Drake just dropped his latest single, “God’s Plan” on January 19th, 2018 and it’s getting a lot of attention. The Official Charts Company records streams of 7.1 million for this track, in the chart week ending Thursday (Feb. 8) at midnight.
Listen to it here:
The song is playing at almost every party there is and it’s taking over the radio. A new Drake song is here, which means it’s going to stay for a long time. This track is extremely popular, but why? Drake’s track “God’s Plan” sounds like every song he has ever put out. The only lyric that is notable in this song is, “She say, “Do you love me?” I tell her, “Only partly”, I only love my bed and my momma, I’m sorry.”
This lyric is fun to sing, but it shouldn’t be the only good one on the track. Besides that, it feels like I’m listening to his song, “Hotline Bling” and a combination of the “Best I Ever Had.” He loves to throw relatable lyrics in his songs like in the “Best I Ever Had”,”Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin’ with no make-up on, That’s when you’re the prettiest, I hope that you don’t take it wrong.”
Drake is known for writing heartbreak songs but just recently he seems to be getting over it. The attitude he brings to “Hotline Bling” shows his growth as a person and an artist. His release in 2017 More Life was a groundbreaking title that showed his fans that he no longer suffered from depression. It is a start of a new era, but what does “God’s Plan” bring to the table? Absolutely nothing.
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Yes, it is a good song, but that is just because it’s a recycled version of all his songs that have worked. I see no originality in this song and it shows that Drake is starting to become repetitive.
Sources say that they have also felt bit different about a new Drake release.
Lawrence Burney, a writer for Noisey states,
Part of being even a casual Drake fan is to accept the fact that a lot of the music you’re gonna hear from him will sound very similar. There’s nothing wrong with this on the surface. Any Migos project runs the risk of having songs blend into each other so seamlessly that you forget they are separate tracks. But when it comes to Drake, it’s a bit more frustrating and uninspiring because he’s shown his depth on so many occasions that when he half-asses things, it’s much easier to detect. Scary Hours feels like Drake thinks he needs to be a part of the conversation right now. But he doesn’t. At all. That was actually one of the more exciting things about More Life— that he promised to take a break. To go live life and return to us once he’d stored up enough thoughts and emotions that he couldn’t hold in anymore. Like you said Eric, these feel hollow as hell. “God’s Plan” is a bop because the energetic Drake who talks about being destined for greatness has a certain level of spirit and gumption to it.
Drake has to release a new sound or people will get tired of him. This song might be the beginning of the end. We want someone who is going to evolve, not take the same path over and over again. More Life showed signs of change, but this seems more like a change-up.
