By the end of the touring cycle (known as the [[Self Destruct Touring Cycle|Self-Destruct]] tour), Reznor was miserable. He had sunk into addiction, and pressure from the label to begin work on a follow-up to ''The Downward Spiral'' took its toll. He stepped back for a little while and took time to sort things out.
In 1997, Reznor collaborated with [[David Lynch]] on the soundtrack for ''[[Lost Highwya Highway Soundtrack|Lost Highway]]'', which resulted in a new standalone Nine Inch Nails single, ''[[The Perfect Drug (halo)|The Perfect Drug]]''. A home video package entitled ''[[Closure]]'' was also released that year, compiling tour footage from 1994-1995 as well as most of the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]] that had been made up to that point. These releases helped to appease fans during the long wait for the next album.
===Fragile===