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Dive into Rod Wave's raw comeback with “Leavin” in this Analytic Dreamz segment on Notorious Mass Effect. Dropped October 12, 2025, via Alamo Records, the 3-minute single—directed by Jerry Production—layers haunting soul samples, sparse percussion, and icy piano over Rod's emotive croon. Themes of escapism and mental turmoil shine in lines like “How I stay afloat with a hole in my boat?” and “I’m leaving again, but this time don’t wait on me,” earning instant social buzz for his storyteller authenticity.After a 10-month mental health hiatus—sparked by January 2025's reflective note: “Gonna travel, see the world, find love, raise kids… This ain’t goodbye”—the 27-year-old Florida native launches The Redemption Experience Tour. Self-promoted to dodge promoter pitfalls, it spans December 7, 2025 (Crypto.com Arena, LA) to January 2, 2026 (Miami finale), hitting Barclays Center December 23. Tickets on sale October 17 via Vivid Seats; 100% secure.Looming large: Grizzly Touring's September 2025 $27M lawsuit over canceled Last Lap tour (12/35 shows amid chaos). Rod's countersuit alleges routing failures, no-notice reschedules, and a $1.8M bribe to ex-agent Beau Williams for exclusivity. “Indentured servitude,” per lawyer James Sammataro; reps slam it as a “baseless trap.” Grizzly silent as of October 13.Post-Beautiful Mind (#1 Billboard 200, 2022) and Last Lap (#2, 2024)—plus singles “Call Your Friends,” “HG4,” “Love Overdose”—his August 29 Tampa set (30 tracks, debuts like “Already Won,” “Lonely”) felt like “healing.” Analytic Dreamz unpacks this redemption arc, echoing 2025 disputes like Drake's, and Rod's mantra: “Long as you got music, you’re not alone.”

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