Fake Love
Drake | Artist Essentials
First released: 2016 (year verified)
Original 2016 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The repeated melodic pattern supplies a softer bridge out of the denser rap section.
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First released: 2016 (year verified)
The track-specific licensed date identifies the original single in 2016. Its placement on More Life and the retained annual entry both occur in 2017 and remain separate from first release.
Recording: Original 2016 studio recording
Credit: Drake
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Fake Love
More Life - original program and preceding single
The original 2017 program identifies Passionfruit and Do Not Disturb. Fake Love retains its earlier October 2016 track date and is dated from that earlier single year, not from the 2017 project. Passionfruit is the full approximately 4:58 original album presentation. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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Reviewed original title and complete retained performer credit identify the same original studio performance. Original release year is independent of annual-list year.
More Life - original program and preceding single
The original 2017 program identifies Passionfruit and Do Not Disturb. Fake Love retains its earlier October 2016 track date and is dated from that earlier single year, not from the 2017 project. Passionfruit is the full approximately 4:58 original album presentation. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
About Drake
Drake, born Aubrey Drake Graham in Toronto, worked as an actor on Degrassi: The Next Generation before his recording breakthrough. Best I Ever Had helped establish his rap career, followed by the debut studio album Thank Me Later and the subsequent Take Care. His catalog includes solo songs such as Hotline Bling and separately credited collaborations, including the album Her Loss with 21 Savage.
Artist background sources
Drake - Recording Academy artist biography
Toronto identity, earlier acting, Best I Ever Had, Thank Me Later, Take Care, Hotline Bling and documented Her Loss collaboration. Award-year metadata is not converted into release dates. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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