Drake “froze” Toronto’s CN Tower in promotion of his extremely anticipated album ICEMAN, which was broadcast on his livestreamed Episode 4 of his ICEMAN sequence.
The long-lasting excessive communications and remark tower in Toronto was bathed in an icy blue glow, giving the looks of being frozen, which was reportedly achieved utilizing 75 projectors, with the whole gentle output being 2,572,000 lumens with 138,240,000 pixels. Moreover, the rapper’s crew additionally used 11 media servers synced over air fibre.
The “frozen” tower gained a web-based and offline viewers. Followers had been capable of spot the blue-lit tour throughout Episode 4 of the ICEMAN sequence on Could 14, whereas a crowd gathered outdoors the tower across the identical time to see the transformation reside.
In the course of the livestream, an “ICEMAN” truck was seen driving on the Don Valley Parkway in the direction of the CN Tower. The tower additionally confirmed up in a number of pictures all through the episode, together with scenes of Drake strolling about inside and atop the enduring Toronto landmark.
This isn’t the primary time that Drake has referenced the CN Tower in one in every of his initiatives. The rapper launched a tune titled CN Tower as a part of his 2025 Valentine’s Day album with PartyNextDoor, titled $ome $exy $ongs 4 U.
In the meantime, the Episode 4 livestream as a part of Drake’s ICEMAN sequence noticed the rapper previewing a number of songs from the album. The episode featured cameos from DJ Akademiks, Drake’s son Adonis, Shane Gillis, and BenDaDon, amongst others. The livestream ended with a 10-minute fireworks present at Harbourfront Centre.
Drake beforehand erected an ice sculpture to disclose ICEMAN‘s launch date
Drake has stayed true to the icy theme for ICEMAN, selecting to advertise the album with a myriad of ice-based ideas. In April, the rapper’s courtside seats on the Scotiabank Enviornment in Toronto had been iced out. On April 20, the rapper unveiled a 25-foot sculpture made totally of ice blocks on Bond Avenue in Toronto, additional revealing that it contained ICEMAN‘s launch date.
Following this, followers gathered across the sculpture with pickaxes and blowtorches to break it down for the discharge date. One individual, a streamer named Kishka, efficiently recovered a bag containing the discharge date and was instructed to drive to Drake’s Toronto mansion, the place the rapper revealed that ICEMAN could be launched on Could 15.
The sculpture was quickly roped off and hosed down by the Toronto fireplace division on account of being an alleged security hazard. Toronto Hearth Companies Chief Jim Jessop introduced that the sculpture shall be hosed down in a press assertion days after it was first erected, saying he was following measures underneath the Hearth Safety and Prevention Act attributable to “harmful and unsafe actions.”
“As Toronto’s fireplace chief, my high precedence is holding Torontonians secure. Giant numbers of people have gathered to aim to soften the ice utilizing flammable liquids and open flames in an uncontrolled atmosphere, which leads to a right away risk to life,” he added.
ICEMAN, usually dubbed one of the extremely anticipated albums of 2026, was launched along with two shock albums, Maid of Honour and Habibti, on Could 15, 2026. The trio of albums consists of options from Sexyy Pink, PartyNextDoor, Future, Central Cee, 21 Savage, and Molly Santana, amongst others. ICEMAN‘s tracklist consists of 18 songs, whereas Maid of Honour and Habibti have 14 and 11 songs, respectively.
Edited by Juhi Marzia