'Atlanta''s New Episode Is All About Drake

Evan Minsker
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There’s a party at Drake’s house, but where is he?

The new episode of Donald Glover’s FX series “Atlanta” is titled “Champagne Papi.” (Spoilers ahead.) The episode is about a party at Drake’s mansion, and for the entire episode, a Drake cameo is teased. Van (Zazie Beetz) and her friends go to the party trying to get a selfie with Drake. Gradually, Van walks through his mansion, raids his closet, and meets his abuelo. Drake never appears. The episode features a somber piano cover of “Passionfruit” and a Spanish-language rendition of “Hotline Bling.” (The final line in the episode: “Drake’s Mexican!”) Watch the episode at FX.

Ibra Ake, who wrote the episode, joked about the episode’s origins on Twitter: “i wrote tonight’s episode of atlanta as a piece of content for drake’s roll-out of ‘nice for what.’ enjoy.”

The last episode of “Atlanta” was titled “Teddy Perkins”—a 41-minute episode that aired on FX without commercial breaks. It was later revealed that Glover stayed in character as Perkins on set during filming. Read “The Erasure of Paper Boi Is ‘Atlanta’’s Sharpest Joke” and “What Does Atlanta Hip-Hop Think of ‘Atlanta’ the Show?” on the Pitch.

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