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Yeah, you can't really get away with just putting a single off an album (once it's out) these days since there's no videos, no B-sides, or anything of note to get fans excited. Bands know this. Just look at how few of them even bother with coming up with artwork for the singles on their Spotify profiles for example.
On that basis, most artists are adapting their release schedules a tad. Some of them front load 4 singles and get them out in advance of the album. Others release the first few tracks or a random selection that aren't singles at all, leaving the singles themselves as a surprise. If you do want to release anything post-album, you've got to do something slightly different to get it in front of people. Looking around at recent releases, it seems most artists either choose to do alternate mixes, extended versions or (increasingly) "stripped" versions of certain songs.
The era of the single as we know it is long gone, and it's good to see MSP get with the program. Anyway, I digress. This version is not bad actually. This is wild speculation, but the question I had rattling around my head as I listened, was is this is actually how the song came about (rather than the loud version?)
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