Diamonds Dancing
Featuring Future
'Diamonds Dancing' is one of the standout tracks on What a Time to Be Alive, the 2015 Drake & Future joint project, produced by Metro Boomin with Allen Ritter and Frank Dukes (writers include Allen Ritter and Adam Feeney). The song is widely read as a contrast piece - a luxurious, jewelry-focused flex that gives way to a more wounded reflection on a relationship gone wrong - with the 'dancing diamonds' image doubling as wealth display and emotional avoidance. Drake's verse is often cited as the emotional core and the tape's clearest moment of his confessional mode surfacing inside Future and Metro's harder frame. Pitchfork's Sheldon Pearce singled it out as the first Drake-Future track that 'clicks on all cylinders.' Drake Universe treats this as editorial context, not lyric republication.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "Diamonds Dancing" and What a Time to Be Alive. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Pitchfork: Drake & Future 'What a Time to Be Alive' reviewPitchfork · 2015-09-23 — Dated review of the joint mixtape.
- Wikipedia: What a Time to Be Alive (Drake & Future)Wikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Authoritative track-listing table (per-track producers and writers), personnel, recording locations, charts, certifications, and critical reception used to correct fabricated producer credits and enrich editorial copy.
- Genius: Drake & Future - What a Time To Be Alive (album page)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Album page and Q&A confirming Metro Boomin produced 7 of 11 tracks; the four he did not produce are 'Plastic Bag,' 'I'm the Plug,' 'Change Locations' and '30 for 30 Freestyle.' Confirms 'Jersey' as a Future solo and '30 for 30 Freestyle' as a Drake solo. Discrepancy with Wikipedia on 'I'm the Plug' noted.
- Pitchfork: Drake / Future - What a Time to Be Alive (review)Pitchfork · 2015-09-23 — Sheldon Pearce review (7.0/10) used for critical framing: lack of chemistry / Drake as 'bystander,' Metro's 'glimmering' production, and the highlights 'Scholarships,' 'Jumpman,' 'Diamonds Dancing,' 'Jersey' and '30 for 30 Freestyle.'
