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'''''Bad Witch''''' (also known as '''''[[Halo numbers|Halo 32]]''''') was released on June 22, 2018 on Capitol Records. This album acts as the third installment of a '''[[The Trilogy|trilogy]]'''by [[Nine Inch Nails]], following the 2016 release of ''[[Not The Actual Events]]'' and the 2017 release of ''[[Add Violence]]''. The album leaked on June 18, 2018.
==Track List==
==About==
''Bad Witch'' was officially announced on May 10, 2018. The official [[nin.com]] website description states: <blockquote>"CONCLUSION. SHADOWS ON THE CAVE WALL."<This is likely a reference to Plato's allegory of the cave.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/blockquote>Allegory_of_the_cave]
On May 19, 2018, at "The Physical World" ticket presale, an exclusive listening station was made available for those in attendance. It gave fans the opportunity to hear the songs "Ahead Of Ourselves" and "Play The Goddamned Part" before the album's release.
The album makes use of saxophone on several tracks, more than any previous NIN recording. This is explained in an interview with ''Entertainment Weekly''[http://ew.com/music/2018/06/20/trent-reznor-bad-witch-interview/], where the interviewer compares the use of sax to that on [[David Bowie]]'s ''Blackstar'':
<blockquote>"Clearly, Bowie is front of mind, and that was certainly an influence. In terms of the precision of arrangement, I 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 instrument, I thought, '"You can do that?' " Some people worried about technique or if it’s in tune, or if it’s played well. [For ''Bad Witch'', I thought] let’s just use it and add to the mayhem and message we are trying to convey. All this time [the sax] had been just sitting in my studio staring at me. Taunting me."</blockquote>
==LP Title==
==Artwork==
[[Image:Bad_Witch_Back_Cover.jpg|thumb|''Bad Witch'' back cover]]
[[Image:Despair.jpeg|thumb|"Despair" by Perham Nahl]]
The "scratch marks" seen in the ''Not The Actual Events'' and ''Add Violence'' cover artworks appear in a different form on the right border of the back cover of this album.
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.
The middle bottom row image is adapted from a painting entitled "Despair" by Perham Nahl.[https://archive.org/details/artincalifornias00port/page/n175/mode/2up] The computer chip, within the fifth box, appears to be an image of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_4004 Intel 4004 CPU].
In an [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nine-inch-nails-atticus-ross-talks-stage-fright-and-trent-reznors-musical-genius-702117/ interview] with ''Rolling Stone'', Atticus commented: "There's a primitive aspect or reflection of who we are in these times on there. It seems like we've been led. And I think we implied that in the cover, staring at shadows on the wall."
==Credits==
*Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross<br>
*Written, arranged, produced, programmed and performed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross<br>
*Additional vocals "Shit Mirror": [[Mariqueen Maandig Reznor]] and Ian Astbury<br>
*Mix: [[Alan Moulder]]
*Engineering: Chris Richardson and Justin McGrath
*Mastering: Tom Baker at Baker Mastering<br>
*Art Direction: 12:01- Office of Hassan Rahim
*Legal: Zia Modabber for Katten Munchin Rosenman LLP, Ross Rosen for Ross B. Rosen & Associates, LLC
*Management: Silva Artist Management
*Booking: Marc Geiger for WME
*Business Management: William Harper and Michael Walsh for Gelfand, Rennet Rennert & Feldman<br><br>
Thank you: Mariqueen Maandig Reznor, Claudia Sarne, Steve Barnett, Michelle Jubelirer, Ashley Newton, Ambrosia Healy, Arjun Pulijal, Erin Cooney, Ed Scott, Jim Chancellor, Andrew Lazonby, Cesar Rosas<br>
© 2018 Form and Texture (ASCAP) / Administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, Songs In the Key of Mink (BMI) / Administered by Downtown DMP Songs
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|number=32|before=[[Add Violence]]
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