Video: Rod Wave – Misunderstood

Rod Wave can pack a lifetime’s worth of deep feeling into a two-and-a-half minute trap ballad. Opening up about his conflicted relationship with fame, Rod shares “Misunderstood,” his new music video. Alternating growling rhymes and floating melodies, Rod reflects on his tumultuous past, including the death of his beloved aunt, and laments the public’s inaccurate belief that fame and fortune solves all personal problems: “It be hard to believe that I made it this far/Made it when it was rainin’, boy, that sh*t done left me scarred.” In the video, Rod cruises around a Florida neighborhood in his brand new Beamer and his Audi convertible, stopping to take pictures with fans and to observe his surroundings. “Misunderstood” is the second single to come out in the wake of Rod’s smash hit Ghetto Gospel album, following the successful video for “Dark Clouds” (7.6 million YouTube views).