GTA VI trailer sends songs soaring

LOS40 reports sharp US streaming and Shazam gains for songs heard in GTA VI: An Extended Look, using figures attributed to Luminate and Shazam.

The release of GTA VI: An Extended Look has produced a measurable reaction outside games: songs heard in the presentation returned to the centre of the US music conversation. LOS40 reports that the 27 August trailer, which runs for almost 27 minutes, was followed by sharp increases in official streams for several tracks. The figures are reported by the outlet from data attributed to Luminate, so this page treats them as reported measurements rather than as an independently reproduced dataset.

The clearest example is “Se Me Nota (Agárrame)” by Chimbala and Omega. LOS40 says the song, originally released in 2021, grew 3,047% in official US streams between 28 and 31 August and reached 464,000 listens. That is a very large short-window change, but the source defines the geography, the period and the type of count. It does not establish a worldwide increase or provide the underlying Luminate table, so the claim remains bounded by the report.

“Inner Light” by Elderbrook and Bob Moses also recorded a sharp rise. The same LOS40 report puts its growth at 462% over the period and its US total at 694,000 streams. The two figures are not interchangeable: the percentage describes change from the earlier comparison point, while the total is the number of listens stated for the measured window. Neither figure should be read as a permanent audience size or as a prediction of future performance.

The reaction was visible in search behaviour as well as streaming. LOS40 says both songs entered the US Top 10 of the most searched tracks on Shazam, with “Inner Light” reaching number one. Shazam placement is a different signal from an official stream count: it reflects people trying to identify or look up music, often immediately after hearing an unfamiliar track. Taken together, the two signals describe attention arriving through the trailer, while still leaving the source of every underlying datapoint with the named measurement providers.

The report also lists older songs that benefited from the same exposure. “Devil Woman” by Cliff Richard is said to have risen 386% to 321,000 US streams; “People Are People” by Depeche Mode rose 89% to 221,000; and “Let Your Love Flow” by The Bellamy Brothers rose 43% to 422,000. LOS40 presents these as official US streams during the same period. This is a catalogue effect: none of the tracks is a new 2026 release, yet each received a new burst of discovery through the game’s presentation. The article groups the increases around the same four-day comparison window, which is why the figures can be read together without turning them into a longer-term ranking.

That pattern fits the way the Grand Theft Auto series has used radio and licensed music as part of its identity, but the historical comparison is context rather than a new measurement in this report. The current evidence is narrower: LOS40 reports that songs present in the Extended Look saw strong US movement immediately afterward. It does not tell us how many viewers heard each track, how much of the movement came from the trailer rather than other media, or whether the gains will persist after the launch cycle.

The distinction matters for readers following GTA VI. A trailer can create a cultural event around a song before the game is available, but a streaming spike is not a gameplay feature and it does not confirm a final radio track list. The article also does not establish that every song mentioned will be playable in an in-game station, only that LOS40 associates the reported increases with music heard in the Extended Look.

For now, the strongest citable conclusion is the one the source supports: after the 27 August presentation, several songs featured in it recorded reported gains in official US streams and Shazam searches. “Se Me Nota (Agárrame)” and “Inner Light” are the clearest cases, with the percentage changes and totals stated above. The comparison window is only four days, from 28 through 31 August, and the figures are United States figures rather than a global chart. A later Luminate or Shazam update could show whether the attention lasted; until then, Wasted Stars records this as a reported music-industry ripple from GTA VI rather than a claim about the game’s unreleased content.