I know he doesn't have Twitter or Instagram but he could have released some sort of statement denying it was actually coming out.

I don't care that he himself never officially said it as coming out, as soon as the NYT report hit he could have done something to stop fans from believing the obviously incorrect report.

And his stupid "livestream" was dumb too. Only way it could have been awesome was if at the end he walked toward the camera saying the album was now available or something.

Anything less and it looked like what it was: playing fans for fools.