Nostalgia, ULTRA.

Channel Orange is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Frank Ocean, scheduled to be released on July 17, 2012. The album is a follow-up to his critically acclaimed mixtape, Nostalgia, Ultra (2011). Ocean had initially been frustrated with major record label Def Jam, for failing to release Nostalgia, Ultra, and tensions only rose after Ocean released the mixtape online for free in February 2011, though his relationship with the label was subsequently repaired, and a release date of spring 2012 was tentatively set. When speaking of the album, Ocean stated: "It succinctly defines me as an artist for where I am right now and that was the aim. It’s about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story and all kinds of sonic goodness."