DJ Khaled faucets Drake and Lil Child, interpolates Bee Gees hit on new single ‘Staying Alive’

DJ Khaled has shared ‘Staying Alive’, a Drake and Lil Child-assisted single lifted from the producer’s upcoming album.

‘Staying Alive’, the refrain of which interpolates the 1977 Bee Gees track of the identical identify, sees Khaled refresh the old fashioned disco basic with sparse manufacturing and sharp hi-hats. Khaled lists the Bee Gees — Robin, Andy and Maurice Gibb — as lyricists on the brand new monitor.

For his or her half, Drake and Lil Child change flows earlier than delivering an auto-tuned rendition of the titular unique on the brand new track’s hook. “Ah, ah, ah, I’m stayin’ alive / I’m stayin’ alive/ I’m stayin’ alive,” Drake sings.

The only is accompanied by a music video, directed by R.T. Thorne. In it, Drake dons medical scrubs and a stethoscope, whereas Lil Child hosts a booze-fuelled social gathering. Elsewhere, Khaled takes centre stage at a motivational talking engagement, earlier than all three collaborators unite for the track’s last refrain. Watch that under:

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‘Staying Alive’ is the primary single to be shared from ‘God Did’, Khaled’s upcoming thirteenth studio album. Alongside Drake and Lil Child, the album may also characteristic Jay-Z, and is about for launch on August 26.

The track marks Khaled’s most up-to-date collaboration with Drake, having enlisted the musician for earlier singles ‘To the Max’, ‘Popstar’, and ‘Greece’, amongst others.

Lil Child, in the meantime, has appeared on Khaled songs ‘I Did It’, and ‘Physique in Movement’, and stays a longtime collaborator with Drake. Over time, the pair have contributed twin verses on tracks like ‘By no means Recuperate’, ‘Desires and Wants’, and ‘Ladies Need Ladies’, the final of which featured on Drake’s most up-to-date album, ‘Licensed Lover Boy’.

‘God Did’ will succeed final yr’s ‘Khaled Khaled’, which featured a star-studded checklist of collaborators that included Cardi B, Migos, Publish Malone, H.E.R and Megan Thee Stallion.

Khaled first teased a brand new Drake collaboration in November 2021, promising followers that “this shit sound loopy”.