Way 2 Sexy
Featuring Future, Young Thug
"Way 2 Sexy" is the moment on Certified Lover Boy where Drake fully commits to camp, built around a re-vocaled sample of Right Said Fred's 1991 novelty hit "I'm Too Sexy" looped over trap drums. Per the album's credits the track is produced by TM88 and Too Dope, with Drake, Future and Young Thug rotating through verses about being too attractive for everyday tasks, delivering deliberately silly premises with the same self-serious vocal performance Drake usually reserves for ballads. Released as the album's lead single on September 3, 2021, it debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 — Drake's ninth career chart-topper and the lead in the album's record-setting nine simultaneous top-ten singles. The Dave Meyers-directed video pushed the camp further with bodybuilder personas and 1970s gym pastiche. The song is widely read as Drake testing how far his commercial gravity can carry a track composed almost entirely of joke premises, and is frequently cited as proof that it could power one to the chart's top spot.
Sources & verification
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- Pitchfork: Kanye West 'Donda' album reviewPitchfork · 2021-09-09 — Dated album review covering Donda's release-week proximity to Certified Lover Boy.
- Pitchfork: Drake 'Certified Lover Boy' album reviewPitchfork · 2021-09-07 — Dated album review covering Certified Lover Boy and the Donda release-week framing.
- The New York Times: Drake's Certified Lover BoyThe New York Times · 2021-09-03 — NYT Joe Coscarelli CLB feature.
- Wikipedia: Certified Lover BoyWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Primary reference for CLB release, rollout, billboard campaign, Damien Hirst artwork controversy, full track listing, sample/producer credits, critical reception (Metacritic 60), commercial performance (613,000 first-week units; tenth #1; nine top-ten singles), Grammy withdrawal and certifications.
- Pitchfork: Certified Lover Boy Unseats Donda, Debuts at No. 1 With Biggest Week of 2021Pitchfork · 2021-09-12 — Chart-context source for CLB's 613,000-unit debut overtaking Kanye West's Donda (309,000) atop the Billboard 200, the biggest US week of 2021 at the time.
