The bromance between Drake and photographer/director is in full swing. Last week, there was Drake, who just happens to be the most talked about new hip-hop artist in forever, gushing over Mandler. Now Mandler, who refers to Rihanna as his muse, returns the favor, lavishing praise on the newcomer in an interview at Rap-Up. But, more importantly, the two are aiming for “iconic” images with this one, which is what we always want in our crosshairs:
In all honesty, I don’t really care what other people have done with somebody. If I did, I would put myself in a lane with other people. To my failure or my success, I always want to do something different, so you look at “Run This Town” or “Russian Roulette,” and it’s always about trying to separate and move the needle over. I’m not saying that he made bad videos, I’m just saying that I wanted to do something different with him. I really like to get on the phone, get in person, really kind of talk it through with the artist, and really try to understand where the song came from, what’s their overall story, who are they, what’s the character, and how does that relate.
We’re still very excited.
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Aubrey’s lol new video is hot but It doesn’t make the song better like some videos seem to do for me. Hopefully his next single will be better artistically