It took a decade before Rockstar Games dropped the newest and latest installment in the Grand Theft Auto game series with a massive GTA 6 trailer that broke the internet. As the trailer reveals more on what to expect for the upcoming game, it featured a song of Tom Petty titled Love is a Long Road which encapsulates the overall vibe of the game teaser. Following the trend of the trailer, Tom Petty's song got an explosive 37,000% Spotify boost as fans continue to listen to the song outside the teaser.
The release of the GTA 6 trailer has been an eventful moment in the history of the game as it breaks various world records which proves that the end of a decade-long anticipation on GTA 6 has finally ripened into a global phenomenon. The trailer showed glimpses on what to expect in the game from the confirmation of the setting in modern-day Vice City to the life of the main protagonists of GTA 6. Perfectly playing on the background of every scene in the GTA 6 trailer is Love is a Long Road by Tom Petty. See the trailer below:
The song Love is a Long Road by Tom Petty brings just enough to the atmosphere and it complements the visuals of the GTA 6 trailer. The late Tom Petty was no stranger in Grand Theft Auto as another song of his, Runnin' Down a Dream, was featured in GTA San Andreas.
How did the GTA 6 trailer bring a surge of streams for Tom Petty's Love is a Long Road?
There is no question that the GTA 6 trailer has brought into Rockstar Games a whole new record on its release. As of the time of writing, the GTA 6 trailer has 110 million views and counting in just almost two days since its release. Because of the high viewership of the trailer, Tom Petty's Love is a Long Road got the same fame after it got a 37,000% boost on streams on Spotify as reported by IGN.
The boost is expected to continue as with the views of the GTA 6 trailer and Tom Petty's Love is a Long Road sits with 11.3 million plays on Spotify which could still grow over the next few days with everyone still high on the release of the trailer. This brings a total of 37,000% of streams on Spotify and it would surely be growing in numbers over the next few days. The X account of the late Tom Petty even shared his privilege of working with Rockstar Games from GTA: San Andreas to GTA 6.
GTA 6 launches on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2025.
