Released: August 20, 2016
Songwriter: Evan Clark Branim Iriri Na’kel Smith Sage Elsesser Ryan Breaux Mikey Alfred Frank Ocean
Producer: Frank Ocean
HOPES AND DREAMS
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
What’s your name?
What do you do?
Do you want to do anything else, and if so what is it?
What’s your first memory?
What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever witnessed?
What’s the best thing about being you?
What’s the worst?
If you could switch bodies with someone for 24 hours, who would it be?
What three superpowers do you wish you had?
What is life going to look like in the year 3000?
How far is a light year?
What have you been listening to lately?
Do you have any secret talents?
What would you do on your last day on Earth?
[Page 57: Boys Don’t Cry]
Ryan
I play Soccer, I go to school
I wanna be better a skating
The first word I learned to say, or that I’ve ever said was dog
Whеn I went to London I saw this tight building, I was pretty high, it was tight
6. N/A
Probably my brother, just to see how much work hе has in one day, just to be in the life of him
I want to be invisible, I want to fly and I want to be invincible
Probably gonna be like flying cars and stuff, it’s gonna be a whole electronic world, absolutely no trees, or the world will be done
Forever
I’ve been listening to BasedGod, my brother and I’ve been starting to listen to Mac Miller’s music and a little bit of Eminem and that’s it
Well, not really, I’m an open book
Everything that was on the bucket list, like I don’t know, there would just be a lot of things I’ll do, probably spend a lot of time with my family and tell them I’m going away and probably… I don’t know. There’s a lot of things you could do
[Page 58: Boys Don’t Cry]
Sage Elsesser
I make love and I skateboard
Make art, paint pictures
Eating chicken and rice
Oh, when ah, some nigga got stabbed by some Mexicans with a machete in front of McDonald’s near Thebe’s house. (Did he die?) I think so, they ran inside, but some nigga spit at a car with some Mexicans that were gardeners, and they hopped out with the machetes, and… it’s a wild story, yea
I don’t know, I got bushy eyebrows
Having bushy eyebrows, being Drake
Probably Tyler, his life seems pretty awesome. No, actually no, fuck him, probably Dill, ‘cause he doesn’t have to do anything at all but sit in his house
I wish I could fly, I wish I could be a jumper like go place to place. I also wish I could die whenever I wanted and then come back to life and see who gave a fuck when I die
I don’t know, I’m gonna be dead, so I won’t know what it’ll look like
It’s very far, yea, it’s very fucking far
Jessica Cleaves, Friends of Distinction, Brenda and the Tabulations, that’s it
I make music, I can draw, paint…
Skydrive
[Page 59: Boys Don’t Cry]
Nakel Smith
Skateboard, and other things
Design stuff, just everything, like shoes and skateboards, wheels, Chucks, houses and dressers
Falling off a balcony
Friendship, and how it controls the world
Best thing about being me is that I got a nice set of friends. I got a clear mind, I think, sometimes. The worst thing about being me is I think a lot too much, sometimes I’m very musty
One day? I don’t know, wow
I wish I could fly. I wish I could teleport and I wish I could go invisible
3000? It might look the same, it might look terrible, everything could be demolished, and the whole world could be over, or it could be great and shit can fly and buildings would be very very tall, and everybody won’t know what the ground looks like
Damn, I don’t know
Sabbath, Chief Keef, umm hold up, I’ve been listening to Isaac Hayes, and The BasedGod
I don’t think so, I’m pretty open with everything I do
Spend a couple hours with my family and then I’ll go out and just do everything that I ever thought about trying, ever, like no matter what it is, if I ever had the thought I would actually go out and try it
[Page 60: Boys Don’t Cry]
Branim Iriri
I skate and I work at Active
I want to accomplish a lot of goals in life, hopefully be like a movie director or something— something cool, I don’t know… like a scorer or a composer, or a designer, clothing designer in the skateboarding industry hopefully
I don’t even know, to be honest
Ahh shit, that’s a tough one. The most amazing thing I’ve ever witnessed? That’s tough, what would you say to that? I don’t know, shit, uh, fuck, ok something short and simple: I saw Kanye last month, that was probably the greatest thing that happened this year as far as I can remember
The best that about being me is that I just don’t give a fuck. Can I curse? Yea, I just don’t care about shit, so like I don’t know, that just makes me happy and I don’t let shit bother me and I just try to be positive and just enjoy my fucking life, and the worse thing is, I don’t know, sometimes I feel like people don’t like me, but then I think I’m just trippin’, I don’t know
Probably like some kinda monk in like the forest up in China so I can like balance on my forehead or some crazy shit
I wish I could fly. I wish I was really strong and uh, shit, shit, I don’t know, to be able to shoot fire from my mouth or something
Probably a fucking apocalypse or some shit, I don’t know. Probably be like The Matrix, like robots and technology and all that shit
I don’t know
Toro y Moi, The Internet, and BasedGod, that’s about it
No
I’d take a piss in a fucking cop’s coffee mug
[Page 61: Boys Don’t Cry]
Evan Clark
I work on cars, hang out, umm, help friends work on cars and stuff
Continue to work on cars, drive cars, travel
Ever? In the hospital room getting a toy motorcycle from my mom as a present from my sister as her birthday present to me
Best thing about myself is I like to explore and get into things and try out new stuff. I think the worst thing is that sometimes it doesn’t work out— get into trouble, you know what I mean
Does it have to be a person? It’ll probably be a sloth, just kick it all day long
I wish I could fly. I wish I could swim deep to the bottom of the ocean, and I wish I could sleep, without like being dead, but forever at the same time
It’s gonna be so dirty, it’s gonna be filthy, too dirty
Like a trillion miles or something
The radio
I can stay asleep, so well
Probably jump off something really high, super high, try to land in like a handstand or something
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
What’s your name?
What do you do?
Do you want to do anything else, and if so what is it?
What’s your first memory?
What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever witnessed?
What’s the best thing about being you?
What’s the worst?
If you could switch bodies with someone for 24 hours, who would it be?
What three superpowers do you wish you had?
What is life going to look like in the year 3000?
How far is a light year?
What have you been listening to lately?
Do you have any secret talents?
What would you do on your last day on Earth?
[Page 57: Boys Don’t Cry]
Ryan
I play Soccer, I go to school
I wanna be better a skating
The first word I learned to say, or that I’ve ever said was dog
Whеn I went to London I saw this tight building, I was pretty high, it was tight
6. N/A
Probably my brother, just to see how much work hе has in one day, just to be in the life of him
I want to be invisible, I want to fly and I want to be invincible
Probably gonna be like flying cars and stuff, it’s gonna be a whole electronic world, absolutely no trees, or the world will be done
Forever
I’ve been listening to BasedGod, my brother and I’ve been starting to listen to Mac Miller’s music and a little bit of Eminem and that’s it
Well, not really, I’m an open book
Everything that was on the bucket list, like I don’t know, there would just be a lot of things I’ll do, probably spend a lot of time with my family and tell them I’m going away and probably… I don’t know. There’s a lot of things you could do
[Page 58: Boys Don’t Cry]
Sage Elsesser
I make love and I skateboard
Make art, paint pictures
Eating chicken and rice
Oh, when ah, some nigga got stabbed by some Mexicans with a machete in front of McDonald’s near Thebe’s house. (Did he die?) I think so, they ran inside, but some nigga spit at a car with some Mexicans that were gardeners, and they hopped out with the machetes, and… it’s a wild story, yea
I don’t know, I got bushy eyebrows
Having bushy eyebrows, being Drake
Probably Tyler, his life seems pretty awesome. No, actually no, fuck him, probably Dill, ‘cause he doesn’t have to do anything at all but sit in his house
I wish I could fly, I wish I could be a jumper like go place to place. I also wish I could die whenever I wanted and then come back to life and see who gave a fuck when I die
I don’t know, I’m gonna be dead, so I won’t know what it’ll look like
It’s very far, yea, it’s very fucking far
Jessica Cleaves, Friends of Distinction, Brenda and the Tabulations, that’s it
I make music, I can draw, paint…
Skydrive
[Page 59: Boys Don’t Cry]
Nakel Smith
Skateboard, and other things
Design stuff, just everything, like shoes and skateboards, wheels, Chucks, houses and dressers
Falling off a balcony
Friendship, and how it controls the world
Best thing about being me is that I got a nice set of friends. I got a clear mind, I think, sometimes. The worst thing about being me is I think a lot too much, sometimes I’m very musty
One day? I don’t know, wow
I wish I could fly. I wish I could teleport and I wish I could go invisible
3000? It might look the same, it might look terrible, everything could be demolished, and the whole world could be over, or it could be great and shit can fly and buildings would be very very tall, and everybody won’t know what the ground looks like
Damn, I don’t know
Sabbath, Chief Keef, umm hold up, I’ve been listening to Isaac Hayes, and The BasedGod
I don’t think so, I’m pretty open with everything I do
Spend a couple hours with my family and then I’ll go out and just do everything that I ever thought about trying, ever, like no matter what it is, if I ever had the thought I would actually go out and try it
[Page 60: Boys Don’t Cry]
Branim Iriri
I skate and I work at Active
I want to accomplish a lot of goals in life, hopefully be like a movie director or something— something cool, I don’t know… like a scorer or a composer, or a designer, clothing designer in the skateboarding industry hopefully
I don’t even know, to be honest
Ahh shit, that’s a tough one. The most amazing thing I’ve ever witnessed? That’s tough, what would you say to that? I don’t know, shit, uh, fuck, ok something short and simple: I saw Kanye last month, that was probably the greatest thing that happened this year as far as I can remember
The best that about being me is that I just don’t give a fuck. Can I curse? Yea, I just don’t care about shit, so like I don’t know, that just makes me happy and I don’t let shit bother me and I just try to be positive and just enjoy my fucking life, and the worse thing is, I don’t know, sometimes I feel like people don’t like me, but then I think I’m just trippin’, I don’t know
Probably like some kinda monk in like the forest up in China so I can like balance on my forehead or some crazy shit
I wish I could fly. I wish I was really strong and uh, shit, shit, I don’t know, to be able to shoot fire from my mouth or something
Probably a fucking apocalypse or some shit, I don’t know. Probably be like The Matrix, like robots and technology and all that shit
I don’t know
Toro y Moi, The Internet, and BasedGod, that’s about it
No
I’d take a piss in a fucking cop’s coffee mug
[Page 61: Boys Don’t Cry]
Evan Clark
I work on cars, hang out, umm, help friends work on cars and stuff
Continue to work on cars, drive cars, travel
Ever? In the hospital room getting a toy motorcycle from my mom as a present from my sister as her birthday present to me
Best thing about myself is I like to explore and get into things and try out new stuff. I think the worst thing is that sometimes it doesn’t work out— get into trouble, you know what I mean
Does it have to be a person? It’ll probably be a sloth, just kick it all day long
I wish I could fly. I wish I could swim deep to the bottom of the ocean, and I wish I could sleep, without like being dead, but forever at the same time
It’s gonna be so dirty, it’s gonna be filthy, too dirty
Like a trillion miles or something
The radio
I can stay asleep, so well
Probably jump off something really high, super high, try to land in like a handstand or something
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Blonde (Magazine Version) (2016)