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There have also been fake pre-release leaks over the years. A handful of songs claiming to be new NIN tracks were leaked during the summer of 1999, ahead of the release of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]''.
In the mid-2020s, with the advent of AI-generated music, images, video, and voice replacement, fake songs attributed to famous artists began to appear on the Internet. In the run-up to the [[Peel It Back Tour]], when fans were wondering if any new NIN material was forthcoming, someone going by Sunday Morning Heretic claimed to have gotten potential NIN demo files from a hacked server from an LA recording studio. They released them on Soundcloud, with some tracks containing AI voice replacement for [[Trent Reznor]]-sounding vocals. They also released video snippets on Instagram with AI-generated imagery. They admitted via DM that they had used AI voice replacement over their own original music tracks. [https://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/6898-NIN-Spotting-2025?p=599360#post599360]
==Fake ARG videos==
''See main article: [[Strobe Light]]''
As an April Fools joke in 2009, [[Trent Reznor]] announced an album called ''Strobe Light'', which was replete with humorous song titles and guest collaborators.
Ten years later, as a new April Fools Joke, a fan-made mashup album was released by mash-up artist extraordinaire, ToToM, under the same title. It was posted to Bandcamp and archive.org.