Singer-songwriter depicts creative process in surprise visual album featuring stark images, new music Rolling Stone has confirmed that Endless is a different project from his proper new album. That album, set for release by Apple this weekend, was previously called Boys Don't Cry, but Rolling Stone has learned that the singer has scrapped that title in favor of an alternate title. Endless features an array of diverse musicians, including Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, James Blake, Jazmine Sullivan, British R&B vocalist Sampha and producer Arca. The album also includes violins, double basses, violas and cellos from London Contemporary Orchestra, which was conducted by Robert Ames. Fans have anxiously followed the enigmatic musician's online presence after the New York Times reported earlier this month that his sophomore album, then titled Boys Don't Cry,. Instead, fans were treated to the launch of what appeared to be a black-and-white livestream, where Ocean built boxes and previewed instrumental tracks. Life Is Beautiful Songs From Doregama there. On Thursday, he returned to the stream on his site, where he previewed new, contemplative full songs, complete with vocals, as he built a staircase within the same warehouse backdrop featured in the initial livestream.

Apple has also released a series of Ocean-related playlists ahead of his upcoming LP, including, and. Endless Track List.

THE BUILDUP July 10, 2012: Frank Ocean releases his debut studio album, Channel Orange. 12, 2012:, Frank Ocean states: '[Storytelling's] the more interesting part about making music for me, or making albums and songs and stuff. So much so that I might not make another album.

Frank Ocean surprises his fans and drops his album Channel Orange one week early online. It was released digitally on itunes at midnight. The phsyical. More Frank Ocean Full Album videos. Endless, it seems, was only the prelude. Elusive singer Frank Ocean has released (another) new album, Blond. The new project, long expected to be called Boys.

I might just write a novel next.' 19, 2013: After the July 2012 release of his debut album Channel Orange, Frank reveals some details of his sophomore LP to Zane Lowe (who was then a BBC Radio 1 host). 'I'm like 10, 11 songs into this next thing. It's another cohesive thing bordering on a concept album again. At the end of Channel Orange there's 'Golden Girl' and I kind of want to extend that feeling into the next record,'. 2013: 's Dave Gahan spills the beans that. “Martin and [The Knife producer and Delta Machine collaborator] Christoffer Berg ended up doing a track with him, which I think is going to be part of his new record,' says Gahan.

Delta Force Task Force Dagger more. 'Martin did some electronics and some modular synthesizer stuff he really wanted.”. April 24, 2013:, the artist lets a few major (and totally awesome) album inspirations slip: '[For Channel Orange] it was a lot of, and this time it's a lot of and and whatnot. So we'll see how it trickles into the music and the final product.

I can't say much other than that.' July 2013: drops his 12th studio album, Magna Carta Holy Grail.

Ocean makes a guest feature on a standout track, 'Oceans.' Later, during a London concert, Then, in the middle of an ongoing feud with,. The opening lines ('You could stay seated / I'm taking that GRAMMY / Your music is sloppy') read like a direct diss to the fellow R&B star. 13, 2013: A week before his Doris release, drops his. At the time, both are members of. 20, 2013: Frank unexpectedly appears on 'Wildfire (Reprise)'—a track off 's sixth album, Paradise Valley. The two previously worked together on Channel Orange's 'Pyramids' and 'White,' where Mayer played the guitar.

March 2014: Music video director/filmmaker Nabil Elderkin (who directed 'Pyramids,' 'Novacane' and 'Swim Good') uploads an. The singer then teams up with and The Clash's Mick Jones and Paul Simonon for 'Hero'— April 2014: Ocean, who apparently loves to drop bombs on Tumblr, on the social media platform that his album is almost done: 'I’M OPENING UP FOR OUTKAST THIS SUMMER AT PEMBERTON SO I MIGHT SKIP ON COACHELLA TO STAY IN THE GROOVE AND FINISH THIS BITCH I FEEL LIKE THEY’RE FINNA WILD OUT THO. BRING THE HELICOPTER OUT.' Producer Hit-Boy an Instagram snippet of a song titled 'No Such Thing as White Jesus,' which features Frank Ocean. The song (which, in 2016, has yet to be released) is reportedly meant for the rapper's Life is Good album. June 2014: Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson he had songs that could possibly make the cut for a new album that included guest features by, Zooey Deschanel and—of course—Frank Ocean. It's the musical circle of life! September 2014: Ocean Three Six Zero management, which is home to and.