Drake Honors Taylor Swift With a Subtle Nod in His Newest Song

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Drake is praising Taylor Swift for her chokehold over the music industry in one of his newest songs, and almost in the same breath, he calls out Kanye West.

“Red Button,” the first of six new songs released on his third "Scary Hours" EP, dropped on Thursday, Nov. 16—just weeks after his latest album For All The Dogs. Early on in the song, the "God's Plan" rapper named-dropped the "Better Man" crooner, declaring, "Taylor Swift the only n---- that I ever rated; Only one could make me drop the album just a little later. Rest of y’all, I treat you like you never made it.”

The lyric is assumed to reference Drake and 21 Savage's joint album Her Loss, which was originally scheduled to be released on Oct. 28, 2022—one week after Swift's Midnights. It was pushed to Nov. 4, with plenty of people speculating that the move was made to allow Swift time with the charts and lessen the impact on their own numbers.

Her Loss took over Midnights on the album chart upon its release, but Swift's "Anti-Hero" maintained its hold over Billboard's Hot 100, blocking any number-one singles.

On the same track, Drake criticizes Ye, though it has nothing to do with Swift's history with the disgraced rapper and everything to do with his own, years-long feud with the "Gold Digger" artist.

“Every time that Yeezy called a truce, he had my head inflated," he rapped. "Thinkin’ we gon’ finally peace it up and get to levitatin.’ Realize that everything premeditated, everyone was good with me then everyone expression faded.”

Clearly, the only person Ye's getting along with these days is his wife.

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