McDonald’s Canada just dropped a Drake-inspired meal deal
But is it worth the hype?
For a few days now, the local Drizzerati have been buzzing—make that hooting—after posters teasing a collab between Drake’s OVO label and McDonald’s were plastered all over the city. “Night Owls Land Here” reads the cryptic tagline, sending speculation into overdrive: What ballers-only menu item might the Six God bestow on his loyal subjects? Was McDonald’s about to add Ace of Spades to its fountain drink offerings?
We finally have our answer: it’s the OVO x McDonald’s “Afters Meal,” featuring—wait, surely it can’t just be...but it is.
It’s blue Sprite.
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Okay, fine, it’s blue raspberry Sprite served with either a McDouble or a McChicken, plus a poutine. And if you’re thinking, Hold on, don’t all of those things already exist on the regular McDonald’s menu? You are not wrong. What gives, Drake? Shania Twain gave us all-dressed fries and strawberry pie. Even the Grinch gave us dill-pickle fries and delightful socks. And he’s not a real person, just a fictional curmudgeon—and not even a Canadian one at that.
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On that last point, we will give Drake (pictured above, presumably reaching for his McDouble) some props for releasing the Afters Meal exclusively in Canada. (After all, he could have pulled a Tate McRae and dropped it in the States.) It’s hard to drum up too much patriotic enthusiasm for a drink one reviewer compared to Windex. But, hey, you get to keep the OVO-branded cup that it comes in.
Courtney Shea is a freelance journalist in Toronto. She started her career as an intern at Toronto Life and continues to contribute frequently to the publication, including her 2022 National Magazine Award–winning feature, “The Death Cheaters,” her regular Q&As and her recent investigation into whether Taylor Swift hung out at a Toronto dive bar (she did not). Courtney was a producer and writer on the 2022 documentary The Talented Mr. Rosenberg, based on her 2014 Toronto Life magazine feature “The Yorkville Swindler.”
