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Frank Ocean Teases Boys Don’t Cry July Release Date

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Frank Ocean’s long-gestating second studio album, Boys Don’t Cry, has been making the boys and girls cry in heightened anticipation for years. But take a deep breath, everyone, because we may have finally made it to the finish line  it appears that the follow-up to Channel Orange will be dropping this month. (Somebody alert Adele.) On Saturday morning, Ocean’s official website was updated for the first time since last July, and the update solely included an image of an old-fashioned library card with the latest chronological stamp being July 2016. The precise date, cheekily, was smudged out. Ocean or his reps have yet to comment on the album’s release, although The Fader notes that his brother shared the image on Instagram with the caption “BOYS DON’T CRY #JULY2016.” Let the countdown clock begin to tick …

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