Drake White Talks About His New Album THE OPTIMYSTIC & How He Came Out Stronger After His Stroke

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5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Singer/songwriter Drake White is on this episode! He has a new album out called The Optimystic. He talks about the musical influences of the album and shares stories behind the songs. Drakes had a stroke while on stage in 2019 and he tells the story and how he came out much stronger because of it. He also talks about his wife's health issues and their struggle with infertility, what he's learned from going through tough times and how he knows music is what he was born to do. Drake is joining Whiskey Myers on their WHISKEY MYERS IS A COMIN’ TOUR this month and he's headlining THE OPTIMYSTIC TOUR later this year.

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