--- title: Leaked Drake New Song Toosie Slide Inspires TikTok Challenge description: A leaked preview of an unreleased Drake song called the "Toosie Slide," has already become a hit on TikTok, inspiring a dance challenge. canonical: https://time.com/5813048/drake-toosie-slide-challenge-new-song-tiktok-challenge/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-31T14:51:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:25.230Z og:title: Drake's Unreleased Song Has Already Inspired a TikTok Challenge og:description: 'Toosie Slide' is set to drop on Thursday og:url: https://time.com/5813048/drake-toosie-slide-challenge-new-song-tiktok-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt728264ff0f8c2890/698a0c87db29877a87265311/Drake-Toosie-Slide.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Drake at Top Boy UK Premiere - London og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drake's Unreleased Song Has Already Inspired a TikTok Challenge twitter:description: 'Toosie Slide' is set to drop on Thursday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt728264ff0f8c2890/698a0c87db29877a87265311/Drake-Toosie-Slide.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Drake's Unreleased Song 'Toosie Slide' Has Already Inspired a Viral TikTok Challenge > Sponsored content. 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Ian West—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 31, 2020 2:51 PM UTC Leave it to [Drake](https://time.com/5042885/drake-basketball-meme/) to inspire [a dance challenge](https://time.com/5333612/in-my-feelings-challenge/) to his song before he even drops the track. The Canadian rapper, who’s no stranger to [instigating a viral challenge](https://time.com/5799455/flip-the-switch-challenge-drake/) online, appears primed for current TikTok dominance after a clip of an unreleased song has become a dance challenge for fans. The song, called “Toosie Slide,” includes instructive lyrics like “right foot up, left foot slide/left up, right foot slide,” making it the perfect soundbite for a looping TikTok clip — and a dance challenge. The song appeared in a social media clip by Atlanta dancer Toosie (known on Twitter as @TheRealYvngQuan), where he styled choreography that mirrored Drake’s lyrics. Following the post, Drake confirmed via his Instagram that this snippet of a song was a preview of his new single, aptly dubbed the “Toosie Slide.” Listen to the preview of “Toosie Slide” and see Drake’s latest viral dance challenge below. > [](https://twitter.com/TheRealYvngQuan/status/1244388959339384834) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5813048/drake-toosie-slide-challenge-new-song-tiktok-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5813048/drake-toosie-slide-challenge-new-song-tiktok-challenge/"},"headline":"Drake's Unreleased Song 'Toosie Slide' Has Already Inspired a Viral TikTok Challenge","datePublished":"2020-03-31T14:51:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:25.230Z","description":"The single is set to drop on Thursday","url":"https://time.com/5813048/drake-toosie-slide-challenge-new-song-tiktok-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","clickmonsters","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt728264ff0f8c2890/698a0c87db29877a87265311/Drake-Toosie-Slide.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt728264ff0f8c2890/698a0c87db29877a87265311/Drake-Toosie-Slide.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Drake at Top Boy UK Premiere - London","caption":"Drake at Top Boy UK Premiere","creditText":"Ian West—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5813048/drake-toosie-slide-challenge-new-song-tiktok-challenge/","name":"Drake's Unreleased Song 'Toosie Slide' Has Already Inspired a Viral TikTok Challenge"}}]}] ```