Obituary

From the music video for 'Hotline Bling,' two frames of Drake — one recoiling in polite horror, one nodding along in quiet approval — became the internet's official way of grading every take ever made. The format was brutally simple: top frame, something you reject; bottom frame, the correct option. It was used to judge food, music, politics, and whether to text your ex. It died in 2017, replaced by a hundred newer grading systems, but it remains the gold standard: every review format since has been a footnote to Drake's two moods.

Born

October 2015

Died

2017

Cause of death

Died mid-dance

Last sighting

A music video set, Toronto, 2017

Resting place

Section D, Row 7

Category

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