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'''''Bad Witch''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 32]]''''') will be was released on June 22, 2018 on Capitol Records. This album acts as the third installment of a '''[[The Trilogy|trilogy]]''', following the 2016 release of ''[[Not The Actual Events]]'' and the 2017 release of ''[[Add Violence]]''. The album leaked on June 18, 2018.

Like the two previous releases, ''Bad Witch'' will be is available as a 12" vinyl, a digital download and as a CD. Despite the fact that ''Not The Actual Events'' and ''Add Violence'' were marketed as EPs, ''Bad Witch'' is marketed as an album. In a post on [[ETS]], [[Trent Reznor]] explained the decision behind the format change by stating that "EPs show up with singles in Spotify and other streaming services = they get lost easier. EPs feel less important in today’s music-isn’t-as-important-as-it-once-was world. Why make it easier to ignore?"

In an interview with Zane Lowe[http://itunes.apple.com/us/post/sa.24db9a20-59e3-11e8-8359-8a5db8dbb4ce?app=music&ign-itsct=be1_con_zan&ign-itscg=10703]On May 19, 2018, Reznor somewhat explained the concept underlying each piece of the trilogy:<blockquote>at "Let me drop some cryptic information on you. The idea of this three EP thing was all to find truth in us figuring out who we are now and how we fit into the world. The first EP, ''Not The Actual Events''Physical World" ticket presale, an exclusive listening station was meant to be from a personal angry self-destructive reflection on that question and defining how I feel made available for those in a world, that feels stranger, part of that’s agingattendance. Part of that’s because It gave fans the world is getting weirder. Finding your place in a world that looks different every day little bit changes and reacting opportunity to that in hear the first EP through anger songs "Ahead Of Ourselves" and self-destruction and setting a match to your life"Play The Goddamned Part" before the album's release.

The second EPalbum makes use of saxophone on several tracks, ''Add Violence'', was meant to the same questionmore than any previous NIN recording. But looking for answers externally. Maybe it’s because of this and there’s comfort This is explained in that. Maybe there’s a reason things feel kind of crazy and it’s not that I’m insane, that I’m in a situation that’s insane.<br>And an interview with the third EP which has grown into an LP (''Bad WitchEntertainment Weekly'')[http://ew. It was coming to one final look at that question from rejecting what EP number two sayscom/music/2018/06/20/trent-reznor-bad-witch-interview/], and it wasn’t an easy answer… The entire system has a much more bleak and pessimistic outlook and I want to say too much because it gives away kind of where the what interviewer compares the thing is. But it wasn’t necessarily what we thought it was going use of sax to be when we started. I thought it was going to go more science fiction. I don’t really want to overwhelm you with cleverness and deep diving and part of that felt like an arms race and it also felt like a cop out."</blockquote>on [[David Bowie]]'s ''Blackstar'':

On May 19<blockquote>"Clearly, 2018Bowie is front of mind, and that was certainly an influence. In terms of the precision of arrangement, at "The Physical World" ticket presaleI think back to [being] younger, reading about Psychedelic Furs as a bunch of students that all picked instruments and learned enough to make a record. As someone that had studied his ass off how to play an exclusive listening station was made available for those instrument, I thought, 'You can do that?' Some people worried about technique or if it’s in attendancetune, or if it’s played well. It gave fans the opportunity [For ''Bad Witch'', I thought] let’s just use it and add to hear the songs "Ahead Of Ourselves" mayhem and "Play The Goddamned Part" before message we are trying to convey. All this time [the album's releasesax] had been just sitting in my studio staring at me. Taunting me."</blockquote>

Unlike the two preceding EPs, the title of "''Bad Witch" '' is not derived from a lyric sung or printed in the album’s digital or liner notes. A definitive explanation of the title is yet to be revealed.

An alternate front cover was found, depicting different hues and contrasts on all five boxes, as well as a different hand and a different computer chip. The alternate cover appeared on a Caroline Records promo CD.