Drake fans will receive another treat from his very much anticipated album Thank Me Later, now dropping June 15th. When fans go to his “Away From Home” Tour, the 23-year-old rapper will perform the first verse of his new song “Fireworks” at his concerts.
Before his show at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania on Monday night (Apr ). Drizzy talked with MTV News and explained why he was letting the crowd sample the song.
“The song itself is the first song on the album; I think it’s the biggest indicator of what the album is gonna be like,” he said. “That’s why I picked that song to go first, and that’s why I wrote the first verse like that. It’s really where I am in my life right now. I know they’re looking forward to the album, so I want them to get a feel of how the story starts off.”
“Fireworks” starts with the actual sound of fireworks in the background. From there, Drizzy begins talking about his life, joking that his 15 minutes of fame started about an hour ago. “It truly is a story,” he added of the album. “At no point in the album does it fall off and become about some songs I slapped together. It’s all a story from beginning to end. Just like So Far Gone was. It’s that time.
Continue reading to peep the video of him performing the song Monday in Pennsylvania…
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