R&B artist Frank Ocean’s upcoming second studio album, Boys Don’t Cry, has been mysteriously delayed since, earlier this month, it was announced as an Apple Music exclusive due out on August 5. However, Ocean collaborator and producer Malay has addressed fans’ concerns in a recent Reddit chat.
As Billboard notes, it was during this chat, which took place on Monday evening, that a fan alluded to the frustrations that many Ocean followers have felt about the album’s unexplained delays. Malay responded that, while “we all massively appreciate and love you guys, Frank has told me this himself many times”, he insisted: “To be fair tho, art cannot be rushed.”
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Malay continued: “It’s about making sure the perfect aesthetic for the situation has been reached, to do that, takes constant tweaking, trial and error… That goes for any creative situation.” He added that Ocean’s process was “very focused and persistent… yet very free.”
At the start of August, The New York Times reported that, “according to a person with knowledge of the release plans”, Boys Don’t Cry would debut exclusively on the streaming platform Apple Music and stay solely there for two weeks. This is presumably still set to be the case when the album finally arrives.
