: For those still optimistic that a Frank Ocean album is on the way, there's now a site that will make life waiting on Frank Ocean much easier. canonical: https://time.com/4449023/frank-ocean-boys-dont-cry-album-alert/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-11T21:59:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:26.380Z og:title: Site Will Text You As Soon As Frank Ocean Drops His Album og:description: In case you're still holding out faith that an album exists og:url: https://time.com/4449023/frank-ocean-boys-dont-cry-album-alert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffb3e7ad6f73d994/6988a213bc6cfc30383de39b/frank-ocean-new-album-notification.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2014 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Day 3 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Site Will Text You As Soon As Frank Ocean Drops His Album twitter:description: In case you're still holding out faith that an album exists twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffb3e7ad6f73d994/6988a213bc6cfc30383de39b/frank-ocean-new-album-notification.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There's Now a Site That Will Text You As Soon As (And If) Frank Ocean Drops His New Album  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 11, 2016 9:59 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 11, 2016 9:59 PM UTC For those still optimistic that a) [a Frank Ocean album exists](http://time.com/4439541/frank-ocean-new-album-boys-dont-cry-info/) and that b) [we will ever see this album](http://time.com/4438899/frank-ocean-new-album-boys-dont-cry-fans/), there’s now a site that will make [life waiting on Frank Ocean](http://time.com/4413818/frank-ocean-next-album-boys-dont-cry/) much easier because technological developments are wonderful. As reported by [_Billboard_](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7469301/theres-a-site-that-will-alert-you-when-frank-oceans-album-drops), an individual by the name of Shahzeb Khan has created a service that will alert you as soon as a new album drops; the service, appropriately titled, [_(650)82Ocean_](http://shahzeb.co/frank-ocean/)_, “_automatically look\[s\] at Spotify, iTunes, and Twitter for the latest in Frank Ocean news. The second it detects that a new album has gone live, it will automatically send everyone a text with the link for the album.” Users can elect to send the news via their cell phone numbers or e-mail addresses and according to the site, information is stored in a secure database. [Frank Ocean watch](http://time.com/4444187/frank-ocean-album-release-date/) might still be [emotionally exhausting](http://time.com/4438899/frank-ocean-new-album-boys-dont-cry-fans/), but at least now, waiting for the album is simplified. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4449023/frank-ocean-boys-dont-cry-album-alert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4449023/frank-ocean-boys-dont-cry-album-alert/"},"headline":"There's Now a Site That Will Text You As Soon As (And If) Frank Ocean Drops His New Album","datePublished":"2016-08-11T21:59:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:26.380Z","description":"In case you're still holding out faith","url":"https://time.com/4449023/frank-ocean-boys-dont-cry-album-alert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Frank Ocean"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffb3e7ad6f73d994/6988a213bc6cfc30383de39b/frank-ocean-new-album-notification.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/bltffb3e7ad6f73d994/6988a213bc6cfc30383de39b/frank-ocean-new-album-notification.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/4449023/frank-ocean-boys-dont-cry-album-alert/","name":"There's Now a Site That Will Text You As Soon As (And If) Frank Ocean Drops His New Album"}}]}] ```