Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig has written a hilarious — and maybe a little patronising — review of Drake's new album, Nothing Was The Same.
Writing for The Talkhouse, the same site that commissioned Lou Reed's review of Kanye West's YeezusYeezus, Koenig's review is less an analysis of Nothing Was The Same and more a 1,195-word screed about "motherfuckers who never loved us", particularly a (fictional) Danish musician who (fictionally) snubbed Koenig years ago in (non-fictional) New York.
Here's a sample from the review, which really does need to be read in full to be truly appreciated:
I gotta be honest — I didn't listen to the whole thing. Obviously, it's good. You think a Canadian child actor would be this successful as a rapper if he wasn't good? The dude was sitting on 25 mil at age 25! (I would love to see some documentation on that, by the way. I'm not saying he didn't have 25 mil, I'm just saying some of that was probably real estate and maybe like potential earnings from complicated endorsement deals.) People love him because he's good! He gets 10 outta 10, OK?
I have heard SOME of it. I heard that one called "Worst Behaviour", the "motherfuckers never loved us" one — it really struck a chord. There are SO many motherfuckers out there. I've been making music since I was seven years old (started with piano) so I've been betrayed more times than I can count. You know how many people talk shit behind your back and then try to be your best friend over the course of 22 years in the industry?? Drake only got into music like five years ago, so if you see how angry he is — IMAGINE HOW I FEEL.
Read the full review here.
Vampire Weekend are on the Falls Festival and Southbound bills, and will also play headline shows at Melbourne's Festival Hall on Monday January 6 and Sydney's Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday January 8.
