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Rod Wave Arby's Takeover refers to a viral TikTok trend centered on a fictional event hosted at Arby's fast-food restaurant locations, said to be either hosted by or featuring performances by American rapper Rod Wave. The Rod Wave Arby's takeover trend, which began spreading around the platform in April 2026, consists of creating AI-generated promotional posters advertising the fictional event, usually accompanied by Rod Wave's song "Married Next Year," and videos of TikTok users going to the fast-food chain to listen Rod Wave to try the "Rod Wave Meal," which consists of the Meat Mountain, a large secret menu item that became subject to a viral internet challenge in 2014, or a chitlin sandwhich (a meat product made from the small intestines of pigs).

Origin

The Rod Wave Arby's Takeover meme is based on a recurring online joke that both the restaurant’s food and the artist’s output are perceived by many as "slop."

The "Rod Wave meal" is usually derived from a previous meme and viral food challenge that first emerged around 2014, following the appearance of promotional posters in Arby's locations that displayed the brand’s full range of meats in the form of a single oversized sandwich, which developed into a widely recognized off-menu item that came to be known as the “Meat Mountain.”

As the challenge was popularized online in the 2010s, many internet users expressed disgust with the sandwich, contributing to a wider disdain for the Arby's brand in general.

Likewise, Rod Wave and his music have been subject to mass criticism and mockery over the years, often dubbed as either "corny" or "cringe" in various online spaces (akin to coworker music). As a result, the rapper is often the subject of ironic glazing online.

As the Meat Mountain challenge underwent a resurgence in interest in the 2020s, the two naturally converged in an increasingly absurd manner, harkening to the traits and characteristics found in typical brainrot content.

On April 10th, 2026, TikTok^[1] user @danikajjjs uploaded an AI-generated promotional poster for the fictional Rod Wave Arby's Takeover, which received over 410,100 views and 54,700 likes in about 10 days. This is the earliest known meme related to the trend, which quickly spread on social media in the following days.

Similar AI-generated promotional posters began circulating the platform soon after, building hype for the fictional event and prompting TikTok users to go to Arby's to experience the Rod Wave Takeover.

Spread

Posts and memes about the parody Rod Wave Arby's Takeover event continued spreading online in mid-to-late April 2026, primarily on TikTok, with users sharing memes and skits referencing the event, as well as filming themselves flooding Arby's locations and playing Rod Wave's song "Married Next Year."

On April 10th, 2026, TikTok^[2] user @backwbeni posted a video jokingly singing along to a Rod Wave song at Arby's, which received over 3.2 million views and 447,200 likes in just 10 days.

On April 13th, 2026, TikTok^[3] user @bigliplightskiin posted a video with the caption, "Rod wave is performing and there's free arby-" which received over 1.5 million views and 267,400 likes in one week.

The trend continued to spread on the platform as it continued to garner virality. On April 14th, 2026, TikTok^[4] user @fleeskie posted a video with the caption, "nothing like some soul food after a long day of school," heading to an Arby's restaurant while the song "Married Next Year" plays in the background. The video received over 3.2 million views and 553,300 likes in just six days.

On April 15th, 2026, TikTok^[5] user @drakoarmy posted a video going to Arby's with the caption, "Eating Your Comfort Food And Listening To Your Favourite Rapper>," which received over 1.2 million views and 202,400 likes in just five days.

On April 17th, 2026, TikTok^[6] user @vexbolts posted a video captioned, "Eating a pound of Arby's while blasting rod wave." The video received over 3 million views and 310,000 likes in just three days.

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