Les poèmes de Tyler, The Creator & Kanye West pour le magazine de Frank Ocean

Il se revend entre 500 et 1 800 euros sur eBay, mais au départ Boys Don't Cry, le magazine de Frank Ocean, est distribué gratuitement dans plusieurs pop up stores de New York, Chicago, Los Angeles et Londres. Décliné en trois couvertures différentes, il propose un seul et même contenu sur 366 pages et inclut une version physique de Blond, l'album de Frank Ocean sorti dimanche. S'y ajoutent deux titres exclusifs : "Mitsubishi Sony" et "Easy", et la présence du rappeur japonais KOHH sur "Nikes".

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Le magazine intègre des créations artistiques réalisées aux quatres coins du monde : par l'artiste plasticien new-yorkais Tom Sachs et l'Allemand Wolfgang Tillman, en passant par la photographe néerlandaise Vivian Sassen (auteure d'un superbe travail sur les identités), Harley Weir, les photographes britanniques Tyrone Lebon et Michael Mayren, le chinois Ren Hang - aux nus désormais célèbres - ou encore Jim Mangan et Nabil Elderkin, photographe, réalisateur et collaborateur de longue date de Kanye West, que nous rencontrions l'an dernier pour évoquer ses coups de coeur culturels. On y trouve également quelques poèmes. Boyfriend d'abord, rédigé par Frank Ocean lui-même, où l'artiste décrit son homme idéal. Et sur un tout autre registre, un poème en prose de Tyler, The Creator à propos des voitures (la passion de son ami Frank)... et une ode-surprise de Kanye West au McDonald's - dont il faut bien citer, ici, les vers les plus illustres : "I knew the diet Coke was jealous of the fries / I knew the McNuggets was jealous of the fries" ("Je savais que le Coca light était jaloux des frites. Je savais que le McNuggets était jaloux des frites").

McDonald's man

Calbassas, California Text by Kanye West "McDonalds man McDonalds man The French fries had a plan the French fries had a plan The salad bar and the ketchup made a band Cus the French fries had a plan The French fries had a plan McDonalds man McDonalds I know them French fries have a plan I know them French fries have a plan The cheeseburger and the shakes formed a band To overthrow the French fries plan I always knew them French fries was evil man Smelling all good and shit I don’t trust no food that smells that good man I don’t trust it I just can’t McDonalds man McDonalds man McDonalds, damn Them French fries look good tho I knew the diet Coke was jealous of the fries I knew the McNuggets was jealous of the fries Even the McRib was jealous of the fries I could see it through his artificial meat eyes And he only be there some of the time Everybody was jealous of them French fries Except for that one special guy That smooth apple pie"

Tricolor

Los Angeles, California Text by Tyler the Creator "The early chapters of my book included bus passes now its tire traction off like fuck crashes, ask him how? insurance higher than the lease bill, run flats when the feet peel fish tail, the boy eats meals, tummy ache from my cheap thrills granny hug the way the seat feel, on the left turn, leave the neck burned from the frost bit links, size of an earth worm, wasted on last check earned i’m, expecting this so it aint odd, two 5’s on the paint job, lactose, wide body, fat ghost grannys watch over me when i act slow, rev till i plateau keys sorted on the hip, jeff gordon is his mind, life’s forza on the strip switch gears like i take breaths, wish i had 8 left 6 got skipped, went to 7th from the 5th more advance than your average, i like coupes, two shit when my friends pull up, stops turn into a pageant but until i get that enzo, its chapter uno but i know what that bus pass turned into, its magic."