{"id":560411,"date":"2026-05-01T11:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/560411\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T11:09:08","slug":"is-it-drake-speculation-popstar-is-promoting-new-album-with-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/560411\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Drake? Speculation popstar is promoting new album with stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  To hype up the release of his upcoming album Iceman, Drake decided to unveil its release date with a massive ice sculpture in Toronto, where people could find when the album came out inside of it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>(Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bournemouthecho.co.uk\/news\/26069357.mysterious-block-ice-appears-near-bournemouth-pier\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">And now, a similar sculpture has appeared right by Bournemouth Pier.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Commenting on our live blog, Richy Freeway said &#8220;Something to do with Drakes new album? Pulled a similar stunt last week in Toronto.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Canadian rapper Drake attends the game between the Miami Heat and the Atlanta Hawks at FTX Arena. (Image: Sam Navarro, USA TODAY Sports)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ruth made a similar suggestion on X:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Drake did something like this before when announcing a new album or tour?\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Roo (Ruth) (@pinkyroo1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pinkyroo1\/status\/2050122153337503954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 1, 2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>People gather around blocks of ice, installed in a Toronto parking lot as part of promotion for rapper Drake&#8217;s upcoming album &#8216;ICEMAN&#8217; on Monday, April 20, 2026. (Cole Burston\/The Canadian Press via AP) (Image: Cole Burston)\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To hype up the release of his upcoming album Iceman, Drake decided to unveil its release date with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-560411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}