It’s Valentine’s Day and the CBC’s Jennifer Van Evra has thoughtfully compiled this Maple music collection to get us thinking about romantic interludes and loves past and present.
Drake
The brand new FOMO track is the first new song to receive a standalone video since the film was released in full last week.
Drake has a new song, and it's only available and YouTube.
After premiering his FOMO film on YouTube last week (Sept. 15), the 6 God released the music video for his previously-untitled track "Quebec" on Saturday (Sept. 19). The smooth track, which builds up from an R&B song into a smooth, bouncy rap cut, is the first of several new songs featured in FOMO to receive a standalone video release.
The camcorder-quality video sees Drake showing off his prized possessions, from his record-setting Billboard Music Awards trophies to his luxury watches and chains, which he references in the song’s singular verse. "If this move get made, we should push out to Quebec/Head above these waters and ice below the neck," he raps on the track.
Both the title and lyrical reference are another high-profile shoutout to the French Canadian province, which the Toronto native previously mentioned in the viral line, "Two sprinters to Quebec/Chéri, où est mon bec?" from 2022’s "Sticky."
The province makes a cameo in the video, as Drake sings in front of a projection of the Jacques-Cartier bridge and the Montreal skyline, the same city where Drake played his first-ever headline show at Time Supper Club in 2008 and drank his first beer at the local downtown pub Ziggy’s.
The video also features a brief cut of balloons celebrating his chart-topping album Iceman achieving double-platinum status, just four months after it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart and spent five non-consecutive weeks at the summit.
FOMO received an official release on YouTube on Thursday (Sept. 17), just two days after the hour-long film received a dedicated livestream premiere on the platform. Drake has also since uploaded all of the videos for his Maid of Honour and Habibti tracks separately, including “I’m Spent” featuring Loe Shimmy, which finds both rappers wearing Iron Man suits and attending the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.
While "Quebec" has yet to reach streaming services, Drake’s new Yeat collaboration "Miss My Dawg," saw an official release on Friday (Sept. 18) as part of Yeat’s new EP Coccoon. The animated and melodic rap song was first previewed on FOMO along with its music video — which is currently only available as part of the full-length FOMO upload —, a walk down memory lane that revisits iconic locations from Drake’s most recognizable music videos such as “God’s Plan,” “Hotline Bling,” and “Started From the Bottom” and his Take Care album cover.
With "Quebec" receiving the single treatment, fans are eagerly awaiting the fate of other unreleased music on FOMO. Drake also previewed two new Don Toliver collaborations during the livestream, including their R&B remix of Ella Langley’s Billboard chart juggernaut “Choosin’ Texas.” Drake also made headlines with his mention of Palestine on another Caribbean-infused track where he raps “Pray for Gaza,” which was debuted in the midst of the high-profile controversy surrounding Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour following his "Free Palestine" comments.
Check the full music video for "Quebec" below and watch the full FOMO film here.
