Lil Wayne Autotunes His Nightmares In New ‘Dreams’ Performance

Begin your day off with Lil Wayne's flex-heavy performance of "Dreams" from last night's (February 5) episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Questlove and The Roots joined him for the autotuned show that cranked the energy knob the max. It's wonderful to be able to see Lil Wayne back in rare form like this, having fun with his music.


Lil Wayne's show was pretty simple although efficient. "Dreams" is about the rapper hallucinating that he's broke. Before it might settle in, he jolts awake to a life of riches and spontaneity. While metallically singing about this scary thought, the screen in back of him broadcasted dark thunderstorm clouds, potentially indicating that being without his funds would really be a nightmare.


Yet as soon as he got out of his sleep in the song, the energy in his efficiency kicked to the extreme with Questlove's high-octane pounding of drums and Wayne's own psychedelic, possessed screaming. The full song is built around the shock of potentially losing it all, so Wayne's excited delivery of it matched its required intensity. "Thank God it was just a dream!" He shouts and sings into the microphone. Immediately after repeating it over and over, "Woke up and I screamed!" Comes next, transferring over to you this same white-hot energy.


"Dreams" appears on Funeral, Lil Wayne's latest album that dropped at the end of January. The LP features "I Do It," his group effort with Big Sean and Lil Baby. Adam Levine, XXXTentacion, and more also make appearances.


Lil Wayne surprised fans around the world any time if he performed as a robot on The Masked Singer during its latest season premiere. Let's get one thing straight: once the automaton started performing Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way," it was instantly clear that Wayne was under the mask, even if the judges had no clue (they guessed Floyd Mayweather Jr., Steve-O, and other identically uncommon picks). It was startling though, just as the rapper even appeared on the show, something that host Nick Cannon even marveled at afterward.


Check out Lil Wayne's efficiency of "Dreams" on Fallon up above.