Jersey

'Jersey' is a deep cut on What a Time to Be Alive, the Drake and Future joint project, produced by Metro Boomin. The song is widely read as one of the tape's more melodic and atmospheric moments, leaning on a hazy, drawled vocal approach over Metro Boomin's moody production. Its themes circle the project's recurring preoccupations, status, relationships, and the detached lifestyle of two artists at creative peaks, but in a softer, more hypnotic register than the tape's harder cuts. As a back-half track it functions largely as a mood piece, sustaining the collaboration's nocturnal Atlanta atmosphere rather than introducing a distinct narrative.