Drake Drops ICEMAN...and Habibti...and Maid of Honour. Why?

About this episode

Cole Cuchna and guests discuss Drake's three-album release strategy and analyze the music and lyrics of the new tracks.

Cole is joined by The Ringer’s Charles Holmes and Justin Sayles to discuss Drake’s three-album release stunt. They speculate on the strategy behind the 43-song drop before diving into ICEMAN’s music and lyrics. Finally, they discuss Habibti and Maid of Honour, ending the conversation by wondering where Drake will go next. Host: Cole Cuchna Guests: Charles Holmes, Justin Sayles Editor: Kevin Pooler Engineer: Sarah Reddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Cole Cuchna

Guests: Charles Holmes, Justin Sayles

Topics covered

• Drake
• music analysis
• album release
• lyric discussion
• music strategy

Keywords

• Drake
• ICEMAN
• Habibti
• Maid of Honour
• album release
• music strategy
• lyrics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Ringer

Books & works: ICEMAN, Habibti, Maid of Honour

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