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Drake Reveals Release Window For “Certified Love Boy”
Drake has finally revealed the release window for his highly anticipated upcoming album, Certified Lover Boy. Fans can expect to stream the album in January 2021.
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Celebrating his 34th birthday, Drake posted a teaser video for the album which shows him recreate several of his most iconic album covers, including Take Care, Nothing Was The Same, and Dark Lane Demo Tapes.
While the album has been rumored for several months, the Toronto rapper dropped his first single for the project, “Laugh Now Cry Later” featuring Lil Durk, in August.
Hype for an announcement began to pick up steam earlier this week when a fan on social media spotted a truck with Drake’s Certified Lover Boy on it on a highway in Ontario headed toward Toronto.
“He’s gon’ pull the trigger when he wants to pull it,” Drake’s longtime producer Noah “40” Shebib recently said. “Whether or not he thinks he’s ready or not, he’s always ready. If he had to drop the album tomorrow, he drops it tomorrow.”
A new album announcement isn’t the only thing Drake is celebrating on his birthday. Earlier this week his single “God’s Plan” was named the most-streamed song in Apple Music US history.
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Ronan Furlong finds renewal in the sea with latest release “Splitting The Ash”
“Splitting The Ash” opens with a distinctly Celtic riff before Ronan Furlong moves into an energetic song influenced by ideas of healing, rebirth, and spiritual renewal. The title and subject of the song are based on an ancient Irish ritual in which an ash tree is split open, giving the song a strong link to tradition, while its message is firmly rooted in the present: finding strength, renewal, and inspiration when life puts barriers in your way.
The sea is central to the track’s feeling, a symbol of challenge and regeneration. Furlong links his power to the resilience that can develop from exceeding physical boundaries. The song’s backstory lends that notion further weight, penned during a swim in the Irish Sea in January. The music’s context of creation gives it a particularly direct relationship with endurance and the willingness to push beyond discomfort.
“Splitting The Ash” ultimately feels life-affirming but never loses sight of struggle. The Celtic opening of the song gives an immediate sense of place, while its focus on renewal keeps the message open and universal. Ronan Furlong uses an old image of healing to remind us that difficult experiences can also be a source of strength, inspiration, and a renewed connection to life.
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Kaaine offers a two-sided story on latest release “BROKEN HEARTED REMIX”
Kaaine‘s latest release, “BROKEN HEARTED REMIX” feat Leaquita B takes you right into the tangled waters of love, betrayal, pain, and the hard road to recovery when memories won’t let go. Instead, the remix broadens the emotional horizon, bringing male and female perspectives into the record and deepening the song’s sense of vulnerability, rather than just heartbreak from one side.
The lyric, “We was glad our paths finna change, our lifestyle rearranged,” captures the weight of the song’s emotion. That line is so much about being in a relationship where change feels right, but the song’s subject matter still keeps the emotional connection alive beneath that decision. The record draws you in because it captures that tension between moving on and being haunted by the past.
But the remix is a playground for Kaaine and Leaquita B to explore the aftermath of emotional damage without losing sight of the human feelings at its root. “BROKEN HEARTED REMIX” is not about pretending the pain didn’t happen. It’s about how hard it is to let go of memories. It is a hip-hop/R&B-based song with two perspectives that turns heartbreak into a conversation about feelings we all share.
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