Key Takeaways:

• Drake’s new single “DOG HOUSE,” that includes Julia Wolf and Yeat, first premiered throughout an episode of Drake’s “Iceman” livestream.
• A Yeat lyric has followers speculating a couple of potential Kendrick Lamar diss.
• The launch provides to Drake’s latest run of high-profile collaborations throughout his European tour.

On Monday (Sept. 8), Drake formally launched “DOG HOUSE,” a single that includes singer Julia Wolf and rapper Yeat. Fans first acquired a style of the collaboration on the third episode of the Canadian star’s “Iceman” livestream sequence.

Wolf’s entrance felt fairly haunting on the Smash David, Bosley and BNYX–produced providing. “When they’re out searching for my body, I don’t know who they’ll find,” she sings earlier than taunting, “Tell ‘em to search my house, I bet they find you face down.” It’s an ominous opening that leans into her moody aesthetic and builds pressure earlier than Drake jumps in with the hook: “Shout out to her ex, he a crash out / Took too many pills, he a crash out / She in Hidden Hills in a glass house / I like what I saw and so I cashed out.”

From there, Drake’s verse turns into a playground of references. He jokes, “Daddy Mac’ll make her / Kris Kross’ll make her / Jump out to Jamaica,” earlier than working by way of snapshots of late-night journeys, picture dumps and drug references. In between the jabs, he folds in rap lineage, pairing a nod to Biggie’s “One More Chance” together with his personal Views smash, “One Dance.”

Towards the top, Yeat injects his signature model, rapping, “F**k a money tree, I’m a cash cow / If I ain’t give a f**k then, I don’t give a f**k now.” The line could possibly be a refined dig at Kendrick Lamar, who popularized the phrase on his and Jay Rock’s good child, m.A.A.d metropolis collab, “Money Trees.”

The single arrived as Drake continues his massive European tour. After headlining London’s Wireless Festival in July, he’s scheduled to carry out in Berlin on Thursday (Sept. 11) and Sunday (Sept. 14), adopted by three exhibits in Munich and a pair of concert events in Hamburg later this month.

“DOG HOUSE” follows a string of latest collaborations for Drake, together with “SOMEBODY LOVES ME PT. 2” with Cash Cobain and PARTYNEXTDOOR and “Which One” with Central Cee. For his co-stars, the observe additionally marks key releases: Yeat’s first characteristic since dropping his Dangerous Summer EP again in August, and Wolf’s return after releasing her third LP, PRESSURE, in May.