Drake Sets September 15 Premiere for ‘Fear of Missing Out’

Drake has finally put a format and a date around his mysterious Fear of Missing Out project. A new teaser identifies the release as a “not so short film” and schedules its premiere for September 15 at 9 p.m. ET.

The reveal answers the biggest question surrounding the title without explaining everything inside it. Fans had speculated that Fear of Missing Out, also shortened to FOMO, could be an album, a music video or even a tour. The teaser instead places it in film territory.

Fear of Missing Out is billed as a family production

Drake described the project as being directed and scored “by the family,” language that keeps the creative credits intentionally close-knit while leaving the full team undisclosed. The short announcement therefore works less like a conventional trailer breakdown and more like a firm appointment for viewers.

That distinction matters because the campaign has relied on uncertainty. Rather than settling the project’s exact length, story or distribution details, the teaser confirms only the essentials: it is a film, it has a score tied to Drake’s circle, and it is due to arrive on a specific night.

A compact rollout after a major music release

The film follows Drake’s triple-album release earlier this year, adding a visual project to an already active period. Whether FOMO functions as an extension of that music, a standalone narrative or something between those forms was not clarified in the initial reports.

The “not so short” description also avoids promising a standard feature-film runtime. Until the premiere, it is safest to treat the phrase exactly as Drake presented it rather than attach a length or genre that has not been announced.

For now, the strategy is straightforward: turn prolonged fan speculation into a timed reveal while preserving enough ambiguity to keep the conversation moving. On September 15 at 9 p.m. ET, audiences should finally learn what Drake and his collaborators have built behind the Fear of Missing Out title.