Drake Drops New Song 'Serious' in Oliver El-Khatib's SoundCloud Mix

Drake slipped a new song, 'Serious,' into OVO co-founder Oliver El-Khatib's SoundCloud 'Magician Mix (feat. Govi)' at the 3:40 mark — a loosie that lives in OVO's channels rather than on streaming.

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June 20, 2026 1 min read

Drake Drops New Song 'Serious' in Oliver El-Khatib's SoundCloud Mix

Key Points

Drake's new song "Serious" appears in Oliver El-Khatib's SoundCloud mix.
It's tucked in at the 3:40 mark of "Magician Mix (feat. Govi)."
El-Khatib is a co-founder of Drake's OVO.
The track isn't on Spotify or Apple Music.

Drake is still allergic to a normal rollout. His new song "Serious" arrived not on streaming but buried at the 3:40 mark of a SoundCloud mix from OVO co-founder Oliver El-Khatib, the "Magician Mix (feat. Govi)." It's nowhere on Spotify or Apple Music.

The SoundCloud-and-loosie route is familiar Drake: a low-stakes drop that lets a song breathe with the core audience before any official plan. Whether "Serious" stays a standalone or feeds a future project is unclear; for now it lives in OVO's own channels, on the label's terms.

Sources: HipHop-N-More, HotNewHipHop