“♪ Mouse money, just tell me what you want me to ♪”

yeah there was no chance NIN was going to do anything really experimental here, which is kindofa shame, there were a couple directions on the Events/Violence/Witch EPs that woulda been great to follow up on, or do some new kind of innovation. but there’s something to be said for albums that synthesize and refine what the musician has accomplished, and the constraint of a PG-13 rating seems to have produced that type of album. I think Trent doesn’t really need the money, and he’s already won a couple Oscars and Grammys, I think he took this job bc he wanted to do it.