Drake releases short film based on latest album
Drake has released a new short film inspired by his album Views.
The Toronto rapper previously announced the project in a now deleted Instagram post, but all has been revealed after Please Forgive
Me was released on Sunday, exclusively on Apple Music.
The action-packed film includes seven tracks from the album.
Drake is the leading man in the 23-minute long film, which also stars Popcaan, Fanny Neguesha, Soni Chidiebere and Kyla Reid.
Described by Billboard.com as a mix of famous movies such as Indecent Proposal, The Bourne Identity and Taken, the film was directed by Anthony Mandler, the man behind Drake’s Over, Miss Me and Fancy videos.
Mandler has also directed videos for Jay Z, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. He co-wrote the script for
Please Forgive Me along with Larry Jackson, Apple Music’s head of content, who also produced the film.
Please Forgive Me was filmed in a week-long shoot in Soweto, South Africa, back in July, before the start of Drake and fellow rapper Future’s joint Summer Sixteen Tour.
The film is only the second visual to emerge from the release of Views, which was released in April. Drake has so far only debuted videos for Hotline Bling and Child’s Play from the album.
Views held the No. 1 spot on the U.S. Billboard 200 for 12 consecutive weeks, and Please Forgive Me is likely to reinvigorate sales of the album, which has sold more than 1.4 million copies in the U.S. alone.
The rapper’s last foray into filmmaking was in 2015, with a 14-minute clip called Jungle. In the short film, Drake is seen pondering the point of life and the price of fame, and it was intended as a preview for his mixtape If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late, Billboard.com reports.