His latest single “Alone,”Rod Wave looks back on the complex moments that make it worth it. The track is set to be featured on his third studio album. Beautiful MindAugust 12th, 2012: The rapper puts his pride to one side and examines the relationship of love and loss.
In the accompanying music video, Rod Wave becomes the narrator, set on sharing the story of two lovers who lost their way when one of them didn’t appreciate what he had until it was gone. The video’s director was Rod Wave, a St. Petersburg rapper. It shows the lead character recovering from a terrible accident and wanting to do it again the right way.
“Alone” interpolates Ed Sheeran’s “U.N.I,”A song from his debut studio album +,Which weathers the same storm of separation in a relationship fraught with complications? “I found your headband on my bedroom floor/The only evidence that you’ve been here before,”Rod Wave provides mid-verse and slips into his sing-rap flow. “I don’t get waves of missin’ you anymore/They’re more like tsunami tides in my eyes.”
Rod Wave was last year Thank youCharlamagne Tha God, a media personality, for getting him in touch Sheeran. “one of his idols, somebody I look up to.”
“That shit just be crazy to me how I used to be big fans with people in this industry and now I’m ten toes and elbows in it,”He elaborated. “That boy introduced me to Ed Sheeran like that shit give me the chills just hearing from bro and he said he was gonna do it and he did it.”