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Honestly, Nevermind
Studio album by
Drake
ReleasedJune 17, 2022 (2022-06-17)
Genre
Length52:32
Label
Producer
Drake chronology
Certified Lover Boy
(2021) 		Honestly, Nevermind
(2022)
Singles from Honestly, Nevermind
  1. "Sticky"
    Released: June 21, 2022
  2. "Massive"
    Released: June 21, 2022

Honestly, Nevermind is the seventh studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake, which was surprise-released on June 17, 2022, through OVO Sound and Republic Records. The album includes a sole guest feature from 21 Savage, and production from a variety of producers, including Gordo, Black Coffee, and 40.

A stylistic departure from Drake's previous releases, Honestly, Nevermind adopts house and Baltimore club. The album received generally positive reviews and debuted atop the US Billboard 200 with 204,000 album-equivalent units. It became Drake's eleventh US number-one album and broke several streaming records for a dance album. Its singles, "Sticky" and "Massive", debuted in the top 20 in the US Billboard Hot 100, while "Jimmy Cooks" became Drake's eleventh (and 21 Savage's second) US number-one song.

Background and promotion

On March 4, 2021, Drake announced the launch of satellite radio channel Sound 42 on Sirius XM, with OVO Sound Radio as its flagship program, marking the show's return since it aired between July 2015 and October 2018 on streaming service Apple Music.[1] Following the show's broadcast, he released his fourth extended play Scary Hours 2 at midnight. Drake also revealed that his sixth studio album Certified Lover Boy would be coming soon,[2] which was eventually released on September 3.[3]

On the afternoon of June 16, 2022, OVO Sound announced on Twitter that Drake would be premiering his own radio show Table For One on Sound 42 later that night at 11:00 PM EST.[4] A few hours later, Drake made a surprise announcement on Instagram that he would be releasing his seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind, later that midnight.[5][6] Broadcasting not long after Game Six of the 2022 NBA Finals earlier that night, Drake premiered the tracks "Confusion" and "I Don't Care" on the show.[7] Drake also revealed during the show that he was working on Scary Hours 3.[8]

The album is dedicated to American fashion designer Virgil Abloh, who died in 2021.[9][10] A music video for "Falling Back" was released alongside the album.[11][12] Directed by Director X, the official music video sees Drake marrying 23 different women. Canadian-American professional basketball player Tristan Thompson makes an appearance as his best man.[10][13]

The album's only feature, 21 Savage, appears on the closing track of the album, "Jimmy Cooks".[14] The album's first two singles, "Sticky" and "Massive" were sent to rhythmic contemporary radio and contemporary hit radio, respectively, on June 21.[15][16]

Composition

Honestly, Nevermind is a dance record driven by house[17][18] and Baltimore club influences.[19][20] The album includes elements of Jersey club,[21][22] hard techno,[23] R&B,[17] amapiano, ballroom,[24] and Drake's traditional style of hip hop.[18]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.7/10[25]
Metacritic73/100[26]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[27]
Clash7/10[17]
Entertainment WeeklyB–[28]
Evening Standard[18]
Exclaim!7/10[29]
The Guardian[20]
HipHopDX3.9/5[30]
NME[31]
Pitchfork6.6/10[32]
Rolling Stone[33]

Honestly, Nevermind was met with mixed reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 73, indicating "generally favorable reviews" from critics, but a score of 4.5 from users of the site.[26] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.7 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.[25]

In a positive review, Robin Murray of Clash called Honestly, Nevermind a "puzzle that will take a long time to fully unlock" and "a devastating about-turn that will fascinate and frustrate in equal measure".[17] Tim Sendra from AllMusic enjoyed the album, saying, "Honestly, Nevermind is a welcome development in the Drake saga, a left turn off what was starting to seem like an endless stretch of trap-heavy highway. The destination is still sad and self-involved, but at least the scenery is colorful and never boring".[27] The New York Times's Jon Caramanica wrote, "A small marvel of bodily exuberance – appealingly weightless, escapist and zealously free. An album of entrancing club music, it's a pointed evolution toward a new era for one of music's most influential stars. It is also a Drake album made up almost wholly of the parts of Drake albums that send hip-hop purists into conniptions".[24] Writing for Rolling Stone, Jeff Ihaza stated, "The album achieves something mischievously unguarded: a collection of blissful dance tunes constructed for embrace and abandon. Drake takes a leap further into uncharted realms than any of his peers, offering a refreshing sign of what's to come".[33]

Vivian Medithi of HipHopDX said, "He stopped making the Drake album we want him to make and made the Drake album Drake wants to make. Locked in with producers he trusts and letting his guard down, he sounds more focused and balanced than he has in years".[30] Variety critic Alex Swhear said, "As a standalone Drake album, it's deeply refreshing, and a dose of vibrant pop likely to reverberate through the remainder of the summer".[34] Louis Pavlakos of Exclaim! said, "Hints of the album's atypicality are apparent from its opening minutes, for better or worse. "Falling Back" makes for a questionable lead-off, as Drake's falsetto has never been particularly strong, but Honestly, Nevermind rarely falters from there".[29]

In a lukewarm review, Pitchfork's Alphonse Pierre wrote, "A breezy Drake dance album sounds great in concept, but the half-measure house beats and lackluster songwriting keep it from really popping off".[32] In his review, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian states, "The Canadian superstar's new album is surprisingly full of house music, but his passive-aggressive complaints get dull".[20] NME critic Kyann-Sian Williams said, "The Canadian's latest release surprises in many ways, ditching bland trap for house beats and some daring, if somewhat mixed, vocal takes".[31] In a more negative review, David Smyth of Evening Standard opined that Honestly, Nevermind felt like "a minor work" within Drake's discography, going on to say that "[Drake] sounds like he isn't trying very hard".[18]

The song "Texts Go Green" was used by Google in an Android advertisement to call on Apple Inc. to adopt Rich Communication Services (RCS), in reference to the song's premise of iPhone users being blocked on iMessage.[35]

Commercial performance

Honestly, Nevermind debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 204,000 album-equivalent units, including 11,000 pure album sales. Its tracks earned a total of 250.23 million on-demand streams. The album is Drake's eleventh number-one album in the US.[36] In its second week, the album remained in the top ten and fell to number three, earning 73,000 album-equivalent units.[37]

Track listing

Honestly, Nevermind track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"Aubrey GrahamKid Masterpiece0:36
2."Falling Back"
  • Graham
  • André Boadu
  • Gregor Sütterlin
  • Alex Lustig
  • Christian Astrop
4:26
3."Texts Go Green"
Sona5:08
4."Currents"
2:37
5."A Keeper"
  • Graham
  • Boadu
  • Sütterlin
  • David Vogt
  • Philip Böllhoff
  • Sipho Silio
  • Hannes Büscher
  • &ME
  • Rampa
  • Wondra030
2:53
6."Calling My Name"
  • Graham
  • Blackmon
  • Johannes Klahr
  • Richard Zastenker
  • Lustig
  • Astrop
  • D. Williams
  • Gordo
  • Klahr
  • Zastenker
  • Lustig[b]
  • Beau Nox[b]
2:09
7."Sticky"
4:03
8."Massive"
  • Graham
  • Blackmon
  • Klahr
  • Zastenker
  • Riziki
  • Gordo
  • Klahr
  • Zastenker
5:36
9."Flight's Booked"
  • Kid Masterpiece
  • Lustig
  • Beau Nox
  • Govi
4:14
10."Overdrive"
  • Graham
  • James Bryan
  • Lustig
  • Astrop
  • Shebib
  • Maphumulo
3:22
11."Down Hill"
  • Graham
  • Riziki
  • Shebib
404:10
12."Tie That Binds"
  • Graham
  • Blackmon
  • Marcel Kosic
  • Ramon Ginton
  • Lustig
  • Astrop
  • Gordo
  • Vlado
  • Ginton
5:36
13."Liability"
  • Graham
  • Nyan Lieberthal
  • Tim Suby
3:57
14."Jimmy Cooks" (featuring 21 Savage)
3:38
Total length:52:32

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer

Sample credits

Personnel

Musicians

  • Drake – vocals
  • Mukengerwa Tresor Riziki – additional vocals (track 4, 11, 12), background vocals (9)
  • Wondra030 – piano (5)
  • Alex Lustig – keyboards (6, 10)
  • Beau Nox – guitar (6, 10), additional vocals (9) background vocals (10, 11)
  • Emily Hemelberg – background vocals (10)
  • Black Coffee – drums (10)
  • James Bryan – guitar (10)
  • 40 – keyboards (10)
  • Nyan Lieberthal – drums, keyboards (13)
  • Tim Suby – keyboards (13)
  • Dougie F – background vocals (14)

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Honestly, Nevermind
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[43] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[44] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[45] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[46] 2
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[47] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[48] 11
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[49] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[50] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[51] 3
French Albums (SNEP)[52] 6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[53] 3
Irish Albums (IRMA)[54] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[55] 6
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[56] 87
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[57] 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[58] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[59] 2
Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI)[60] 16
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[61] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[62] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[63] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[64] 2
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[65] 1
US Billboard 200[66] 1
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[67] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[68] 1

Certifications

Certifications for Honestly, Nevermind
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[69] Silver 60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Honestly, Nevermind
Region Date Label(s) Format(s) Ref.
Various June 17, 2022
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