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Pharrell Fires Shots at Drake in New Single “Double Life”
Pharrell Fires Shots at Drake in New Single “Double Life”
Pharrell Williams and Drake have long had a simmering feud, largely rooted in Pharrell’s close friendship with Pusha T, who notoriously clashed with Drake in 2018. Despite the tension, Pharrell and Drake managed to collaborate on a remix of “Lemon” in 2017. However, the situation took a turn for the worse during Drake’s feud with Kendrick Lamar. Lamar claimed to have inherited the beef from Pharrell, prompting Drake to taunt Lamar about Pharrell’s jewelry, escalating the rivalry.
On June 14, Pharrell released his new single “Double Life” as part of the Despicable Me 4 soundtrack. While it’s surprising to think a diss track might be tucked into a kid’s movie soundtrack, Pharrell’s lyrics suggest he’s addressing Drake directly. The lines “Lie detector time,” and “Hey, what are you hiding?” appear to point at Drake’s notorious double life, further emphasized by the bars, “Nothing wrong being private… Make sure it ain’t wrong.”
Known for his positive vibes and hits like “Happy,” Pharrell’s foray into dissing Drake is unexpected yet not entirely shocking. Drake previously took shots at Pharrell on the 2023 Travis Scott hit “Meltdown,” and despite Pharrell’s generally uplifting persona, it seems he has decided to respond in kind.
Pharrell’s history with diss tracks includes his involvement in Clipse’s “Mr. Me Too,” which targeted Drake’s mentor, Lil Wayne, over fashion plagiarism. Given this background, a diss aimed at Drake seems like a natural progression. While Pharrell hasn’t confirmed that “Double Life” targets Drake, the context makes it a plausible theory.
In the world of hip-hop, where feuds and rivalries often fuel creativity, Pharrell’s subtle yet pointed bars on “Double Life” may signal that even the most positive figures can reach a breaking point. Whether this track will escalate the feud or simmer down the tension remains to be seen.
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Lisa Boostani’s “Ocean” takes you deep into a sensory world where body, spirit, and myth come together, beyond the surface of genre. Boostani makes a soundscape that is both ethereal and deeply human by combining the broad essence of psychedelic pop with the strong appeal of alternative rock.
Her voice rises as if it is coming from deep within her, shaped by emotion rather than action. She intentionally channels the intangible, turning weakness into strength rather than a source of pain, and “Ocean” tells people to get involved in this inner world, not just watch it. This release is an integral part of her first EP, “One,” which will come out in March 2026 and is based on love, sensuality, and unity.
If “Ocean” is any indication, the EP will show sensuality not as something pretty, but as a kind of spiritual intelligence, a way to know yourself by connecting with others. The song’s textures and structure have an aquatic quality, moving between clarity and delirium, rhythm and freedom. Its emotional focus is on immersion instead of resolution.
The striking quality of “Ocean” is the blend of the mystical worlds. Boostani understands that strength often shows up as gentleness and that deep feelings are better expressed through frequencies than words. She wants people to see consciousness as immediacy, sensation as truth, and openness as an undeniable strength.
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“That’s Bless” captures the unspoken late-night message, the smile that was exchanged from afar, and the feeling you sense but are afraid to say. NOAH. offers a song with a smoky R&B feel and lyrics that capture unspoken tension, firmly in the realm of emotional ambiguity, where connection is clear but not defined.
This piece concerns the subtle discomfort of mixed signals and quiet longings, when looks say more than words ever could. NOAH. handles the theme with restraint, letting the chemistry simmer rather than explode. NOAH.’s delivery shows a confident gentleness, recognizing that some feelings don’t need strict definitions to be real.
In “That’s Bless,” he captures the essence of connection and the compelling allure that endures, even when both parties pretend it is not there. The composition is based on real-life events, and it acknowledges that specific attachments endure in the heart long after one has persuaded oneself of having progressed.
“That’s Bless” is at the crossroads of closeness and distance, clarity and confusion. The song doesn’t resolve the tension it talks about, and that’s what makes it so powerful. It sums up the connection we say we don’t want but keep coming back to in memory, rhythm, and pulse.
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