Drake has been the character of the day in our country after the launch of the video clip of the song "Polar opposites", the song of his album "For All the dogs".
In the clip, Drake appears with some of his friends wearing red jackets, all with the national and ethnic symbol of Albania - the eagle - displayed on the back.
They spend most of the video playing poker and pool on what appears to be a ship in the Adriatic Sea.
However, apart from the video clip, we cannot stop talking about the lyrics of the song, which seems to be the main reason why Drake refers to Albania. The Canadian rapper sings about a boyfriend who blocks him on every social platform he could use to make contact. He mentions a girl named Mariana.
"Mariana, you broke my trust
Why should you listen to propaganda?
We just broke the ice and now you're both leaving
I was polite, I don't understand you
You have to let your sister be the voice of reason
Or am I reading your message wrong
Or simply your actions are deceiving me", he says in the text.
Drake swings from enthusiasm to apathy as he tries to move past the moments of the relationship that caused him. He also showed his geopolitical knowledge by mentioning the ongoing crisis in North Kosovo with Serbia in the lyrics saying "I don't know how they do things in Pristina/I just know the tension is rising".
Now we are here to share with you some details that we have learned from several sources.
This is Mariana, the girl Drake is thought to have dedicated songs to.
She is a Fashion Designer and we have learned that she is from Tirana, not Pristina. We are told that Mariana studied Pharmacy in London. From London, he moved to Los Angeles and then to New York, where far from the field he studied, he became a 'Fashion Designer'.
She currently works and lives in New York, where she has also created her own brand.
Mariana was close friends with Jorja Smith, Drake's ex-girlfriend. It is suspected that she met the rapper with whom she then developed a romantic relationship.
Whatever happened between them, it is important that Mariana Drake got to know and (probably) really liked our country and Albanian culture. Although we are so different and opposite to the culture in which he grew up./ Class Magazine