Drake’s new album ‘Iceman’: When is he dropping? Release date, tracklist & all the detail

6 February 2026, 17:54

Drake’s new album, 'Iceman’, is coming soon, alongside a rumoured 2026 world tour. The rapper has been facing a RICO case with Adin Ross, but that isn't anticipated to delay the album further. As fans speculate the tracklist, features, and album cover - What is the release date of Drake's new album? When is 'Iceman' dropping? & Is Drae on J. Cole's 'The Fall-Off'? Here is all you need to know.

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Drake’s highly anticipated new album is speculated to be dropping soon, with the 'Iceman' release date and even an upcoming 'Iceman' tour being teased to fans - so when is Drake dropping 'Iceman'?

The ‘Hotline Bling’ rapper is known for dropping cryptic clues to build up the anticipation for his albums, and he’s been dropping hints of the new album left, right, and centre, the most recent in his Instagram dump on January 8th.

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DJ Akademiks, who always seems to get the inside scoop on upcoming music releases, revealed that the rapper's new album is set to be dropped very soon, after fans' disappointment at it not landing in 2025.

He tweeted in January 2026: "The IceMan is coming."

The rapper himself has teased a supposed 'Iceman' tour following his current European 'Some Special Shows for EU' tour, leaving fans hopeful that it won't be too long until they can see him again.

Releasing a clip with one of his Iceman tracks, 'What Did I Miss?', the Canadian seemed to suggest to fans an upcoming tour following the release of the album, with the caption 'Coming to a city near you.'

This album will be his first solo album since the iconic Kendrick-Drake beef, Drake surely having a lot to get off his chest after Kendrick Lamar’s year-long victory lap, with his newest track 'Dog House' shading the 'Money Trees' rapper directly.

Social commentator, Mal, tweeted on the new album: "Iceman got a BOMB [three money bag emojis]", insinuating he has already had an exclusive listen to the upcoming release and it's the fire that fans are expecting!

Adding hype to the build-up, he recently engaged in a brief online feud with streamer Kai Cenat after the streamer dissed his latest Iceman episode stream.

The rapper shared an image of Kai's hairline to indicate he didn't agree with the influencer's opinion.

When is the release date for Drake's 'Iceman'? & Who is featured on 'Iceman'?

Drake has been building up the anticipation for this drop since as early as August 2024, so the fans are hungry!

Since he has dropped four singles, 'What Did I Miss?', 'Which One?', 'SOMEBODY LOVES ME PT.2', and 'Dog House', the most recent being on 9th September, but he's now teased a brand new track, which fans got to originally hear in Iceman Episode 3.

He has finally stopped feeding fans crumbs and has given us something to work with!

The stream he dropped, 'Which One?', was filmed in Manchester, where he stopped off on his 'Some Special Shows 4 The UK' tour. Showing once again the rappers' love for the UK scene.

The 45-minute video also teased a second Cench collab, believed to be the unreleased 'Get a Glass' track!

It also featured some new instrumentals to tracks, building up the feel of the album.

The stream finished with a graphic which said 'Coming Soon', so whilst not an exact date, fans can rest assured that we are sooner than ever.

In a recent post to his Instagram, he returned to his teasing style with some cryptic images that fans reading between the lines.

Quite obviously, he features an image of someone inspecting a huge diamond, in reference to the 'ice' meaning behind 'Iceman'.

There was also a cropped image of Kim Kardashian, with some fans calling him petty, taking it as a jab at his frenemy Kanye West; other fans, though, are suggesting it is yet another suggestion that he is dating the reality star.

On top of that, the last slide included a photograph titled 'Surrender', which could perhaps be in reference to his beef with Kendrick, or surrending ot the fans and giving them 'Iceman' asap!

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The 'Nokia' rapper has been giving the biggest clues yet, hinting at the drop being close.

With a brand new Marvel collaboration, in theme with the 'Iceman' character, fans thought he would be dropping before the end of 2025, but as always he loves the element of suprise.

The OVO creator announced a merch collection inspired by the OG Marvel character 'Iceman', he believed to have taken the original inspiration from.

In November, the 'God's Plan' rapper liked a fan's post joking about the unbearable wait for the album, stirring the pot amongst fans who simply can't wait, and they think the album is due for a surprise drop any day now.

In September, the artist liked a fan comment under his Instagram post that said: "Iceman I know it's otw I just can't prove it.'

This made it look like October could have been the month it dropped, especially considering it is the G.O.A.T.'s birthday, but to everybody's surprise, the album still isn't here!

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There has been recent speculation that Drake may be delaying the album to 2026, following Taylor Swift's release of her latest project, 'The Life of a Showgirl', in October.

Another reason fans are worried about a delay is the leaked track that was dropped by streamers on September 14th, as well as his unsuccessful attempt to sue UMG.

It was clear that Drake was upset about it, and fans are concerned; however, he has yet to confirm a delay.

Drake uploaded and quickly deleted a story with none other than the UK rapper Central Cee, with a track title ‘Get A Glass’, teasing the fans with the much-awaited collab.

This comes after the pair’s iconic “Madness and badness, combination” On The Radar freestyle, hopefully giving the fans what they have been dying for.

He also posted an image of pop star Sabrina Carpenter - so could an unlikely Sabrina Carpenter x Drake collaboration be coming soon?

Travis Scott is also a potential feature after posting a post in a similar location to the rapper.

Vybz Kartel is also a hopeful collaboration after his appearance at Drake's Wireless takeover.

One of the new singles also features Julia Wold and Yeat, adding them to the 'Iceman' world.

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New Leaked Drake 'Iceman' song

Akademiks 'leaked' a new snippet of a song featuring on the upcming project.

The song is already popular amongst fans.

Drake has fallen victim to yet another leak from the upcoming album, following the initial leak of 'National Treasure' in September.

The snippet has been going viral, with no title just yet, but the focus is on another famous rapper that he seems to be throwing shots at.

The song seems to feature Drake reigniting his beef with A$AP Rocky, and fans are locked in.

He says: "Talk about Drake and you get you some streams. man, how tf is your day 1 gonna testify so you can sit in a box, either you ain’t never did shit for your brothers or they must’ve forgot.”

This seems to be in reference to Rocky's gun possession trial in early 2025, in which his former friend, Terell Ephron a.k.a A$AP Relli, took the stand to accuse the rapper of firing shots at him.

What is the rumoured track list of Drake's 'Iceman'?

SOMEBODY LOVES ME PT. 2 ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR & Cash Cobain

Which One ft Central Cee

The Tower

DOG HOUSE ft Yeat & Julia Wolf

Stuck

Freeze The World

Lake Como

THATS JUST HOW I FEEL

What Did I Miss?

Sliding ft Playboi Carti

Supermax

Plot Twist

Why has Drake called the album 'Iceman'?

The ‘Hotline Bling’ singer has posted to his Instagram spam account, @plottttwistttttt, many clues related to the term ‘Iceman’.

He is known for being one of the ‘iciest’ rappers of them all, so the name makes sense!

Drake seemed to reveal the inspiration behind the name, and it is not what you would expect!

Once again doubling down on his love for the UK, the OVO creator seemed to suggest it came from a niche interview clip with none other than Cole Palmer, a Manchester City striker.

In a post to Instagram on the 28th July, he included a clip of the footballer responding to the question 'If you had to be a rapper, what name would you go with?'

Cole replies: "Iceman."

To solidify the strikers' part in 'Iceman', Central Cee made a TikTok to the latest drop off of 'Iceman', 'Which one?', with Drake and Cole starring in the video.

One fan commented: "he loves cole and cole loves him.

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Drake confirms Iceman is coming soon after dropping new song

Drake has confirmed the rumours surrounding the name of his upcoming project, after his release of hit track 'What Did I Miss?'.

In a livestream on his YouTube channel, on the 4th of July titled 'ICEMAN EPISODE 1', the artist appeared in a warehouse filled with ice.

The camera followed Drizzy as he walked to the break room of the warehouse, where he sat and watched himself on a TV monitor before the beat of 'What Did I Miss?' drops.

The stream currently sits at 800k views and announced the upcoming project in full force. Fans are delighted to have new music from the rapper, as well as confirmation that the album is coming!

Even more recently, as of August 2025, producer, DJ Gordo, claimed that the album was officially finished!

We shall see how long the 'Nokia' rapper keeps us waiting, building up the anticipation for what is set to be one of his best projects yet.

How & when to watch Drake’s new ‘ICEMAN” episode 3

A brand-new Drake ‘Iceman’ livestream is debuted on Thursday, 4th September, promising all-new excitement and potentially a new track.

Taking to his Instagram on the 3rd September, Drake posted a graphic teasing the fans titled: “ICEMAN EP 3”, announcing it was coming, with the caption detailing the 4th as the date.

The last two livestreams gave us ‘What Did I Miss?” and ‘Which One?’, so what will come of this one, as some fans are suggesting it could be ‘Who Was It?’.

Fans are hopeful the instrumental teased at the end of the last episode, filmed in Manchester, will be the new track; however, Drizzy is known to keep the fans guessing.

You can watch on the star’s official YouTube page, here, and turn the notifications on so you know when the livestream begins.

Is the next track ‘Who was it?’?

The latest single release from ‘ICEMAN’ is set to be “Who Was It?”, the track being updated on Genius, with the release date 4th September.

Drake’s previous releases from the upcoming album are also questions, starting with ‘Which’ and ‘What’.

Fans are beginning to theorise that the Canadian rapper is playing on the grammatical theme of the 5W’s: Who, What, Where, When, Why & How.

The method is often used in investigation breakdowns, analysing crimes or situations.

Fans are suggesting that Drizzy is breaking down the last year of events for the rapper, which famously revolved around his beef with Kendrick Lamar, the rapper taking charge of the narrative by breaking it down from his perspective.

What ‘Iceman’ clues has Drake hinted at?

Drake posted to his Instagram two pictures of celebrities who have the nickname ‘Iceman’, Formula 1 Racer Kimi Räikkönen, and actor Val Kilmer in his role as ‘Iceman’ in Top Gun.

As well as the iconic Marvel Character, Iceman, whose original name is Robert Lewis Drake, fans pointed out that the two share the name and are certain that this means the next album has to be called ‘Iceman’.

The ‘Nokia’ star also released a cheeky screenshot of his next project folder titled ‘2.0 Iceman’, adding to the speculation.

The rapper was also seen in an all-white ‘icy’ tracksuit with the graphic name ‘Iceman’ embroidered on it.

Drizzy shared a picture of an icemaker by the brand ‘Iceman’, as well as tons of other ice-related images feeding into the aesthetic of ‘Iceman’.

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