Drake Turns “FOMO” Into A Full-Length Visual Experience And Announces 2027 Return To The Road

Drake has turned his latest release into something much bigger than a traditional music drop.

On September 15, the Toronto superstar premiered FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), an hour-long “not so short film” combining new music, music videos, comedy, personal moments and surreal visual sequences.

The project arrived through a global livestream and represents another extension of the enormous creative run Drake has maintained throughout 2026.

Rather than presenting FOMO as a conventional album, Drake frames it as a visual and musical experience. He has described the project as “self funded surrealism,” with the film built around music and visuals created with members of his creative circle.

The live video has since been made private but can be viewed via independent YouTube users who reposted several clips from the project.

More than another music release

The timing of FOMO is important.

Earlier this year, Drake released Iceman, Maid of Honour and Habibti as a three-album rollout. The releases gave him an enormous amount of material to work with, and the accompanying visual campaign continued throughout the year.

Drake became the first artist to simultaneously occupy the top three positions on the Billboard 200 when the three projects landed on the chart.

Instead of simply moving on to another album, FOMO gives Drake an opportunity to revisit that material while introducing fans to new music.

The film reportedly contains nine new tracks and snippets woven into its roughly hour-long runtime.

New music sits inside the film

One of the biggest talking points surrounding FOMO is the unreleased music.

Among the material featured is “Cold Shoulder,” which pairs Drake with Don Toliver, along with a new version of Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas.”

The latter pushes Drake into country-influenced territory while incorporating elements associated with Houston rap production. The collaboration demonstrates how comfortably Drake continues to move between different sounds without treating genre boundaries as fixed.

Other new material featured throughout the film includes “Be Free,” “Miss My Dogs” with Yeat and additional unreleased songs and snippets.

The important distinction is that FOMO is not being presented as a traditional nine-track album. The music is part of the film’s larger structure.

Drake puts music videos back in the conversation

Perhaps the most interesting part of FOMO is Drake’s relationship with the music-video format.

The film moves between full visual sequences, short cinematic moments and performances. Some sections place Drake front and centre, while others allow collaborators and supporting characters to carry the visual.

That approach makes the project feel closer to a visual anthology than one continuous music video.

It also connects to Drake’s own comments about the importance of visual storytelling. The artiste has pointed back to the era when music videos were treated as major cultural events, including his 2009 “Best I Ever Had” video.

For Drake, FOMO becomes a chance to demonstrate that the format can still support a large-scale creative idea.

Surrealism, luxury and comedy

The film deliberately jumps between very different worlds.

Drake appears on a neon-green speedboat, works out, moves through Toronto settings and appears in stylized fashion sequences.

Other sections feature Winnie Harlow, Sexyy Red, Kevin Durant, Shane Gillis and Drake’s mother, Sandi Graham. The film also includes comedic sketches and more intimate moments, giving it a deliberately unpredictable structure.

That contrast is part of what makes FOMO different from a standard collection of music videos.

Luxury and absurdity sit beside personal imagery. Comedy can appear immediately after a serious musical sequence. Drake can shift from superstar spectacle to deliberately strange internet-era aesthetics within the same project.

The meaning behind “Fear of Missing Out”

The title becomes more interesting when placed against the film’s opening and closing concept.

A female voice-over presents two possible versions of life. One involves avoiding risk and becoming disconnected from yourself. The other involves taking the risk necessary to find what you actually want.

That idea gives the project a broader theme beyond music.

For an artiste who has spent nearly two decades operating at the highest level of popular music, FOMO can be read as a reflection on the pressure to keep moving, keep creating and keep experiencing everything while the opportunity exists.

It is not simply about wanting to be where everyone else is.

It is also about the fear of looking back and realizing that you did not take the chances available to you.

A major 2026 chapter closes with a new beginning

The project also arrives at the end of an unusually busy period for Drake.

His three-album rollout already gave fans dozens of songs and an extensive run of visuals. FOMO adds another layer without following the standard album-cycle formula.

Then came another major announcement.

During the premiere, Drake confirmed that he will return to the road in 2027, giving fans their first official indication that another major touring chapter is coming.

That makes FOMO feel less like an isolated experiment and more like a bridge between Drake’s enormous 2026 output and what comes next.

Drake chooses the visual route

The biggest takeaway from FOMO is that Drake is still interested in controlling the way his music is experienced.

Instead of simply uploading another collection of songs, he created a world around them.

The result is part music video, part short film, part comedy piece and part personal visual diary.

Whether every song eventually receives a traditional streaming release remains to be seen. For now, FOMO exists primarily as the visual experience Drake designed around the music.

And with a 2027 world tour now confirmed, the project closes one chapter while opening another.