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Apr 2023
37m 14s

A.I. Drake has put music in a tailspin

Vulture
About this episode
We have an emergency podcast drop because the biggest and fastest moving story on the internet right now is about a song called “Heart On My Sleeve.” The track sounds like it was made by the producer Metro Boomin featuring Drake and The Weeknd. It might be one of the most consequential songs in music history because it was actually a fake, made with artifici ... Show More
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