{"id":29444,"date":"2025-08-28T21:35:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/29444\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T21:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:35:22","slug":"everything-we-know-about-drakes-upcoming-album-iceman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/29444\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything We Know About Drake\u2019s Upcoming Album, \u2018Iceman\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLove him or hate him, Drake<\/a> isn\u2019t showing signs of slowing down anytime soon. After suffering a blistering defeat in last year\u2019s great Rap Civil War<\/a>, he\u2019s been methodically picking up the pieces, revitalizing his fanbase, and working to channel as much goodwill as he can. Luckily, long before Kendrick\u2019s eviscerating diss track \u201cNot Like Us\u201d \u2014 now the subject of pending, probably misguided litigation<\/a> \u2014 Drake was the biggest star in the world, perhaps only rivaled by Taylor Swift (The Boy says as much on \u201cRed Button\u201d from For All The Dogs: Scary Hours Edition), so it hasn\u2019t been difficult for Drizzy to make positive inroads over the past year. There was his mostly well-received<\/a> collaborative project with PartyNextDoor, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, which featured the bona fide hit \u201cNokia,\u201d which has proven to have a decent amount of staying power over the past few months. Then, there was Drake\u2019s Australian and European run of shows, including his takeover of Wireless Festival in the UK, which saw him bring out guests like Lauryn Hill, Fakemink, and Rema. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn July, Drake began the rollout<\/a> of his upcoming solo album Iceman with a live streamed clip of him, well, making ice. The first installment of his Iceman live streams brought us the single \u201cWhat Did I Miss?\u201d where he most directly addresses the past year\u2019s rap beef. We were also treated to a clip of Drake driving around town listening to snippets of new music, including a song fans online are speculating might be called \u201cSuper Max.\u201d A few weeks later, Drake followed up with a second episode of the series, this time bringing out Central Cee \u2014 and intorducing a curious Pinnochio motif, which we can only speculate is referencing the claims levied against him in \u201cNot Like Us\u201d \u2014 for a new song called \u201cWhich One,\u201d that takes on a decidedly more Carribean influence. <\/p>\n

\n\tSo far, Drake\u2019s Iceman rollout has been the kind of cryptic treasure hunt tailor made for a generation typified by fleeting attention spans which, depending on who you ask, is either a good thing or more proof that Drake is out of touch with the culture. In any case, here\u2019s everything we currently know we can expect from Drake\u2019s upcoming album Iceman. <\/p>\n

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\t\tCreators Will Undoubtedly Play a Part <\/strong>\u00a0in the Rollout\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThis week, Drake released the music video for the $ome $exy $ongs 4 U single \u201cSomebody Loves Me,\u201d featuring 19 seperate videos directed by various creators<\/a> as part of a contest Drake and Kai Cenat put together. This came a week after Drake announced he\u2019d be the first guest on podcaster Bobbi Althoff\u2019s revamped series Not This Again. Drake\u2019s affinity for the new generation of content creators has been front and center for some time now, from referencing streamers on For All The Dogs, to calling up Kai Cenat as he reacted to the album. As a part owner in the crypto-based gambling platform Stake, which also owns the streaming platform Kick, Drake is also a frequent guest on popular streamers channels. He showed up on Xqc\u2019s stream last year and famously called Steve Lacy a \u201cFragile Opp\u201d for his appearance at The Pop Out. On a Kick stream with Adin Ross earlier this year, it was eve revealed that the popular streamer had already heard much of the new album. \u201cI\u2019ve already listened to the whole Iceman album. I already listened to everything, he sent me the whole album early\u2026 Great album,\u201d Ross said to his chat. Drake responded saying, \u201cNow people are gonna say that you\u2019re underwhelmed by it when you fucking talking about it like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\tWe Can Be Sure He\u2019ll Address His Feud With Kendrick Lamar<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n

\n\tIf \u201cWhat Did I Miss\u201d is any indication, Drake has some things he\u2019d like to get off his chest. After what he cleverly described as a 20 v. 1, in which many of his past collaborators seemingly teamed up against him, Drake has taken on a role akin to a heel in wrestling, leaning into the public\u2019s characterization of him. \u201cI don\u2019t give a fuck if you love me \/ I don\u2019t give a fuck if you like me,\u201d he raps. You can imagine him storming onto a wrestling stage as the crowd boos, relishing in their disdain like he\u2019s The Undertaker. When the song debuted at No. 2 on the Hot 100, edged out by Alex Warren\u2019s seemingly unstopable \u201cOrdinary,\u201d Drake took to his prefered medium of late, Instagram, alleging industry machinations working against him. With his lawsuit against UMG making its way through the court, he appears to be speaking more openly about what he percieves to be a rigged music business. <\/p>\n

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\t\tDrake Might Be Leaning Into His UK Connects\u00a0<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n

\n\tDrake\u2019s Wireless Festival takeover was a clever move of gamesmanship and evidence that he still has fans around the globe. While some detractors saw the move as more evidence of Drake being a so-called \u201cColonizer,\u201d the actual artists and fans on the ground couldn\u2019t seem to disagree more. Some of Drake\u2019s best music has come from his collaborations with UK artists and it should be noted that Toronto and London have enough similarities for the cultural crossover to make far more sense than, say, Atlanta (though Drake clearly doesn\u2019t have much issue there, either). Last summer, Drake posted a photo<\/a> to Instagram of him working with UK rapper Dave, and on episode two of his Iceman live stream, he debuted \u201cWhich One,\u201d featuring Central Cee.<\/a> With many of the biggest rappers stateside on Drake\u2019s enemies list, he\u2019s seemingly found a wealth of inspiration across the pond. <\/p>\n

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\t\tLate Nights Appear to be Drake\u2019s Greatest Nights\u00a0<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring that same stream with Adin Ross earlier this month, Drake offered a brief update on how the recording process has been for Iceman. \u201cI\u2019ll stay up all night fucking recording for Iceman,\u201d Drake said during a stream with Adin Ross. \u201cThey\u2019re having a full-blown party outside. I can hear a thousand people, them having a street festival all day. I\u2019ll fucking run out there. I\u2019ll turn up with them, do shots, come back \u2014 like, I just want a little, you know, I wanna feel it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\tWe\u2019ll Likely Get The Album This Year<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAn enterprising fan page on Twitter put together a timeline<\/a> of Drake\u2019s past releases, noting that he typically releases an album within a few months of dropping the first single. With the exception of Views and Nothing Was The Same, Drake usually drops within three or four fomths after releasing an album\u2019s first single. We\u2019re currently just under two months out from the release of \u201cWhat Did I Miss,\u201d which would mean we might expect to see a new album by October which, as we all know, is Drake\u2019s favorite month. Of course, this is internet-brained numerology to be taken with a grain of salt, but Drake\u2019s cryptic posting as of late does suggest the Iceman era is indeed iminent. <\/p>\n