How Bout Now
How Bout Now first leaked on October 19, 2014 by hackers; six days later, after his birthday, Drake officially put it on his SoundCloud alongside '6 God' and 'Heat of the Moment' as promo for what was then Views, before it landed as a physical bonus track on If You're Reading This It's Too Late in February 2015. Produced by Boi-1da and co-produced by Jordan Evans over an interpolation of Jodeci's 'My Heart Belongs to U', it is widely read as a pointed reversal-of-fortune record: Drake addressing someone who was unavailable or dismissive before his success and noting, with audible satisfaction, how the dynamic has flipped now that he is up and she is 'stuck'. The warm Jodeci vocal gives the petty triumph a tender backdrop, and the song became a quintessential Drake non-single elevated by fans to essential status, one of Care Package's clearest justifications.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "How Bout Now" and Care Package. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Genius: Drake '30 for 30 Freestyle' lyricsGenius · 2019-10-25 — Primary lyric page for the Care Package track read as containing subliminals.
- Complex: Drake — Care Package and the 2010s (2019)Complex · 2019-08-02 — Complex Care Package feature.
- Care Package (album) — WikipediaWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Primary verification for release date, per-track original release history, samples/interpolations, credits, critical reception and chart/certification data.
- Drake — How Bout Now (Genius)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Confirms Oct 2014 leak/release, IYRTITL physical bonus status, Boi-1da/Jordan Evans production, Jodeci interpolation and the reversal-of-fortune reading.
- Drake — Heat of the Moment (Genius)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Confirms NWTS origin, Oct 25, 2014 leak/release with '6 God' and 'How Bout Now', Avant 'Phone Sex' sample, PND uncredited vocals and Dennis Graham outro.
