We arrive at Tyler’s new full-length not with the quiet meditation that was granted to Channel Orange, but with a host of questions. Frank had space for elegance: a letter posted to his Tumblr (and then packed in the liner notes as a text file screengrab) explaining that his proper debut album is, among other things, about a boy he once loved. While those conversations are warranted, it’s hard to believe this is the way Tyler imagined the lead-up to his new record would go. Whether Tyler actually identifies as queer or bisexual remains unclear (he hasn’t yet publicly commented on the leak or the speculation), but the album’s rollout will most likely be dominated by loud discussions of the ways that Tyler’s sexuality might cast a new light on the provocative content of his repertoire. On Monday, headlines started flying around the internet that 26-year-old Tyler appears to come out as an LGBTQ person on his upcoming fourth album, Scum Fuck Flower Boy, which leaked recently.

There’s an unfortunate irony to the fact that Tyler, the Creator may have possibly been outed as gay or bisexual on the fifth anniversary of Frank Ocean’s 2012 record, C hannel Orange.