A brand new trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI is out and has racked up 140 million views this week—sending Tom Petty streams hovering.
The trailer options the tune “Love Is A Lengthy Street” by the ‘80s rocker and is about in Vice Metropolis—Rockstar’s tackle Miami. Spotify says because the trailer was launched on Tuesday, streams for all of Tom Petty’s music have elevated 36,979% within the final week. The teaser confirmed the sport will arrive in 2025 and can characteristic a feminine protagonist for the primary time because the Nineties.
Grand Theft Auto V launched in 2013 and is the second-best promoting online game of all time, behind Minecraft. The collection is understood for creating tongue-in-cheek radio stations that use actual music and faux DJs to create a practical ambiance whereas driving across the metropolis setting. In a publish on Twitter, Tom Petty’s property paid tribute to the consideration.
“Tom beloved contributing “Runnin’ Down A Dream” to GTA: San Andreas so it’s an honor to have “Love Is A Lengthy Street” featured in trailer one for GTA IV,” the Tom Petty property said. New media releases have at all times propelled older songs to the highest of charts once more—we’ve seen it time and time once more as newer generations uncover outdated hits via new media.
Linda Rondstadt’s “Lengthy Lengthy Time” hit the highest of the charts earlier this yr when it appeared in HBO’s ‘The Final of Us’ collection, additionally primarily based on a online game. Kate Bush’s “Working Up That Hill” additionally grew to become the unofficial anthem of Gen Z after its look in Stranger Issues. Tom Petty isn’t the one ‘80s artist to profit from the increase although. A playlist curated by Rockstar Video games has been favored virtually 500,000 occasions because it was created only a few weeks in the past.