Photo of Drake by Helen Boast

Drake's new album Views from the 6 will premiere Thursday night on Beats 1, Apple Music confirmed late Tuesday.

The radio platform will host a special edition of Drizzy's OVO Sound Radio show starting at 10 p.m. EST, giving fans a somewhat early listen of the record, which is officially due out on Friday.

News of the Views premiere follows a busy April for Drake, who only weeks ago announced the April 29 release date and earlier this week confirmed the dates for his Summer Sixteen tour with Future.

While users can only access Apple Music by purchasing a subscription, Beats 1 is available as a free app, even for non-subscribers.