Dog House

Album

Iceman

Label

OVO Sound

Genre

Rage

Composer(s)

ScroMatt Bosley;Tyshane Thompson;James Wrighter aka FASHXN;David Jimenez;Benjamin Saint Fort;Noah Smith;Julia Capello;Aubrey Graham

Entered Chart

Sep 27, 2025

Peak Date

Sep 27, 2025

Released

September 9, 2025

"Dog House" begins with New York singer-songwriter Julia Wolf singing about being battered, bruised, and still strong enough to take on enemies. She invokes both a "big dog" and an open invitation to "search my house," laying out the titular "dog house" conceit. The song opens with Wolf singing: When they're all searching for my body I don't know who they'll find Drake specifically selected these lines after she sent him several ideas. Wolf explained to Rolling Stone that when Drake heard this particular intro, "he immediately connected with it, saying it reflected his own life." The lyrics resonate with Drake's personal experiences, which is why he chose to build the song around her concept. Drake takes Wolf's theme and runs with it. His verses toggle between high-risk bravado - "crash out" threats and veiled allusions to enemies - and high-gloss detail, like when he invokes Hidden Hills, the ultra-exclusive Los Angeles enclave he once called home. In 2022, he sold off his entire Hidden Hills compound, including the infamous "YOLO Estate," the backdrop for a decade of extravagant parties and celebrity drop-ins, before upgrading to a $70 million mansion in Beverly Crest. The reference could double as a sly shot at Kanye West and Kim Kardashian; Kardashian is a longtime resident of the Hidden Hills neighborhood. Drake's juxtaposition of glamour and jeopardy isn't new. You could hear it way back on Take Care (2011) when "Marvin's Room" captured him lost and lonely in the middle of all that success, or on Nothing Was the Same (2013), where "Started From The Bottom" reimagined his rise as both a victory lap and a burden. Even "The Motto," with its YOLO mantra, foreshadowed the excess that made Hidden Hills both a dream house and a gilded cage. Oregan rapper Yeat takes the second and final verse, opening with what sounds like a nod to "Money Trees" by Drake's arch nemesis, Kendrick Lamar. Smash David, Bosley, and BNYX crafted the beat, blending subdued guitar riffs with trap-influenced percussion. Of the three "Dog House" producers, BNYX has by far the most established working relationship with Drake; he produced nine tracks on The OVO boss' 2023 album For All the Dogs. Julia Wolf's big break came when Drake followed her on Instagram after hearing her track "In My Room." According to Wolf, the rapper had been DJing in the back of a club when someone in the crowd asked him to play the song. He did, loved it, and reached out. Wolf, who describes herself as "never online," was jolted awake by her boyfriend Tanner shouting, "Champagne Poppy followed you!" Too stunned to type, she handed him her phone while Drake messaged her lyrics and encouragement. When Drake asked for demos, Wolf rushed to write something new, and that late-night scramble produced "Dog House," a track he called "my life." The two began texting ideas back and forth, with Drake offering the kind of advice only someone at his level can give: trust your instincts and tune out the noise.

Mm (oh, oh, oh, yeah)
When they're all searching for my body
I don't know who they'll find
They've taken everything from me
Chew me up and spit me out
Big dog loves a crowd
Well, tell 'em to search my house
I bet they find you face down
Yeah
Shout out to her ex, he a crash out
Took too many pills, he a crash out
She in Hidden Hills in a glass house
I like what I saw, and so I cashed out
Ya bad, ay, Cindy, you bad, you bad, uh
I like what I saw and so I cashed out
Yeah, yeah, molly make her -, what?
Molly make her dance with her ass out, damn
Ay, ay, ay, yeah
Daddy Mac'll make her, Kris Kross'll make her jump out to Jamaica
Yeah, jump up out the bed, she 'bout to jump, ay (jump, where?)
Jump up on the flight, she 'bout to jump ('bout to jump, yeah)
Jump like Ja Morant, she 'bout to jump ('bout to jump)
Lil' girl's trip, lil' photo dump (yeah, what?)
Just like Nicki said, money make her cum (what? What?)
Give me quickie head, girl, I'm 'bout to run (gotta run)
Girl, I'm picky and you my number one (one, one, yeah)
Molly make her dance with her ass out (yeah, what?)
My money 'bout to faint, it get passed out (ay, what?)
Molly make her dance with her ass out
Ay, yeah, molly make her dance, what?
VAVA on the jacket, baby, Jesse Jo my pants, baby
Just like Biggie said, I just need one chance, baby
Just like Drizzy said, I just need one dance, baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah
Shout out to her ex, he a crash out
Took too many pills, he a crash out (hey)
She in Hidden Hills in a glass house
I like what I saw, and so I cashed out
Ya bad (yeah), ay, Cindy, you bad, you bad, uh
I like what I saw, and so I cashed out
Yeah, yeah, molly make her - (dance, ah), what?
Molly make her dance with her ass out, damn (yeah)
Like Twizzy said, I cracked the seal, then passed out (I-I-I-, hey)
Fuck a money tree, I'm a cash cow
If I ain't give a fuck then, I don't give a fuck now (I-I-I-, whoo)
Got that lil' employee mad 'cause he fanned out (yes, I did)
I got Bentley truck, so fuck a Jag', I got two cougars up (oh, yeah)
All my bitches wet for me, I'm suited up, they scuba'd up (oh, yeah)
I pull up and shit on 'em, baby, I do it a lot (oh, yeah)
I'm fuckin' this bitch from the bottom, then straight to the top, yeah (oh, yeah)
My money started at a penny, but now it's a lot
It's hard to swallow the truth when, baby, you swallow me a lot
Molly make her dance with her ass out, damn (yeah)
Damn (huh), damn (huh), damn (huh)