The Release Date for Frank Ocean's New Album 'Boys Don't Cry' is Here

For real, this time.

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After many, many months of anticipation and frustration, the release date for Frank Ocean‘s long-awaited new studio album has arrived. As The New York Times reports, Boys Don’t Cry will debut this Friday, August 5, exclusively via Apple Music. The NYT cities an anonymous source for their news, revealing that Frank Ocean’s forthcoming LP will also come to us coupled with a new visual and a print-publication named after the album. NYT’s source also disclosed to the outlet that the LP will be an Apple exclusive for two weeks before seeing wide release through all outlets.

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