DJ Khaled, Drake, and Lil Baby Share New Song “Staying Alive”: Watch the Video
DJ Khaled recently released a music video for his new track "Staying Alive," which features Drake and Lil Baby.
The video, directed by RT!, takes place in Khaled Hospital and features the three musicians working together in the hospital wards. Drizzy brings out the red cups and hookah, while Lil Baby saves a life as a surgeon after smoking a blunt, and Dr. Khaled delivers his trademark words of inspiration to the rest of the employees.
Drake sings a line from the Bee Gees' 1977 hit single "Stayin' Alive" in the hook before delivering a verse on the track, which interpolates the Bee Gees' 1977 hit single "Stayin' Alive."
“How she in love and she been over once?” Drake raps. “It’s not like I known her for months/This life allowed me to take what I want/It’s not like I know what I want/It’s not like I know what I need/I get some time, but it’s no guarantees.”
Lil Baby spits in the second verse: “I put my feelings aside, you want me to die? But baby, I’m stayin’ alive/’Posed to be one of a kind, you puttin’ no miles, I thought you were down for the ride.”
"Staying Alive," produced by Nyan, is the first single from DJ Khaled's upcoming album God Did, which is set to be released on August 26. The album will be the follow-up to Khaled Khaled, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in April 2021 with approximately 93,000 total album-equivalent first-week units.
Prior to the release of "Staying Alive" on Friday (August 5), DJ Khaled referred to Drake as a "genius," while Timbaland referred to it as "the hook of the century."
"When Drake wrote the hook... there's a reason why some people are referred to as geniuses." "This is considered genius level when you grasp that word," Khaled added, to which Timbaland answered, "the hook of the century."
"Thank you!" said Khaled. Whatever happens, the entire world will sing it. Let's be honest: I don't care what's playing. You may be in this mode, that mode, and then when this comes on, everyone is in sync. It's as if they're saying, 'Hey everybody, get together!'"