Faithful
Featuring Pimp C, dvsn
This track is widely read as Drake examining fidelity under the pressures of fame, travel, and constant opportunity. Produced by Noah "40" Shebib, Boi-1da and Nineteen85, with a guest texture from Pimp C and dvsn over a hazy, dreamlike beat (an Ideal sample and a Jay-Z 'Tom Ford' remix reference have been cited), it reads as the narrator weighing temptation against attachment and never fully resolving whether loyalty is something he keeps or merely performs. The posthumous Pimp C presence ties the song to a Southern-rap lineage Drake reveres. The title sits in ironic tension with the content — 'faithful' as aspiration rather than fact.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "Faithful" and Views. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Pitchfork: Drake 'Views' album reviewPitchfork · 2016-05-05 — Dated album review noting the absence of Kanye features.
- Billboard: Drake's Views first album to surpass 1 billion Apple Music streamsBillboard · 2016-07-12 — Dated report on Views passing 1B streams on Apple Music in roughly three months.
- Billboard: Views debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200Billboard · 2016-05-08 — Dated chart report for Views' Billboard 200 No. 1 debut and its 13 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1.
- Beats 1: Drake on Views with Zane Lowe (2016)Apple Music / YouTube · 2016-04-29 — YouTube upload of Drake's Views release-day Beats 1 interview.
- Complex: Drake — Views from the 6 coverComplex · 2016-04-15 — Complex cover story tied to Views.
- Apple Music 1 curator pageApple Music — Apple Music 1 station surface used to verify Drake Zane Lowe interviews.
- Wikipedia: Views (Drake album)Wikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Reference for Views release facts, Toronto-weather concept, dancehall/Afrobeats/UK funky palette, track-by-track production and sample credits, mixed critical reception, and chart/certification data.
- Wikipedia: Feel No WaysWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Reference for Feel No Ways production (Jordan Ullman, 40, Kanye West), Malcolm McLaren 'World's Famous' 80s synth-pop sample, and Views all-20-tracks Hot 100 record context.
- Wikipedia: 8AM in CharlotteWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Reference for 8AM in Charlotte release as second single, Conductor Williams/Mario Luciano production and 'A Faithful Spirit' sample, the Adonis 'GOAT' video skit, critical reception and chart peak.
- Drake — Can I (Genius)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Confirms 2015 leak, intended-for-Views status, The Smiths 'The Draize Train' sample and Beyonce additional vocals (reportedly an 'XO' outtake).
