Drake gave fans a fleeting look at his Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) project on YouTube on Tuesday, 15.09.26, only for it to disappear not long after its debut.
The film, described by Drake as a “not-quite-short” release, gathers fresh music videos from his three-album summer streak and features several tracks that had not been released before. Among these new tunes, one leans into country-infused production and samples Ella Langley’s chart-topping Choosin’ Texas.
Ella Langley is also part of the film’s cast, joined by Don Toliver, Sexyy Red, Winnie Harlow, Lena the Plug, the internet goth sensation Pinkchyu—whom the rapper picked as a date on his online dating show—and Drake’s mother Sandi Graham. The project includes newly minted collaborations with Toliver and Yeat, augmenting a collection of unreleased material that fans were quick to analyze before the video vanished.
As of Wednesday morning, 16.09.26, FOMO has not returned to YouTube, and it remains unclear whether the film will be re-uploaded or if the new tracks will be released separately.
Drake disclosed the essential "life advice" behind the project and reflected on how music videos remain a meaningful format for him, even if they are not as popular as they once were.
He wrote on Instagram: “Here’s some life advice before you watch.”
“Nobody is coming to save you. You must use each day to decipher who you love and trust and march forward with them I hope this serves as motivation to make that call, take that trip, drop that song, open that shop, see your parents, leave that relationship or stay in it forever, spend the bread, get some more etc.”
“They keep saying our genre is dying.”
“Videos don’t matter. Nobody is watching nobody is listening. I still care. As much as I did on the set of Best I Ever Had. So be kind and rewind.”
FOMO briefly surfaced two weeks after Drake teased his remix of Choosin’ Texas during a DJ set in Toronto.
Drake recently attended Ella’s Arkansas show where he was seen singing along to the track and also posed for a picture with the star herself backstage.
The hip-hop icon is a big Ella admirer and recently lauded her songwriting, commenting on one of her Instagram posts: "Goated Pen."
And the appreciation is mutual, as the country star posted a TikTok video of her lip-syncing to Drake and Lil Wayne’s 2011 collaboration HYFR (Hell Ya F** Right).
Ella has enjoyed global success with Choosin’ Texas, which topped both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts.
She’s also received praise from industry veterans such as Shania Twain, who called her an “authentic songwriter” in an interview with Rolling Stone.
Shania said: “I’ve never met Ella Langley, but just from what I’m observing, like all of us, she seems very authentic. She doesn’t come across to me as somebody that’s trying to be somebody else, or trying to write a song that, you know, is with an agenda. I see her as, like, an authentic songwriter.”
