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[[Image:Strobelight-cover-art.jpg|thumb|200px|Copyright 2009 Nine Inch Nails !!!DO NOT STEAL!!!!]]
On 1 April, 2009, [[Trent Reznor]] announced '''''Strobe Light,''''' which was apparently [[Nine Inch Nails]]' brand-new album, featuring various artists, with . The website featured a repeating tempo accompanying the page, and a rapidly flashing GIF image at the top, "strobing" to match the album's name. The album was an April Fool's day joke, and has been mentioned on several April Fool's since.
==Tracklisting==
#"Intro Skit"
#"Outro Skit"
The text accompanying the download page was:
To download NIN's new full-length album Strobe Light, PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND, enter a valid email address in the fields
below. A download link will be sent to you immediately. Your credit card will be charged $18.98 plus a $10
a few players with your name embedded all over them just in case you lose them. You will also receive an
exclusive photo and a free email account with our partner Google's Gmail service.
<br> Your email will be kept confidential and will not be used for spam, unless we can make some money selling it.</blockquote>
This "release" was an April Fools' joke on Reznor's fans, and was a parody of the current music scene's obsession with particular artists, production by Timbaland, and also a tongue-in-cheek poke at his own song titles and public image. Reznor may have been referencing Chris Cornell's album Scream, which was produced by Timbaland, noting a particular ([http://twitter.com/trent_reznor/status/1313265641 tweet]).
Any attempt to download the album would redirect the user to a faux "Blue Screen Of Death" ([http://www.nin.com/pub/strobelight/error.html here]), a final mock at the Windowserror message.
The embedded music beat on the is page likely a default beat from some type of music related software and not anything composed by Nine Inch Nails or Trent Reznor. The embedded file for the song is called "ACIDDANCE.mid" ([http://www.nin.com/pub/strobelight/ACIDDANCE.mid here]).