Not sure if “leak” is the fairest word, but a Frank Ocean snippet (listen below) was uploaded to a Soundcloud account last night, one that is said to be from an album listening party held in NYC last night. It must be more than some rando piece of music because it’s been removed from various social media platforms and YouTube won’t let it be uploaded because of copyright violations. UPDATE: Aaaand the version we posted has been removed though you can still check it here. <—no you can’t!
Last we heard from Mr. Ocean (besides his guest on Ye’s The Life of Pablo in February), it was on his Tumblr way back in April when he posted an image of him holding a magazine called “Boys Don’t Cry,” a move accompanied by talk (his rep and even his mom confirmed!) he would release the publication and an album in July. Nothing ever materialized and Ocean’s fans
It’s been four years with Ocean’s fans basically going through the eight stages of grief as they try to rationalize his silence. Hopefully an actually piece of music is imminent because nobody has much space left in their heart to be played with anymore.