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Attempts at remaking the golden moments lose their original impact. Sequels rarely live up to the originals because they can never recapture the magic that you fell in love with that first time. Nostalgia is a form of escapism that doesn’t harm the soul, but it can be jading to taste and reality. It feels good to discover something enjoyable, and it’s natural to cling upon and crave that feeling. Rihanna’s new relationship can reopen old wounds, but Heartbreak Drake won’t be resurrected.

He can reunite with The Weeknd, a major collaborator who doubled as a musical organ donor to bring Take Care to life, but he is far from the starving young man who lived in a house of balloons. Drake can grow out the curls, but it doesn’t return him to who he was in 2010-2011. It is the ugly truth rarely embraced by a craving audience. The plea articulates what the masses think they want, but do we really need another Take Care? Art isn’t meant to move in reverse.

Even though most of these qualities still appear in his music, the piece is a humble request to build a modern replica, to do it all again just like you once did. Since the picture hit the web, Billboard wrote an editorial that gives Drake tips on how to make Take Care 2 a classic, and it reads like a wishlist to remake the predecessor: be your most honest self, bring in The Weeknd, chummy up with old rivals, and find balance between the singing and rapping. They need a new soundtrack for this new phase in life― Views and More Life didn't cut it. Sadly, they want a return to a place that can never be recreated in the present. Those are the listeners desperate to see Aubrey drop the accent, cease the day-drinking anthems, and return to the mood music that struck a chord.

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