--- title: "A Songwriter Just Leaked a GTA 6 Song on Facebook and Then Deleted It" canonical_url: "https://www.gtaboom.com/a-songwriter-just-leaked-a-gta-6-song-on-facebook-and-then-deleted-it-2712" markdown_url: "https://www.gtaboom.com/a-songwriter-just-leaked-a-gta-6-song-on-facebook-and-then-deleted-it-2712.md" site_name: "GTA BOOM" site_url: "https://www.gtaboom.com" published_at: "2026-04-24T10:45:23Z" updated_at: "2026-04-24T10:45:24Z" section: "news" language: "en-US" primary_category_slug: "gta-news-053f" category_slugs: - "gta-news-053f" - "gta-6-news-7d1f" tags: - "GTA 6" - "Insider" authors: - name: "Ray Ampoloquio" url: "https://www.gtaboom.com/authors/ray-ampoloquio" hero: url: "https://media.gtaboom.com/variants/1919/media/images/be/2c/a-songwriter-just-leaked-a-gta-6-song-on-facebook-and-then-deleted-it-1.jpg" alt: "Songwriter Bobby Keel posted on Facebook that his 1985 country hit will be in GTA 6 before deleting it." width: 1919 height: 1080 caption: "Songwriter Bobby Keel posted on Facebook that his 1985 country hit will be in GTA 6 before deleting it." word_count: 1269 reading_time_minutes: 7 --- > [!INFO] TL;DR Summary Bobby Keel briefly posted on Facebook that his song "Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior" will appear in Grand Theft Auto VI, then deleted the post after screenshots spread online. Bobby Keel, a country music songwriter based in Tennessee, posted the following on his personal Facebook page earlier this month: > Our Song, 'Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behaviour,' will be featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto VI for release on November 19, 2026. This is BIG TIME HUGE. Within hours of the post going viral, Keel deleted it. However, even though the post is technically gone from the internet, the screenshots are everywhere. The post-then-delete pattern is a signature move in [_Grand Theft Auto_](/grand-theft-auto-8695 "Grand Theft Auto") leak culture. It is also, paradoxically, the strongest evidence that this particular [_Grand Theft Auto 6_](/grand-theft-auto-6-588b "Grand Theft Auto VI") leak is real. If Keel was lying for clout, he'd have no reason to delete the post. If [Rockstar Games](/rockstar-games-f280 "Rockstar Games")' legal team reached out, which is almost certainly what happened, he'd have no choice but to take it down immediately. Seeing as the latter happened, the deletion is the confirmation. [According to songwriter Bobby Keel, the song "Need A Little Time Off For Bad Behavior" will be in GTA 6](https://www.redditmedia.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1sj4x8y/according_to_songwriter_bobby_keel_the_song_need/?ref_source=embed&ref=share&embed=true) "Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior" is a country song originally released in 1985 by Hank Williams Jr. on the album _Five-O_. Bobby Keel co-wrote it with Larry Latimer, and David Allan Coe also recorded a version in 1987. The Hank Williams Jr. version is the hit most people are familiar with. It's the one that reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and was one of the biggest country songs of the mid-1980s. The lyrics are about a man asking for time off from good behavior, essentially requesting permission to go raise hell for a while. It is a drinking song, a rebellion song, and a Southern anthem, which is also a perfect fit for Leonida. _GTA 6_ takes place in [Leonida](/leonida-9f0e "Leonida"), Rockstar's fictional version of the state of Florida. [Vice City](/vice-city-a30a "Vice City"), the franchise's neon-drenched Miami analog, is the urban center, but as we've known for a while [because of the screenshots](/gta-6-locations-5163 "GTA 6 Locations"), Leonida extends well into the [rural interior](/grassrivers-11a7), the swamps, the farmland, and the small-town South that defines most of Florida outside the coastal metros. The [first trailer](/grand-theft-auto-6-first-trailer-b9b8 "Grand Theft Auto 6 First Trailer") showed airboats in the Everglades, roadside motels, strip malls, and the kind of Southern landscape that country music was made for. "Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior" is not a Vice City song. It is not the kind of track you hear while cruising Ocean Drive at midnight in a convertible. It is a rural Florida song, a song that plays on a country radio station while you are driving a pickup truck through the swamps at sunset and other parts of Leonida that look nothing like Miami. ![The songwriter who leaked it included the exact November 19 release date in his post.](https://media.gtaboom.com/media/images/16/8c/a-songwriter-just-leaked-a-gta-6-song-on-facebook-and-then-deleted-it-2.jpg) Caption: The songwriter who leaked it included the exact November 19 release date in his post. _Grand Theft Auto_ has used in-game radio stations as one of its primary worldbuilding tools since [_Grand Theft Auto III_](/grand-theft-auto-iii-9fa6 "Grand Theft Auto III") in 2001. Each radio station corresponds to a genre, and the music selection on each station is curated to reflect the game's setting, time period, and cultural atmosphere. [_Grand Theft Auto: Vice City_](/grand-theft-auto-vice-city-f419 "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City") in 2002 had Flash FM (pop), Emotion 98.3 (ballads), V-Rock (rock), Wildstyle (hip-hop), Fever 105 (funk and soul), and others. [_Grand Theft Auto V_](/grand-theft-auto-v-f2c5 "Grand Theft Auto V") expanded the station count to over 15. _GTA 6_ is expected to have even more, [especially if you believe the rumors](/gta-6-rumored-to-feature-dj-khaled-as-radio-host-4d6f "DJ Khaled to Be in GTA 6"), and a 1985 country hit suggests at least one dedicated country or Southern rock station is in the lineup. Here is what we can piece together about the _GTA 6_ soundtrack based on confirmed and leaked information: Source | Detail | What It Suggests --- | --- | --- Bobby Keel (Facebook, deleted) | "Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior" (1985, country) in GTA 6 | Country/Southern rock radio station confirmed Trailer 1 soundtrack | Tom Petty, "Love Is a Long Road" (1989, heartland rock) | 1980s music is part of the game's DNA Trailer 1 soundtrack | Unidentified modern tracks alongside classic songs | Mix of classic and contemporary music Rockstar licensing history | GTA: Vice City had 100+ licensed tracks across 9 stations | GTA 6 will likely exceed this number significantly HipHopGamer claims | UGC platform will let creators build experiences | Freddie Gibbs involvement suggested for hip-hop content Setting (Leonida / Florida) | Urban Vice City + rural interior | Soundtrack needs to serve both metro nightlife and Southern backroads Time period signals | 1985 country song + modern trap in trailer | Dual-era or multi-decade radio station approach Vice City's musical identity, defined by the 2002 game, was 1980s pop, synthwave, new wave, and early hip-hop. Leonida's musical identity, based on the evidence so far, is a mix of 1980s country, heartland rock, modern trap, and whatever else a full state-sized map requires. The rural interior needs its own sonic palette, and "Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior" is exactly the kind of track that provides it. What's interesting is that Keel's Facebook post specifically [referenced the November 19, 2026, release date](/gta-6-just-got-delayed-again-heres-the-new-release-date-ede4 "Official GTA 6 Release Date"). His post suggests he was given specific contractual information about the game's launch date. Licensing agreements for soundtracks typically include the product's release date so that songwriters and publishers can coordinate royalty structures, promotional windows, and catalog positioning. The fact that Keel had the exact date in writing further supports the conclusion that this is a real licensing deal. However, it's worth noting that Rockstar has not announced any radio stations, licensed tracks, or soundtrack details beyond what has appeared so far in the first and [second trailers](/grand-theft-auto-6-second-trailer-c672 "Grand Theft Auto 6 Second Trailer"). The summer marketing campaign that [Strauss Zelnick](/strauss-zelnick-9901 "Strauss Zelnick") confirmed during the February 2026 earnings call will almost certainly include a soundtrack reveal, and the music licensing process for a game of this scale involves hundreds of songs, dozens of artists, and licensing fees that can run into the tens of millions of dollars. Bobby Keel's deleted Facebook post is a single tile from a barely visible mosaic that we won't know much of until Rockstar [decides to show it](/the-latest-gta-6-delay-confirms-rockstar-answers-to-no-one-cf3c "Rockstar Moves On Its Own Accord"). [Embed \(youtube\)](https://www.youtube.com/embed/QdBZY2fkU-0) For now, we know one song. A 1985 country number one from Hank Williams Jr., co-written by a songwriter in Tennessee who got a little too excited about his biggest hit in decades and bragged about it on social media before the lawyers could stop him. If you had to choose a song title that perfectly describes what Bobby Keel did, "Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior" works. ## FAQ - **Q:** Which part of GTA 6's map would this song fit? **A:** The swamps, farmland, roadside motels, and small town South shown and described so far match a country track far more than Vice City's nightlife streets. - **Q:** How does this compare with Vice City's classic sound? **A:** Vice City in 2002 leaned hard into 1980s pop, synth driven music, and early hip hop. Leonida looks like it will feature 1980s country, heartland rock, modern trap, and other genres that can cover both city clubs and backroads. - **Q:** Why are people treating the deleted post seriously? **A:** Keel named a specific song, tied it directly to Grand Theft Auto VI, and included a precise launch date before removing the post. The fast deletion is the biggest reason many players think it was not random clout chasing. - **Q:** What is still unconfirmed right now? **A:** Rockstar has not announced any radio stations, any licensed track list, or any soundtrack details beyond Trailer 1. The song, the station it may sit on, and the release date named in the post all remain unofficial until Rockstar says so.