{"id":413274,"date":"2026-04-23T10:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/413274\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:31:08","slug":"drakes-giant-ice-sculpture-melted-by-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/413274\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake&#8217;s giant ice sculpture melted by firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters in Toronto dismantled a giant ice sculpture promoting Drake&#8217;s upcoming album Iceman, after crowds gathered around it, creating safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The installation drew hundreds of people, with some climbing on the structure and others trying to break it apart to uncover the album\u2019s release date, which Drake had said was hidden inside.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"drakesculpurew_still0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/002443e7-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Reports from the scene said one person brought a sledgehammer, while others used flammable liquids in an attempt to melt the ice.<\/p>\n<p>The release date was later revealed as 15 May, after a blue folder was reportedly found inside one of the ice blocks. Drake later confirmed the release date with a post on his Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tpe\" data-embed=\"instagram\" data-id=\"DXaUVHljvMe\">\n<p>Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow thanked police and fire crews for keeping people safe, while acknowledging the excitement surrounding the stunt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can understand why fans are excited, so they want to go and find out what is that date, because that\u2019s what he said is in there,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"drakesculpurew_still\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/002443e5-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Drake supports our city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Iceman will mark Drake\u2019s first solo album since 2023\u2019s For All the Dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters in Toronto dismantled a giant ice sculpture promoting Drake&#8217;s upcoming album Iceman, after crowds gathered around it,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-413274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}