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And I think the two of you will be pleased with the intro of Abipti, the track Rusty Intro.

I was going to say, do I dare to say that Drake finally goes country?

Wow.

I think there's a lot of country elements in here.

It's immediately a pivot from the in-your-face brashness of Iceman.

Totally.

He's mentioning lyrics about his sweethearts.

There's mentions of God and angels, even the title of the song, Rusty Intro.

Rust, big country music metaphor, I think.

All of these are lyrical references, and there's a guitar instrumental.

And in a great review of the song by Alphonse Pierre for Pitchfork, he makes the point that this track aligns itself with pain rap.

And then you rap about how sad and emo you are and how much you're hurting and how much ladies have broken your heart and left you to the wayside.

Like country music and pain rap are shaking hands.

And as Alphonse says in his review, Morgan Wallen does pain rap as well.

And with the blurring genre lines of country music and rap music, I think this is a country song.

He has done it, but it's not super straightforward.

This DJ tag comes in stuttering.

The beat repeats over and over.

The whole vibe changes.

The vocals even sound a little bit sped up, maybe trying to reverse engineer or mimic a TikTok moment.