As if he didn’t have sufficient to cope with amid his beef with Kendrick Lamar (or maybe to distract from it), Drake confirmed up on a remix of parody rapper Snowd4y’s cowl of Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah,” referred to as “Wah Gwan Delilah,” that has everybody … perplexed? Irritated? Laughing?
Let’s stroll by means of this collectively, it’s a large number.
On Monday, a contemporary remix of “Wah Gwan Delilah” confirmed up on Snowd4y’s SoundCloud. It had what seemed to be Drake becoming a member of the comic in a collection of quips about girls and name-checks of Toronto landmarks just like the Yonge-Dundas Sq. mall. (“Wah gwan” is Jamaican patois for “What’s up?” and is widespread within the metropolis, which has lengthy had a large inhabitants of folks of Caribbean descent.)
Because the observe unfold, it made its option to the Plain White T’s themselves, who posted a video on X and TikTok with the caption “too surprised to talk.” Frontman Tom Higgenson additionally says “it’s loopy that everyone thinks that it’s actual,” seemingly referencing early rumors that Drake’s lyrics have been generated utilizing synthetic intelligence. Higgenson additionally makes a collection of faces that give off the looks that he simply smelled a fart.
These rumors, although, are probably unfaithful. Drake posted the tune to his Instagram Story, seemingly confirming its authenticity.
It’s straightforward to see, although, why everybody was confused. AI, as WIRED’s Evy Kwong identified on TikTok Thursday, has grow to be so prevalent that it has triggered folks to query the whole lot. When the tune “Coronary heart on My Sleeve” dropped, it took many individuals a number of listens to appreciate it wasn’t really Drake and The Weeknd. Many followers most likely by no means would’ve recognized The Beatles’ “Now and Then” wasn’t only a pristine long-lost tape if Paul McCartney hadn’t touted the AI wanted to reserve it. Johnny Money covers Taylor Swift from past the grave. Examples of AI’s capacity to idiot our ears really feel actually infinite.
With the realness of Drake’s presence on “Wah Gwan Delilah” seemingly confirmed, the floodgates opened. Rap Twitter, as Billboard famous, had a area day “with the principle notion being that after shedding the battle to Kendrick, Drake is now simply shedding it basically” and “leaning into his Toronto-ness” for some picture restore.
Possible, this can have the alternative impact. Whereas Drake Reddit is screaming that it’s satire and if folks don’t get it, “the joke might be on you,” different swaths of the web stay unable to maintain a straight face—or at the least a non-cringing one. Vulture, in its writeup of the remix, merely stated “post-beef Drake can’t be critical.”
