Drake, NOKIA | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 83^rd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2025), we highlight “NOKIA” performed by Grammy-winning rapper Drake.

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and/or stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 83^rd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2025), we break down “NOKIA” performed by Drake.

“Who’s callin’ my phone? (Who’s callin’ that shit?)” Drake asks in the pre-chorus of his hit, “NOKIA”. Given the repetition, as well as that s-bomb, he seems to be annoyed by whoever it is.  In the chorus, multiple girls are questioned as the calling culprit: “Is it Stacy? /… Is it Becky?” At one point, it’s asked, “Is it PARTY?” referencing his $ome $exy $ongs 4 U collaborator, PARTYNEXTDOOR. “NOKIA” is the 14^th track from $ome $exy $ongs 4 U.  “NOKIA” is a solo track from Drake. Elkan produced this bop that peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.

“NOKIA” is a two-part song. Part one features a danceable groove and the looped question,  “Who’s calling my phone?” The chorus, referenced above, is infectious.  In the sole verse in part one, Drake drops a respectable cadence and flow. “The way I feel right now, I feel like we need to be alone,” he raps, and adds, “So, if you just playin’ around, you need to tell your girl, ‘Take your fine ass home,’ and that’s real. Honesty is the best policy. In the verse, he also touts his and his collective’s success, asserting, “We had a lock on the game, but it’s more to come.”  Part two marks a change of pace, triggered by the intro, “Baby girl.” The tempo is slower after 1:30 mark, but the groove remains potent, and the synths remain bright. The baby girl becomes part of the chorus performed by Elkan and Drake:

“Baby girl

Let me see you do your dance, let me see you twirl

Shakin’ ass in the club with your home girls

Take a pic for the ‘gram, show the whole world (Show the whole world), yeah

… Is that your bestie?

I’ma ice both of y’all like Gretzky

I’ma at you like bless me

Hit the dance floor, get nasty, impress me.”

Ooh-wee! Drake drops the second verse, the sole verse in part two.  Among the most intriguing lyrics are, “You got some bass in the drunk, my love, damn,” “How many hoes in this club? / Is it really just me, my love?”, and “You know my dad ‘nem pimpin’ for real / You ever been down to Memphis, Tennessee, my love?”  “NOKIA” is a jam-packed highlight from $ome $exy $ongs 4 U.  Drake had plenty of Ls in 2024, namely the Kendrick Lamar beef that he lost badly, but the success of “NOKIA” helped him rebound some in 2025.

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PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake » $ome $exy $ongs 4 U » OVO Sound / Republic » 2025

Drake, NOKIA: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 83 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; OVO Sound / Republic; Bigshow Lamar Campton, Daniel Duarte, Eduardo López from Pexels; AcatXIo, djexpectations, OpenClipart-Vectors, Thai Zeo from Pixabay]

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