 Blackwell felt "Pink Moon" had the potential to bring Drake to a mainstream audience; however, his staff were disappointed by Drake's unwillingness to promote it.A&R manager Muff Winwood recalled "tearing his hair out" in frustration and said that without Blackwell's enthusiastic support "the rest of us would have given him the boot".At Boyd's insistence, Drake agreed to an interview with Jerry Gilbert of "Sounds Magazine".