Jynxzi has thrown himself headfirst into the pop-versus-rap debate of the week. During a recent livestream, the Twitch star declared that Olivia Rodrigo’s new song “the cure” clears Drake’s entire ICEMAN album.
For anyone outside the slang loop, “clears” means it wipes the floor with the competition. One Rodrigo single, in Jynxzi’s view, is better than Drake’s whole new project.
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It’s a bold take from a streamer better known for screaming at Rainbow Six Siege than weighing in on pop charts. But that’s exactly why the clip traveled. Jynxzi’s animated reactions and short, decisive one-liners are built for viral moments, and a music hot take aimed at two of the biggest names on the planet was always going to spread.
The comparison itself is a strange one on paper. Rodrigo is a pop-rock singer-songwriter coming off the back of SOUR and GUTS, two albums that earned her Grammys, hits like “good 4 u” and “vampire,” and constant comparisons to Paramore and early Taylor Swift. “the cure” continues that guitar-driven, confessional lane that her fans love her for.
Drake, on the other hand, is Drake. ICEMAN is his latest full-length and arrived with the usual streaming-era hype machine. Commercially he’s untouchable, but his recent output has been a punching bag for listeners who feel his albums have grown bloated and formulaic, especially after his 2024 feud with Kendrick Lamar reshaped the conversation around him.
Neither Rodrigo nor Drake has responded, and there’s no reason to expect they will. But the clip is doing what Jynxzi clips always do, racking up views and dragging two huge fanbases into the same comment sections.
