“Hopes and Dreams” from the Boys Don’t Cry magazine is a transcript of an interview by Mikey Alfred with Frank Ocean, Illegal Civilization members Sage Elsesser & Na'kel Smith, friends Evan Clark & Ibrahim Hariri, and Ocean’s younger brother, Ryan Breaux, in Los Angeles, California.

Excerpts from the interview appear on the unlisted track “Interviews,” otherwise known as the outro of “Futura Free,” the closing track of Ocean’s 2016 album Blonde, released in companion with the magazine.