Country is having a moment right now…and a lot of non-country artists have been trying to get in on the action. And now, the next artist people want to “go country” is…Drake.
Feel free to laugh. Now the noise is probably mostly coming from his fans, rather than the country music community. The country world hasn’t exactly embraced pop stars “dressing up” as country musicians without a full buy-in. Let’s be real.
This debate is coming up because Drake’s new album with PartyNextDoorfeatures a song called “Die Trying”, which has a SLIGHT country vibe. It’s not a country song at all…but it’s apparently close enough to get people talking.
They’re saying things like: “A Drake country album is so needed”…“I could really go for a Drake / Morgan Wallen collab”…and “a Drake country album would be so dope.”
Drake hasn’t commented. He probably won’t. If you listen to “Die Trying”, it’s pretty far off from country. At least real country.