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Fans Flock to West Hollywood Pop-Up Shop for Frank Ocean’s New Album, Magazine

Frank Ocean fans Iri Reza and Cornelius Hall, who received copies of Frank Ocean's new album and magazine at a West Hollywood pop-up shop on Aug. 20, 2016. (Credit: Randall Roberts / Los Angeles Times)

When Frank Ocean fan Cornelius Wells heard news of a surprise, promotional pop-up shop opened by the R&B singer on Saturday afternoon, Wells was in the midst of driving to the Inland Empire to drop off a friend.

Wells saw that Ocean,  who hadn’t released a new record since the Grammy-winning album “Channel Orange” in 2012, had posted on his website an address in West Hollywood, along with others in London, Chicago and New York.

Could it mean that the enigmatic artist was at long last releasing a much anticipated new album?

“We made a U-turn immediately,” said Wells, standing outside that address near the intersection of Fairfax and Melrose avenues, which normally houses the Centerfold International Newsstand.

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