“In the weeks leading up to Views’ release, Drake leaked a cover of Jackson Browne’s/Nico’s “These Days.” It can’t be coincidence that the phrase is repeated throughout Views (“If they don’t have a story these days, they’ll make one" on “9,” and “These days I don’t talk about them days like I miss ‘em” on “U With Me?”). The effect establishes these songs, and this album, in an ever-present tense: W”
