Now, we’re not totally sure if you’re aware, but a little artist named Frank Ocean dropped his new album ‘Blonde’ over the weekend. Did you know? Uh huh, agreed – never heard of it, totally under the radar, no hype at all.
Anyway, with the release of his highly-anticipated (read: if he’d taken much longer, his fans might have legitimately turned murderous) album, Ocean released a zine called ‘Boys Don’t Cry’.
It’s a huge anthological hard cover, with bloody gorgeous photography and text dedicated to visually assisting the album and the singer/songwriter’s journey of making it.
Now, this all sounds like heaven for those wanting to steep themselves in a pot of steamin’ hot creativity, but there’s also another pretty major drawcard for buying Frank’s zine – Kanye West contributed a poem about McDonald’s to it.
Yeezy fans might remember the iconic paparazzi photos of Kanye going through a Maccas drive-thru in his $750,000 black Lamborghini – turns out those photos were taken during the photoshoot by Nabil to accompany the poem:
Take a look inside Frank Ocean’s long-awaited #BoysDontCry zinehttps://t.co/d6idXxC6ay pic.twitter.com/opJpYWnBi8
— HYPEBEAST (@HYPEBEAST) August 21, 2016
The fast food poem, titled ‘The McDonald’s Man‘ reads as follows:
The McDonald’s ManCalabassas, CaliforniaMcDonalds manMcDonalds manThe French fries had a planThe French fries had a planThe salad bad and the ketchup made a bandCus the French fries had a planThe French fries had a planMcDonalds manMcDonalds manI know them French fries had a planI know them French fries had a planThe cheeseburger and the shakes formed a bandTo overthrow the French fries planI always knew them French fries was evil manSmelling all good and shitI don’t trust no food that smells that good manI don’t trust itI just can’tMcDonalds manMcDonalds manMcDonalds, damnThem French fries look good thoI knew the diet Coke was jealous of the friesI knew the McNuggets was jealous of the friesI could see it through his artificial meat eyesAnd he only be there some of the timeEveryone was jealous of them French friesExpect for that one special guyThat smooth apple pie
KANYE WROTE A RAP ABOUT MCDONALDS FOR FRANK’S MAGAZINE, IM DEAD pic.twitter.com/qdr2Ub2YNs
— Jack Dudley (@duddersj) August 21, 2016
However – since the zine was only available at specific fitted stores in the US and in London – you might have missed your chance. Unless you want to fork out a bittersweet thou’: copies of ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ are going for as much as USD $1000 on eBay.
For a cheaper option, this writer recommends a Quarter Pounder meal, plus 6 McNuggets with Sweet & Sour sauce.
Source: Twitter.
All photos: Nabil / Boys Don’t Cry zine.
