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Drake dances exactly like your dad in 'Hotline Bling' music video

You used to call me on my Nokia 3310.

Christopher Hooton
Tuesday 20 October 2015 10:13 BST
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'Nothing Was The Same' banged hard. So did 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' and 'What A Time To Be Alive'. By this point Drake can really do no wrong. The 'Hotline Bling' video could have just been four minutes and 56 seconds of him making a ham sandwich and it would have been a hit.

It's not though, it's way better than that, it's Drake dancing like a dad after a couple of Kir Royales at a wedding the moment the DJ drops some Barry Manilow.

The video by Director X is very simple, mostly consisting of simple boxes of light, pushing Drake's silky, week 4 of your local latin class moves to the fore.

What makes his dad dancing - which I should make clear I fully enjoy and support - even better, is the fact that he is also dressed in classic dad attire for the majority of the video, sporting a grey, ribbed roll neck that probably cost more than your house.

The over-dubs have already begun:

Though will always be second best to this:

Drake is finishing up live shows at the minute, so he can get back in the studio and finish off his new album, Views From The 6.

All praise the 6 God and his sensitive shuffle.

@christophhooton

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