Drake arrives to the NBA Awards at Basketball City on June 26, 2017 in New York. Image: AFP/Bryan R. Smith
While in London for his Assassination Vacation tour, the Canadian rapper told the crowd on Tuesday that he was currently working on a new record.
“I kinda actually started last night to be honest with you,” he was heard saying in a video uploaded to Twitter by a fan. “But I think what I’ma do after this is go home, and I’ma make a new album so I can come back to London next year and we can do this again.”
Drake did not reveal any additional details about the forthcoming project.
Drake just announced a new album is on the way 😄🙌🏽🎶 #AssassinationVacationTour #drake #london pic.twitter.com/InJZNe3oij
— Shy (@shytunes) April 9, 2019
His latest album “Scorpio” came out in 2018. According to Nielsen Music, it earned 742.9 million on-demand audio streams during the first week of its release — becoming the most popular album of the year.
Drake also appears to be working on a sequel to his collaborative project with fellow rapper Future, “What a Time to Be Alive”, released in 2015. Last week, Future revealed on Instagram Stories that they were in the midst of “cook[ing] up new music.”
Drake just concluded his residency at London’s legendary O2 Arena, which was momentarily renamed the O3 for the rapper’s Assassination Vacation tour — hinting at his single “God’s Plan” in which the rapper says “and you know me/ Turn the O2 into the O3, dog.”
Turn The O2 into The O3. This is God’s Plan. #DrakeTheO3 pic.twitter.com/ezm2qDqe6m
— O2 music (@O2music) March 31, 2019
The series of performances featured several guest appearances, including Giggs, Unknown T and J Hus — who was arrested a few hours before joining Drake onstage. CE/NVG
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