After keeping infuriatingly quiet since the cycle for 2012's Channel Orange, Frank Ocean more than made up for his silence over the weekend, delivering a visual album titled Endless and another new album called Blonde. With the arrival of the latter, Ocean also unveiled his previously rumoured zine project Boys Don't Cry.
The magazine was handed out for free at pop-up shops in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and London beginning Saturday evening (August 20), and some choice scumbags are already selling their copies for well over $1,000 online. Sealed packages containing the zine and a copy of Blonde are listed on eBay with pricetags that range from $385 to nearly $1,300.
UPDATE (8/22, 12 p.m. EDT): Ocean's mom has chimed in to tell everyone to chill and not pay out stupid money for the zine.
Glimpses from the magazine have emerged online, with fans sharing noteworthy content like the list of Blonde collaborators and contributors, which includes names like the Beatles, Beyoncé, David Bowie, André 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Jamie xx, Pharrell Williams and Kanye West.
While it's still unclear if West had a hand in the musical side of things, the rapper definitely left his mark on the Boys Don't Cry zine, penning a poem about McDonald's.
Read a transcript of the poem in its entirety below, but don't blame us if you can never trust a french fry again.
The McDonald's Man:
McDonalds man
McDonalds man
The French fries had a plan
the French fries had a plan
The salad bar and the ketchup made a band
Cus the French fries had a plan
The French fries had a plan
McDonalds man
McDonalds
I know them French fries have a plan
I know them French fries have a plan
The cheeseburger and the shakes formed a band
To overthrow the French fries plan
I always knew them French fries was evil man
Smelling all good and shit
I don't trust no food that smells that good man
I don't trust it
I just can't
McDonalds man
McDonalds man
McDonalds, damn
Them French fries look good tho
I knew the diet Coke was jealous of the fries
I knew the McNuggets was jealous of the fries
Even the McRib was jealous of the fries
I could see it through his artificial meat eyes
And he only be there some of the time
Everybody was jealous of them French fries
Except for that one special guy
That smooth apple pie
Also included in the 360-page zine is an interview with Lil B, a poem by Ocean titled "Boyfriend," horoscopes and fashion photography. The CD that accompanies the publication also features a different tracklisting and artwork than the 17-song Apple Music version. See the alternate artwork and tracklist for Blonde below.
Blonde (Boys Don't Cry version):
1. Pretty Sweet
2. Mitsubishi Sony
3. Ivy
4. Pink + White
5. Solo
6. Easy
7. Skyline To
8. Nights
9. White Ferrari
10. Siegfried
11. Godspeed
12. Futura Free
The magazine was handed out for free at pop-up shops in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and London beginning Saturday evening (August 20), and some choice scumbags are already selling their copies for well over $1,000 online. Sealed packages containing the zine and a copy of Blonde are listed on eBay with pricetags that range from $385 to nearly $1,300.
UPDATE (8/22, 12 p.m. EDT): Ocean's mom has chimed in to tell everyone to chill and not pay out stupid money for the zine.
Don't Pay those ridiculous prices for the mags on eBay. Just hang tight a sec..
— katonya breaux (@katonya) August 22, 2016
Glimpses from the magazine have emerged online, with fans sharing noteworthy content like the list of Blonde collaborators and contributors, which includes names like the Beatles, Beyoncé, David Bowie, André 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Jamie xx, Pharrell Williams and Kanye West.
While it's still unclear if West had a hand in the musical side of things, the rapper definitely left his mark on the Boys Don't Cry zine, penning a poem about McDonald's.
KANYE WROTE A RAP ABOUT MCDONALDS FOR FRANK'S MAGAZINE, IM DEAD pic.twitter.com/qdr2Ub2YNs
— Jack Dudley (@duddersj) August 21, 2016
Read a transcript of the poem in its entirety below, but don't blame us if you can never trust a french fry again.
The McDonald's Man:
McDonalds man
McDonalds man
The French fries had a plan
the French fries had a plan
The salad bar and the ketchup made a band
Cus the French fries had a plan
The French fries had a plan
McDonalds man
McDonalds
I know them French fries have a plan
I know them French fries have a plan
The cheeseburger and the shakes formed a band
To overthrow the French fries plan
I always knew them French fries was evil man
Smelling all good and shit
I don't trust no food that smells that good man
I don't trust it
I just can't
McDonalds man
McDonalds man
McDonalds, damn
Them French fries look good tho
I knew the diet Coke was jealous of the fries
I knew the McNuggets was jealous of the fries
Even the McRib was jealous of the fries
I could see it through his artificial meat eyes
And he only be there some of the time
Everybody was jealous of them French fries
Except for that one special guy
That smooth apple pie
Also included in the 360-page zine is an interview with Lil B, a poem by Ocean titled "Boyfriend," horoscopes and fashion photography. The CD that accompanies the publication also features a different tracklisting and artwork than the 17-song Apple Music version. See the alternate artwork and tracklist for Blonde below.
Blonde (Boys Don't Cry version):
1. Pretty Sweet
2. Mitsubishi Sony
3. Ivy
4. Pink + White
5. Solo
6. Easy
7. Skyline To
8. Nights
9. White Ferrari
10. Siegfried
11. Godspeed
12. Futura Free
