Drake is to release a new project More Life; a project of original music. Drake describes his project as a “soundtrack to your life”.

“I’m off like mixtapes, I want to do a playlist. I want to give you a collection of songs that become the soundtrack to your life, so this More Life: The Playlist. Like I said, dropping in December. All original music from me. You might hear some tunes from the family on there. Just really excited. I had a great tour, I had a great summer. And most people would like go probably take a break, but for me I just want to get right back to it. Be with the people again. Boy Meets World Tour, coming up soon. UK, I’ll be there soon. Big up to UK massive. Everybody—Paris, Amsterdam, Sweden, anywhere we are touching down. But yeah, I just want to celebrate life. More life. That’s what we live by. That’s something we not take for granted.”

Drake teased fans with three new tracks from this project as part of his 30th birthday celebrations. ‘Two Birds, One Stone’ apparently caused controversy with its reference to rapper Kid Cudi who is recovering in rehab as he was suffering with “depression and suicidal urges”. The lyric which caused the offence is as follows:

“You were the Man on the Moon, now you go through your phases / Life of the angry and famous”

Drake is in the UK and Ireland in January and February beginning with two nights in Glasgow and performing a huge amount of performances at the London O2:

25/1 – SSE Hydro – Glasgow
26/1 – SSE Hydro – Glasgow
28/1 – The O2 – London
30/1 – The O2 – London
01/2 – The O2 – London
02/2 – The O2 – London
04/2 – The O2 – London
05/2 – The O2 – London
08/2 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
09/2 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
11/2 – Arena – Manchester
12/2 – Arena – Manchester
14/2 – The O2 – London
15/2 – The O2 – London
17/2 – Arena – Sheffield
19/2 – 3Arena – Dublin, Ireland
20/2 – 3Arena – Dublin, Ireland
22/2 – Barclaycard Arena – Birmingham
23/2 – Barclaycard Arena – Birmingham

Twitter responses defended Drake’s lyrics which were apparently written before Kid Cudi announced his illness in public. Others criticise the word choice “phase” when describing mental illness, echoing the stigma that continues with depression. Listen to ‘Two Birds, One Stone’ below: