Drake appeared to take several swipes at his ex Rihanna in the scathing lyrics of his newly released song “Fear Of Heights.”
The pop stars were hit with romance rumors from 2009 to 2018, and since their last breakup, there have been suggestions that Drake has failed to get over her.
However, in his new song, Drake, 36, insisted he had moved on, taunting: “Why does it sound like I’m still stuck with you? That could never be.”
He added: “Gyal can’t ruin me,” which came across as if it were a derogatory reference to Rihanna’s accent from her native Barbados.
As the song continued, he tersely said that “your sex was average” and even seemed to take aim at her current relationship with A$AP Rocky.
Making mischief: Drake appeared to take several swipes at his ex Rihanna in the scathing lyrics of his newly released song Fear Of Heights
The way they were: When he presented her with the MTV Video Music Award in 2016 (pictured), he gushed that Rihanna was “someone I’ve been in love with since I was 22.”
“Better him than me, better than me,” Drake raps. “Yes, that man, he is still with you.” He can’t leave you. You’re all going on holiday, I bet it’s the Antilles.’
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have actually vacationed in the Lesser Antilles more than once and taken several couple trips to Barbados.
The couple has since welcomed two children together, which may be why Drake says A$AP Rocky “can’t leave” her.
Elsewhere in “Fear Of Heights,” Drake belts out, “I’m anti, I’m anti,” possibly in reference to Rihanna’s latest album, “Anti,” released in 2016.
After a barrage of bile toward his ex, who remains nameless throughout the verse, he insists, “And I’ve had a lot worse assholes than you, honestly.”
Drake and Rihanna were first spotted locking lips in 2009, shortly after she split from Chris Brown, who beat her so badly that she had to be hospitalized.
Rihanna eventually briefly got back together with Chris and publicly claimed that she and Drake were just friends.
A wounded Drake told The New York Times in 2010, “I was a pawn.” Do you know what she did to me? She did exactly what I have done to so many women in my life: give them a good time and then disappear. I thought, “Wow, that feels terrible.”
Duo: As the song continued, he tartly said that “the sex with you was average” and even seemed to take aim at her current relationship with A$AP Rocky, with whom she is pictured this week
Recap: Drake and Rihanna were first spotted locking lips in 2009, shortly after her split from Chris Brown; Rihanna and Drake are pictured in 2010
The following year he told Elle: “It hurt at the time, but she didn’t mean to. “I’ll never do that to her. I was hurt because I was starting to realize what it was.’
Over the next few years, he adopted a flowery tone in his public statements about Rihanna, describing her to Rolling Stone in 2014 as his “ultimate fantasy.”
When he presented her with the MTV Video Music Award in 2016, he gushed that RIhanna was “someone I’ve been in love with since I was 22 years old.”
Later that year, the two got matching shark tattoos, reinforcing the public perception that their relationship was more than just platonic.
By May 2018, however, their opinions had cooled to the point that Rihanna told Vogue, “We’re not friends now, but we’re not enemies either.”
Details: His stunning new song “Fear Of Heights,” supposedly about Rihanna, is from his newly released eighth studio album “For All The Dogs.”
Fan Service: This Friday, the day the album dropped, influencer Kai Cenat was in the middle of streaming his reaction to the songs when he received a video call from Drake himself
His stirring new song “Fear Of Heights,” ostensibly about Rihanna, is taken from his newly released eighth studio album “For All The Dogs.”
This Friday, the day the album dropped, influencer Kai Cenat was in the middle of streaming his reaction to the songs when he received a video call from Drake himself.
Kai burst into fits of joy and squealed so gleefully that Drake joked, “Brother, you’re going to need an EPIPEN soon.”
“For All The Dogs” also features a song called “IDGAF” featuring Yeat, who received great love from fans for his participation on the track.
“Let’s remember Yeat for putting Drake on his album.” “That’s a real stand-up guy,” one YouTube commenter quipped, while another cracked: “I appreciate Yeat for collaborating with underground Artists like Drake. “Thanks, Yeat.”