The cover for the fifth release from his chart-topping fifth studio effort, ‘Fortune,’ sees him looking to the floor dressed in a white shirt and black tie in front of a blue background and with the same array of cryptic symbols that appears on its parent album.

The US R&B singer has also been in the news this week after allegedly making a homophobic comment towards Frank Ocean, who recently admitted his first love was a man in an open letter on his Tumblr site.

Advocate reports that Brown replied ‘Man, no homo’ after being asked about the Odd Future star by paparazzi outside a Cannes nightclub. Brown has yet to respond to the allegations.