Fear Of Heights

Album: For All the Dogs (2023)
Charted: 10
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Songfacts®:

  • "Fear Of Heights" is about Drake's love game. There's some flexing of his cash and lavish lifestyle, but it's mainly a tale of the OVO boss' on-again, off-again romance vibes. He's throwing subliminals at past flings one moment, and then he's chilling with his exes the next.
  • The "Fear of Heights" title doesn't appear in the lyrics. It symbolizes the jitters when you're taking love or life to the next level, and all the nerves that come with it.
  • Speaking of love, remember when Drake and Rihanna had the world guessing in 2009? They were close for several years but split for good in 2016. Then Rihanna found herself cozy with ASAP Rocky in 2021, and by the time Drizzy dropped, they were two kids deep. Fans are convinced that Drake takes shots at both Rihanna and A$AP Rocky on this song's intro.

    Why they make it sound like I'm still hung up on you?
    That could never be
    Gyal can't run me


    "Gyal" is a slang term for "girl" in Bajan, which is the dialect of English spoken in Rihanna's native Barbados. Her Instagram handle is "badgalriri," where "gal" would likely be pronounced as "gyal" in her accent.

    Better him than me
    Better it's not me
    I'm anti, I'm anti
    Yeah, and the sex was average with you
    Yeah, I'm anti 'cause I had it with you


    Drake repeatedly says the word "Anti," which is the title of Rihanna's 2016 album. ANTI was still Rihanna's latest album at the time of this song's release.

    Yeah, that man, he still with you, he can't leave you
    Y'all go on vacation, I bet it's Antilles


    Antilles is a play on Anti, and remember, Barbados is right there in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Drake's teasing Ri and Rocky for being so darn predictable with their holidays to her homeland.
  • Swiss producer Ozan "Oz" Yildirim ("Toosie Slide," "Life Is Good," "Sicko Mode") created the high-octane beat with Nik D, Pooh Beatz and xynothing. Frequent Yeat collaborator BNYX is credited as an additional producer.

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