Drake Backlash After Erasing Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” From Charts

In the event you’re a fan of Drake or Taylor Swift — or each — you may concentrate on the artists’ long-spanning friendship.

The duo have constantly been vocal about their mutual respect for each other. Not solely did Taylor identify verify him on her 2019 monitor, “I Forgot That You Existed,” however in addition they sparked hypothesis that they’d be collaborating on a music as just lately as this 12 months.

Followers went wild in April when Drake shared a throwback photograph of himself and Taylor to his Instagram web page, during which the pair appeared very cozy together with his arm wrapped round her. “They too mushy to know the that means of onerous work,” he captioned it.

However quick ahead to October and November, there was no signal of a Drake and Taylor collab on every of the artists’ new initiatives.

Taylor launched her tenth studio album Midnights on 21 Oct., and it shortly garnered big success throughout the globe. Not solely did she obtain tons of reward from followers and critics, however the 32-year-old grew to become the primary artist in historical past to assert all the highest 10 spots on the Billboard Scorching 100 in a single body.

The next week, Drake launched a mission of his personal: his highly-anticipated collaborative album with rapper 21 savage, titled Her Loss.

The duo went on a now-viral promotional tour forward of the mission’s launch, which included a pretend Vogue shoot and a pretend Tiny Desk look. Because it dropped, Her Loss has had big success as effectively, shortly breaking the document of the collab album with probably the most Spotify streams in a single day.

And this week, Drake and 21 Savage have dominated nearly all of the Billboard Scorching 100, with their songs “Wealthy Flex,” “Main Distribution,” “On BS,” “Spin Bout U,” “Pussy & Thousands and thousands,” “Privileged Rappers,” “Circo Loco,” and “BackOutsideBoyz” taking over spots two by means of 9.

Nevertheless, it seems to be like Drake isn’t fairly glad with occupying many of the high 10 locations, provided that he pointedly coated the No. 1 music — Taylor’s “Anti-Hero” — with a collection of emojis when he shared a screenshot of the charts.

“Anti-Hero” is the lead single from Midnights, and it has remained within the high spot because it was launched — making it the longest-running No. 1 single of Taylor’s profession. She’s since launched a number of remixes of the hit, together with a Jayda G model and a Kungs one.

Sharing a screenshot of the Billboard Scorching 100 charts to his Instagram story on Monday, Drake notably used a sleepy emoji, a sweating face, and extra to protect Taylor’s success from his followers. “@21savage congrats my brother,” he wrote.

Nevertheless, Drake’s transfer didn’t land so effectively with followers, lots of whom shortly labeled him “petty” and “jealous” as they questioned why he appeared so aggravated by Taylor’s success.

“males within the business see a lady thriving and simply wanna decide a battle together with her. similar factor kanye did to her for years,” one other wrote, referring to Kanye West’s notorious feud with Taylor that was sparked after he stormed the stage throughout her acceptance speech on the 2009 VMAs to chop her off and declare that Beyonce ought to’ve received as an alternative. “simply bizarre and petty jealousy that males cannot conceal,” they added.

Earlier than lengthy, followers observed that the producer of Drake and 21 Savage’s music “Wealthy Flex,” which was second underneath “Anti-Hero,” had seemingly shaded Taylor too.

“A person does one thing, it’s strategic; a lady does the identical factor, it is calculated. A person is allowed to react; a lady can solely overreact,” Taylor mentioned within the interview.

A number of followers have since speculated that the pair are feuding on account of Drake’s submit, which is all of the extra upsetting given their long-running friendship.