section_path: History/2024–present: Aftermath of direct confrontation/New releases and return to indirect conflict
section_name: New releases and return to indirect conflict
paragraph_text: New releases and return to indirect conflict
  
  In September 2024, shortly after being announced as the halftime show musical guest for the upcoming Super Bowl, Lamar dropped his first track following the beef, an untitled Instagram-only release known colloquially as " Watch the Party Die " after its refrain; the song did not mention Drake, and was interpreted as an attempt to reshape the narrative from the beef towards Lamar's broader goals of shifting hip-hop away from glorifying luxury and the celebrity lifestyle (symbolized by Drake) and towards lyricism and music with a deeper meaning.
  
  Lamar followed up this teaser track with a new studio album, GNX, that autumn. The album did not directly mention Drake, nor did it feature any of that spring's diss tracks; however, many of its songs, particularly the opening track " Wacced Out Murals ", were interpreted as containing reflections on the feud and further indirect shots at Drake. Lamar also included a track on the album entitled " Heart Pt. 6 ", reusing the title that Drake had earlier claimed for his feud-ending track.
  
  On January 3, 2025, producer Conductor Williams, who had previously produced with Drake on For All the Dogs, posted and then took down a link to a Drake freestyle dubbed "Fighting Irish Freestyle". Drake addresses the feud in the freestyle and, according to many commentators, takes shots at LeBron James. James, who Drake was formerly friends with and even has a tattoo of, attended Lamar's Pop Out concert and has been seen dancing to "Not Like Us". Other lyrics in the song were read as targeting UMG, DeMar DeRozan, and Lil Wayne. The song received mixed reactions from critics, with HipHopDX writing that "after retreating in his beef with Kendrick following the underwhelming reception to 'The Heart Part 6', the tough talk just feels empty".
  
  In September 2024, shortly after being announced as the halftime show musical guest for the upcoming Super Bowl, Lamar dropped his first track following the beef, an untitled Instagram-only release known colloquially as " Watch the Party Die " after its refrain; the song did not mention Drake, and was interpreted as an attempt to reshape the narrative from the beef towards Lamar's broader goals of shifting hip-hop away from glorifying luxury and the celebrity lifestyle (symbolized by Drake) and towards lyricism and music with a deeper meaning.
  
  Lamar followed up this teaser track with a new studio album, GNX, that autumn. The album did not directly mention Drake, nor did it feature any of that spring's diss tracks; however, many of its songs, particularly the opening track " Wacced Out Murals ", were interpreted as containing reflections on the feud and further indirect shots at Drake. Lamar also included a track on the album entitled " Heart Pt. 6 ", reusing the title that Drake had earlier claimed for his feud-ending track.
  
  On January 3, 2025, producer Conductor Williams, who had previously produced with Drake on For All the Dogs, posted and then took down a link to a Drake freestyle dubbed "Fighting Irish Freestyle". Drake addresses the feud in the freestyle and, according to many commentators, takes shots at LeBron James. James, who Drake was formerly friends with and even has a tattoo of, attended Lamar's Pop Out concert and has been seen dancing to "Not Like Us". Other lyrics in the song were read as targeting UMG, DeMar DeRozan, and Lil Wayne. The song received mixed reactions from critics, with HipHopDX writing that "after retreating in his beef with Kendrick following the underwhelming reception to 'The Heart Part 6', the tough talk just feels empty".