Iceman season is nearly right here. Adding one other chapter to the Iceman rollout, Drake is ready to disclose the anticipated album’s launch date, which is hidden inside a large block of ice in downtown Toronto.
“Release date inside,” Drake cryptically wrote to his Instagram Story on Monday (April 20), with coordinates of a Toronto location, which seems to be a parking zone on the nook of Dundas Street East and Bond Street.
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He followed up with a post of the mammoth ice block on his Instagram, positioned at 81 Bond Street in Toronto.
Photos and clips rapidly emerged on Monday afternoon that includes development personnel onerous at work piecing the glacier blue ice construction collectively block by block.
OVO followers have been piqued and confirmed as much as the placement in droves, whereas different owls on social media started throwing out predictions of the discharge date or when the ice will ultimately soften. Now the countdown begins towards the reveal of Iceman‘s arrival, which should be official in the coming days, with temperatures surging into the 50s by Wednesday (April 22).
Drake has continued to drop Iceman hints in recent days on his Instagram Story. “Its in,” he wrote alongside a photo of him stacking ice blocks.
Earlier in April, a fiery explosion was seen in Toronto around the Downsview Airport. Now confirmed that the pyrotechnics were part of an upcoming Drizzy music video.
“Just all of a sudden, everything shook. The bed shook, the floor shook, the windows were rattling, everything,” resident Rosanna Laboni told CBC.
On April 12, Drake’s courtside seats were turned frozen for the Toronto Raptors season finale at Scotiabank Arena, signaling that Iceman was on the horizon.
“Drake’s seats froze,” the Raptors wrote to X.
It’s been practically a 12 months of thawing for Iceman, because the OVO boss set the album rollout in movement in 2025 with the discharge of singles like “What Did I Miss,” “Which One” and “Dog House” that includes YEAT and singer Julia Wolf.
“What Did I Miss” peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stays the final prime 10 hit from a rapper. He additionally launched a sequence of livestreams, which noticed him previewing unreleased music.
Drake additionally teased Iceman‘s arrival during a video appearance at the Juno Awards while honoring Nelly Furtado. “Enjoy your Hall of Fame status. It’s lengthy overdue. Kill the efficiency. We love you, dawg. Iceman coming quickly,” he mentioned.
With temperatures rising, Iceman is lastly thawing and the wait seems to be over with a launch date for the album imminent.
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