Leavin

Album: yet to be titled (2025)
Charted: 63
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Songfacts®:

  • Comprising one long verse, "Leavin" is Rod Wave's raw confession about his pain and troubled life. He intends to walk away, even from those he cares about, and he warns them not to wait for him to return.
  • Rod Wave has long used his music as therapy. "Leavin" continues the theme of emotional exhaustion that runs through his catalog, a worldview shaped by instability, betrayal, and the hard lessons of trust. It echoes the same ache he voiced in "Break My Heart," when he admitted, "I don't know who to trust, I feel like everybody lying."

    That line now feels like a prelude to "Leavin," where the mistrust has calcified into resignation, not just questioning who's real, but deciding it's safer to disappear altogether.
  • Behind the boards, TnTXD, JB, TrillGotJuice, O Soma, and Sensei Rocky built the swing-inflected, soulful, and sparse beat. TnTXD, JB, TrillGotJuice, O Soma, and Sensei Rocky produced the track. TnTXD, JB and TrillGotJuice are all regular Rod Wave producers; TnTXD, in particular, has been instrumental in shaping Rod Wave's sound since 2020.
  • "Leavin'" incorporates Sophia Alexa's vocal melody and phrasing from her 2022 track "The Way You See Me" as a foundational element of the beat, contributing to the song's haunting, soulful atmosphere.
  • Directed by Jerry Production, the "Leavin" video finds Rod Wave performing in and around an opulent mansion at night, with only his jewelry and armed guards to keep him company.

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