February 2013 to summer 2016: Back in February, 2013, Ocean said he was hard at work on a new album. In April 2014, he assured fans it was almost done. No word until 12 months later when he promised two albums would release in the summer. The following July, he posts the first update in a year—a cryptic photo of a library slip on his Tumblr that hints at a new release date.