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Back in August, Drake had his hometown fans screaming their hearts out after making a surprise appearance at a PARTYNEXTDOOR concert. While onstage, he decided it was the perfect time to announce that a collaborative album between them was in the works. Since that reveal, they have been teasing it nonstop and claiming that it will be a "classic." There were rumblings it was going to drop sometime before the end of 2024. However, things never materialized. But fast forward to today and we can now say that it's officially dropping.
The Boy shared a teaser trailer on his social media accounts moments ago, along with the title and release date. "$OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U FEBRUARY 14," he captioned the post. The clip shows a very dimly lit hallway and then eventually a private room with some women and Drake chilling. However, he seems a little lost in the atmosphere and by his lonesome. While this is all going on, PARTYNEXTDOOR'S sultry vocals wail away in the background. There's little to no doubt that this snippet will make its way onto the project.
With a title like $OME $EXY $ONGS 4 U, fans can expect some intimate and seductive vibes. Additionally, this makes us think this will be more of a playlist-like listening experience with no true story or message. We could see it being curated similar to how More Life was. Lastly, we have to admit that dropping it on Valentine's Day is an ingenious move and we can see this doing massive first-day streaming numbers as a result.
Of course, though, we have to talk about Drake's decision to announce the album right after Kendrick Lamar's GRAMMY sweep. Moreover, his mortal enemy also made history with "Not Like Us" being the first diss record to ever win at the award show. There's a good probability that the Canadian rapper and singer decided to drop this bombshell now to combat all the excitement and headlines surrounding Lamar. It is just speculation at the end of the day, but it makes you wonder that for sure. Regardless, this will be another big moment for hip-hop/R&B when it drops.
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Kevin Parker has teased a new Tame Impala album.
The 39-year-old musician has cryptically suggested that new material from his musical project could be on the way as fans eagerly await a follow-up to the 2020 album The Slow Rush.
Kevin has posted a series of photos on Instagram, including one of him in the studio, one containing a progress chart of a track list – many marked with the word 'done' alongside them.
The post also included a snap of Parker posing with his wife Stephanie Lawrence, who is pregnant with the couple's second child.
He captioned the upload: "Been busy."
Tame Impala's website also suggests that new music could be on the way after a cryptic update suddenly appeared that altered the site' interface.
Intriguingly, the page's source code has also been changed and the message "iwaitedtiltheendofsummerandiranoutoftime" can be found.
Kevin collaborated with Dua Lipa by serving as a producer on her 2024 album Radical Optimism and enjoyed the "wild" experience of joining the pop star on stage at the Glastonbury Festival last year.
He told The Guardian newspaper last year: "The nicest thing about it was that it was Dua headlining Glastonbury, which is something she has wanted to do since she was a kid.
"I felt like I had a seat in someone's dream that they were living - I was just happy to be a part of it."
Kevin duetted with Dua on Tame Impala's 2015 track The Less I Know the Better although he was puzzled by the Houdini hitmaker's request to join her on stage at first.
He recalled: "I remember just being like, 'Really? Are you sure you want to play my little song during your set of absolute bangers?'
"She was pretty insistent – so after I double-checked with her that she wanted to do it, of course I was in."
Parker immediately bonded with Dua as they worked on the album and he was impressed at the superstar's lack of "ego".
He explained: "The energy Dua creates in her creative space is one of no ego – we all noticed there were no huge personalities in the room trying to dominate the process.
"When you speak to other writers, they've all got nightmare experience of people who were too big for the room."
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