“Disintegration”: The Song That Made Gothic Melancholy Mainstream
“About as fun as losing a limb” — that’s how someone once described The Cure’s “Disintegration.” And you know what? That’s exactly the point. This 8-minute confessional was never meant to entertain you. It presses on your chest, turns your soul inside out — and that’s why people still worship it decades later. In a world where rock tracks compete for catchiness, “Disintegration” blows the whole format apart. It’s a dark anthem of heartbreak that somehow sounds grand and beautiful in its despair. Bold, honest, and predator-level melancholic, this track still stands as a gold standard — proof that music can be painfully unhappy and still be truly great.
Light-hearted hits like “Just Like Heaven” brought stadium fame and nearly overshadowed their early gloom.
By the late '80s, The Cure had landed in a weird place: the hopelessly goth band had somehow become pop stars.
Frontman Robert Smith — a fragile introvert now drowning in fame — absolutely hated what they’d become.
In 1989, staring down his 30th birthday, he spiraled into an existential depression.
“I’m too old for this shit,” basically. Instead of celebrating success, he turned inward — back to The Cure’s dark roots — and set out to make a sonic manifesto of his misery. He practically went into hiding, and, as he later admitted, started taking LSD again “to reconnect with that youthful darkness.” The result: Disintegration — with its title track serving as the emotional climax.
This song marked the end of a decade. In an era of glam metal and shiny synth-pop, The Cure dropped a gothic masterpiece that captured the late ’80s mood better than any upbeat anthem. Ironically, this anti-pop album shot up the charts (No. 3 in the UK, No. 12 in the US) and became the band’s most commercially successful record ever. “Disintegration” sealed itself into the cultural DNA of the time — a grand, depressive, brutally honest farewell to the decade.
This song marked the end of a decade. In an era of glam metal and shiny synth-pop, The Cure dropped a gothic masterpiece that captured the late ’80s mood better than any upbeat anthem. Ironically, this anti-pop album shot up the charts (No. 3 in the UK, No. 12 in the US) and became the band’s most commercially successful record ever. “Disintegration” sealed itself into the cultural DNA of the time — a grand, depressive, brutally honest farewell to the decade.
From the first seconds, “Disintegration” launches with a fast, anxious beat — drummer Boris Williams tapping out the sound of a panicking heart. Simon Gallup’s bass carves a grim melody, while guitars and synths layer over each other in trembling, ghostlike textures. The sound is thick and moody, but still spacious. The band ditched the usual verse-chorus formula and built the track on rising, obsessive repetition. Emotions spiral upward with each cycle.
The Cure’s signature flanger guitars erupt in bursts or disappear into the mix — like they’re clawing their way through the rhythmic storm. The keys lay down a somber base while adding melody, making everything feel tragically beautiful. Robert Smith’s vocals start detached and calm, but gain heat line by line: clear and cutting in one moment, then swallowed and distorted the next. By the end, he’s practically screaming in agony — one of the most intense vocal performances of his whole career.
The Cure’s signature flanger guitars erupt in bursts or disappear into the mix — like they’re clawing their way through the rhythmic storm. The keys lay down a somber base while adding melody, making everything feel tragically beautiful. Robert Smith’s vocals start detached and calm, but gain heat line by line: clear and cutting in one moment, then swallowed and distorted the next. By the end, he’s practically screaming in agony — one of the most intense vocal performances of his whole career.
The production heightens the drama: the track is mixed loud so you’re completely submerged. At the climax, you even hear the sound of shattering glass — like reality itself is cracking. Hard-hitting drums and chest-punching bass make the song feel relentless, pushing forward with feverish urgency and desperate hopelessness. At the same time, it’s emotionally massive. This is what catharsis sounds like when your world is falling apart.
No wonder critics said “Disintegration” “races forward with frantic intensity” and “knocks the floor out from under you.” While most rock songs try to comfort you, this one just levels you with honesty. Its sound is a storm of feelings: anxiety, sorrow, rage, and a strange majesty in grief.
No wonder critics said “Disintegration” “races forward with frantic intensity” and “knocks the floor out from under you.” While most rock songs try to comfort you, this one just levels you with honesty. Its sound is a storm of feelings: anxiety, sorrow, rage, and a strange majesty in grief.
“I miss the kiss of treachery / The shameless kiss of vanity…” — that’s how Robert Smith opens the song. He misses even the kiss of betrayal, the kiss of ego. Brutal romanticism? Hell yes. The lyrics of “Disintegration” feel like a stream-of-consciousness monologue from someone on the verge of a breakdown — a farewell letter at the end of a relationship, where love crumbles under the weight of mental demons.
Smith confesses: “I never said I would stay to the end / I knew I would leave you with babies and everything.” He knew from the start that he wouldn’t see this love through — even if it meant leaving behind kids and the whole life that came with them. That’s how ruthlessly self-aware (and emotionally wrecked) this narrator is.
Smith confesses: “I never said I would stay to the end / I knew I would leave you with babies and everything.” He knew from the start that he wouldn’t see this love through — even if it meant leaving behind kids and the whole life that came with them. That’s how ruthlessly self-aware (and emotionally wrecked) this narrator is.
That line — “babies and everything” — feels especially cold. It paints the speaker as someone emotionally crippled, incapable of family or lasting connection. As the song goes on, the tone grows darker. “Now that I know that I’m breaking to pieces / I’ll pull out my heart and I’ll feed it to anyone,” Smith howls — a chilling metaphor for self-destruction fueled by guilt and pain. “It’s easier for me to get closer to Heaven / Than ever feel whole again,” he concludes. Easier to die than try to piece yourself back together. That’s the level of despair we’re talking about.
It plays like a suicide note for a relationship — or maybe for life itself. A final scream that everything’s fallen apart. Smith later said “Disintegration” was “a scream against the disintegration of everything — and the permission to leave when it all collapses.” And yeah, you can feel that final threshold in the lyrics. Beyond this: nothing.
The themes — disillusionment, self-loathing, fear of domestic “forever” — were painfully personal for Robert. That’s what gives the track its psychological power: the brutal honesty and the intensity of the imagery (a heart on a platter, the traitorous kiss, the shattered sense of self). The narrator isn’t just sad — he emotionally annihilates himself.
In a way, Smith turns nervous breakdown and depression into gothic poetry. And despite all the darkness, it’s hauntingly beautiful — like in classic gothic lit, where horror becomes awe. No wonder fans call Robert Smith one of the greatest lyricists in rock for his ability to put unspeakable pain into exact words. “Disintegration” is a song about losing yourself — about love and hope slowly corroding. It’s terrifying. But it’s also honest. And cathartic as hell.
It’s one thing to write a great song. It’s another to shift the entire cultural landscape. “Disintegration” pulled that off effortlessly. With their magnum opus, The Cure inspired a tidal wave of artists — and helped shape whole genres. When the album dropped in 1989, a flood of guitar-driven melancholy surged into the mainstream. The Cure’s recipe — sorrow wrapped in melody — would soon become the blueprint for what we now call ‘90s alternative rock. Everyone took notes. Bands from all corners of the spectrum learned how to make sadness sound beautiful, straight from the Disintegration playbook: from the newborn shoegazers (Slowdive clearly soaked up the album’s atmosphere) to the industrial scene (Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails took Smith’s lessons in “honest pain” to heart).
Goth rock as a genre got a new anthem — no surprise “Disintegration” is often ranked among the greatest gothic tracks of all time. But even outside the goth orbit, The Cure’s fingerprints are everywhere. The Smashing Pumpkins in the ‘90s borrowed that scale of suffering wholesale (Billy Corgan literally called Disintegration a “flawless record”). Pop-punkers Blink-182 were such fans they got Robert Smith to sing on one of their songs — a wild generational crossover, but it worked. And modern indie icons like Phoebe Bridgers and YUNGBLUD clearly inherited The Cure’s knack for making confessional sadness sound like an anthem. From emo kids to post-punk revivalists, Disintegration is respected like a textbook in beautiful melancholy.
And it wasn’t just the music, we sure Disintegration left a mark across pop culture. Robert Smith’s look — the teased-out hair, smeared lipstick, black everything — became the alt-aesthetic of the late 20th century. It’s been copied and spoofed more times than anyone can count. Director Tim Burton reportedly wanted Smith to score Edward Scissorhands — and when he couldn’t get him, he just gave Edward Smith’s hair. Comic creators followed suit: the cult show South Park didn’t just invite Smith to voice himself — they had a character proclaim, on air, “Disintegration is the best album ever!” That line, straight from fourth-grader Kyle Broflovski, became an instant meme. People still quote it whenever The Cure comes up.
In 2015, the song “Plainsong” from the same album randomly appeared in a Marvel blockbuster (Ant-Man) — during a scene where the villain threatens to “disintegrate” the heroes. Turns out the director had been a Disintegration fan since his teens. That’s the kind of unexpected cultural cameo we’re talking about — The Cure’s gloomy masterpiece sneaking its way into superhero movies and meme lore alike.
Visually, The Cure’s vibe spread far beyond the rock scene. Fast-fashion giants crank out Disintegration T-shirts, and you’ll even find Cure-inspired goth-romantic collections in H&M. Modern pop artists play with the “sad clown” look à la Robert Smith — see Vampire Weekend’s video where the frontman turns into Smith’s goth twin. In The Mighty Boosh, Robert’s tears are turned into the most powerful hairspray on Earth — a joke anyone who’s seen Smith’s iconic hair can appreciate. Jonah Hill once dressed “like Robert Smith” in a deleted scene from 22 Jump Street, and the clip went viral on social media.
Bottom line: The Cure built a whole subculture of “beautiful wrecks,” and Disintegration is their gospel. One weird side effect people don’t talk about enough? It made sadness cool — not just for goth kids, but for everyone else too. Even people far removed from the alt scene felt its impact. Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk — not exactly the goth poster child — chose “Plainsong” as his wedding song. Yup, one of the happiest days of his life, scored by a track about existential fragility. That’s a paradox only a hopeless romantic can truly get. But it proves the point: The Cure’s music about despair speaks to all kinds of people.
Disintegration left its mark on rock, fashion, film, memes, and personal stories — from eyelinered teens to decorated athletes. Dark, unflinching, and somehow universal. If that’s not cultural power, what is?
One unexpected effect of this song — rarely talked about — is that it made sadness cool not just for the goth crowd, but for everyone else too. Even people far from the alternative scene found something in it. Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk — not exactly a goth icon — picked the tender track “Plainsong” (Disintegration’s opening number) for his wedding ceremony. Yep. One of the happiest days of his life, soundtracked by a song about the fragility of being. A paradox only hopeless romantics will get. But the fact stands: The Cure’s music about despair speaks to all kinds of people. Disintegration influenced rock, fashion, film, memes, and personal stories — from teens in smudged eyeliner to decorated athletes. Dark, uncompromising — and universally resonant.
If that’s not cultural power, what is?
Of course, not everyone was into it back then. For all its success, there were critics who scoffed: The Cure were “milking the depression,” or just copying Joy Division. In 1989, some reviews were flat-out cold. Q Magazine gave the album only three stars, sneering that The Cure had merely “mastered the art of tragic basslines, uncertain jangly guitars, and funeral-dirge keyboards,” claiming it brought nothing new to the table. Melody Maker slammed the album as “claustrophobic” and overly long — a tiresome ordeal. And to mainstream listeners, The Cure just seemed... too bleak. One reviewer even wrote that listening to Disintegration felt like “having your leg amputated without anesthetic.”
Ironically, those digs only proved how singular the song was. Can you flip the criticism? Hell yes. First: the “unoriginal” claim. Sure, The Cure leaned on the goth tradition (and yes, that Joy Division bass is there), but with Disintegration they refined that aesthetic to its absolute peak. The track sounds so fully realized and immersive, the comparisons stop mattering — it became the benchmark. Second: “too depressing.” Well, what did you expect? 🙂 That pitch-black emotion is exactly what makes Disintegration great. Its darkness isn’t performative — it’s painfully honest.
The song doesn’t try to please you, it just lays the pain bare. The irony? People loved it for exactly the reasons critics hated it. Yes, it presses on emotional wounds — that’s the whole point. The Cure weren’t aiming for a dance hit — they released music for moments when you feel wrecked. And when you're truly wrecked, the last thing you need is a peppy lie. You need something raw and true that says: “You're not alone in this.” Disintegration does that. As for time — it settled the score. The same album once called dull is now in the pantheon: once-skeptical magazines now list Disintegration among the best records of the ’80s — and ever. The takeaway? Darkness deserves a chance. If sunny melodies don’t hit, there’s always music for rain-soaked souls. And The Cure are masters of it.
Why should a 20-year-old in 2025 care about a song from 1989? Because some things never go out of style. Anxiety, loneliness, the fear of falling apart — the emotions that rage through Disintegration are universal. Today we talk a lot about mental health, depression, toxic relationships — but The Cure put that shit onstage long before social media or hashtag culture. If you think about it, Disintegration predicted the current wave of emotional transparency in music. These days, young artists constantly sing about their inner mess (lookin’ at you, Billie Eilish), but Robert Smith was doing it when all people wanted from rock stars was swagger. For Gen Z, raised on filtered Insta-smiles, hearing The Cure feels like tasting something real. This song teaches you that it’s OK not to be OK — and it doesn’t fake comfort with cheap positivity. It says: yeah, shit gets heavy, and there’s truth in that too. A lot of young listeners today find solace in exactly that kind of honesty.
And beyond that: to understand Disintegration is to understand the roots of modern alt-music. Your favorite indie kids and emo darlings? They grew up on The Cure — so why not meet the source? Plus, the ’80s aesthetic is everywhere right now: goth makeup, post-punk guitar, vintage synths — all back in trend. But Disintegration doesn’t sound like a retro throwback — it sounds like the elder statesman of the new sadness wave. And in a hyper-connected world where we’re still lonely as hell, The Cure’s song is a reminder: you’re not alone. Somewhere, back in 1989, another person felt this exact kind of pain — and turned it into music. Which means maybe we can too. That’s the eternal value of The Cure for this generation.
Our final note: serious, sorrowful, brutally beautiful — Disintegration remains a tuning fork for every lost soul looking to find their song of pain. Others may call it “a downer,” but for us, it’s the track that proved: sometimes, the only way to pull yourself together is to fall apart first. Ironic? Not really. That’s just what honest music sounds like at its highest level.
Listen Further
• Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980): The post-punk classic about love pulling you apart — the perfect prelude to the atmosphere of Disintegration.
• The Cure – Pornography (1982, album): An early, raw, and brutally bleak record. Even darker than Disintegration, it shows where Robert Smith’s goth vision was born.
• The Cure – Bloodflowers (2000, album): A spiritual successor to Disintegration. Eleven years later, Smith reflects on fading feelings and the meaning of life at the turn of the century. Part three in his unofficial trilogy (with Pornography and Disintegration).
• Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights (2002, album): Post-punk revival for the 2000s. The NYC band was clearly influenced by both The Cure and Joy Division — this record brings the Disintegration aesthetic into a new indie century.
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It plays like a suicide note for a relationship — or maybe for life itself. A final scream that everything’s fallen apart. Smith later said “Disintegration” was “a scream against the disintegration of everything — and the permission to leave when it all collapses.” And yeah, you can feel that final threshold in the lyrics. Beyond this: nothing.
The themes — disillusionment, self-loathing, fear of domestic “forever” — were painfully personal for Robert. That’s what gives the track its psychological power: the brutal honesty and the intensity of the imagery (a heart on a platter, the traitorous kiss, the shattered sense of self). The narrator isn’t just sad — he emotionally annihilates himself.
In a way, Smith turns nervous breakdown and depression into gothic poetry. And despite all the darkness, it’s hauntingly beautiful — like in classic gothic lit, where horror becomes awe. No wonder fans call Robert Smith one of the greatest lyricists in rock for his ability to put unspeakable pain into exact words. “Disintegration” is a song about losing yourself — about love and hope slowly corroding. It’s terrifying. But it’s also honest. And cathartic as hell.
It’s one thing to write a great song. It’s another to shift the entire cultural landscape. “Disintegration” pulled that off effortlessly. With their magnum opus, The Cure inspired a tidal wave of artists — and helped shape whole genres. When the album dropped in 1989, a flood of guitar-driven melancholy surged into the mainstream. The Cure’s recipe — sorrow wrapped in melody — would soon become the blueprint for what we now call ‘90s alternative rock. Everyone took notes. Bands from all corners of the spectrum learned how to make sadness sound beautiful, straight from the Disintegration playbook: from the newborn shoegazers (Slowdive clearly soaked up the album’s atmosphere) to the industrial scene (Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails took Smith’s lessons in “honest pain” to heart).
Goth rock as a genre got a new anthem — no surprise “Disintegration” is often ranked among the greatest gothic tracks of all time. But even outside the goth orbit, The Cure’s fingerprints are everywhere. The Smashing Pumpkins in the ‘90s borrowed that scale of suffering wholesale (Billy Corgan literally called Disintegration a “flawless record”). Pop-punkers Blink-182 were such fans they got Robert Smith to sing on one of their songs — a wild generational crossover, but it worked. And modern indie icons like Phoebe Bridgers and YUNGBLUD clearly inherited The Cure’s knack for making confessional sadness sound like an anthem. From emo kids to post-punk revivalists, Disintegration is respected like a textbook in beautiful melancholy.
And it wasn’t just the music, we sure Disintegration left a mark across pop culture. Robert Smith’s look — the teased-out hair, smeared lipstick, black everything — became the alt-aesthetic of the late 20th century. It’s been copied and spoofed more times than anyone can count. Director Tim Burton reportedly wanted Smith to score Edward Scissorhands — and when he couldn’t get him, he just gave Edward Smith’s hair. Comic creators followed suit: the cult show South Park didn’t just invite Smith to voice himself — they had a character proclaim, on air, “Disintegration is the best album ever!” That line, straight from fourth-grader Kyle Broflovski, became an instant meme. People still quote it whenever The Cure comes up.
In 2015, the song “Plainsong” from the same album randomly appeared in a Marvel blockbuster (Ant-Man) — during a scene where the villain threatens to “disintegrate” the heroes. Turns out the director had been a Disintegration fan since his teens. That’s the kind of unexpected cultural cameo we’re talking about — The Cure’s gloomy masterpiece sneaking its way into superhero movies and meme lore alike.
Visually, The Cure’s vibe spread far beyond the rock scene. Fast-fashion giants crank out Disintegration T-shirts, and you’ll even find Cure-inspired goth-romantic collections in H&M. Modern pop artists play with the “sad clown” look à la Robert Smith — see Vampire Weekend’s video where the frontman turns into Smith’s goth twin. In The Mighty Boosh, Robert’s tears are turned into the most powerful hairspray on Earth — a joke anyone who’s seen Smith’s iconic hair can appreciate. Jonah Hill once dressed “like Robert Smith” in a deleted scene from 22 Jump Street, and the clip went viral on social media.
Bottom line: The Cure built a whole subculture of “beautiful wrecks,” and Disintegration is their gospel. One weird side effect people don’t talk about enough? It made sadness cool — not just for goth kids, but for everyone else too. Even people far removed from the alt scene felt its impact. Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk — not exactly the goth poster child — chose “Plainsong” as his wedding song. Yup, one of the happiest days of his life, scored by a track about existential fragility. That’s a paradox only a hopeless romantic can truly get. But it proves the point: The Cure’s music about despair speaks to all kinds of people.
Disintegration left its mark on rock, fashion, film, memes, and personal stories — from eyelinered teens to decorated athletes. Dark, unflinching, and somehow universal. If that’s not cultural power, what is?
One unexpected effect of this song — rarely talked about — is that it made sadness cool not just for the goth crowd, but for everyone else too. Even people far from the alternative scene found something in it. Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk — not exactly a goth icon — picked the tender track “Plainsong” (Disintegration’s opening number) for his wedding ceremony. Yep. One of the happiest days of his life, soundtracked by a song about the fragility of being. A paradox only hopeless romantics will get. But the fact stands: The Cure’s music about despair speaks to all kinds of people. Disintegration influenced rock, fashion, film, memes, and personal stories — from teens in smudged eyeliner to decorated athletes. Dark, uncompromising — and universally resonant.
If that’s not cultural power, what is?
Of course, not everyone was into it back then. For all its success, there were critics who scoffed: The Cure were “milking the depression,” or just copying Joy Division. In 1989, some reviews were flat-out cold. Q Magazine gave the album only three stars, sneering that The Cure had merely “mastered the art of tragic basslines, uncertain jangly guitars, and funeral-dirge keyboards,” claiming it brought nothing new to the table. Melody Maker slammed the album as “claustrophobic” and overly long — a tiresome ordeal. And to mainstream listeners, The Cure just seemed... too bleak. One reviewer even wrote that listening to Disintegration felt like “having your leg amputated without anesthetic.”
Ironically, those digs only proved how singular the song was. Can you flip the criticism? Hell yes. First: the “unoriginal” claim. Sure, The Cure leaned on the goth tradition (and yes, that Joy Division bass is there), but with Disintegration they refined that aesthetic to its absolute peak. The track sounds so fully realized and immersive, the comparisons stop mattering — it became the benchmark. Second: “too depressing.” Well, what did you expect? 🙂 That pitch-black emotion is exactly what makes Disintegration great. Its darkness isn’t performative — it’s painfully honest.
The song doesn’t try to please you, it just lays the pain bare. The irony? People loved it for exactly the reasons critics hated it. Yes, it presses on emotional wounds — that’s the whole point. The Cure weren’t aiming for a dance hit — they released music for moments when you feel wrecked. And when you're truly wrecked, the last thing you need is a peppy lie. You need something raw and true that says: “You're not alone in this.” Disintegration does that. As for time — it settled the score. The same album once called dull is now in the pantheon: once-skeptical magazines now list Disintegration among the best records of the ’80s — and ever. The takeaway? Darkness deserves a chance. If sunny melodies don’t hit, there’s always music for rain-soaked souls. And The Cure are masters of it.
Why should a 20-year-old in 2025 care about a song from 1989? Because some things never go out of style. Anxiety, loneliness, the fear of falling apart — the emotions that rage through Disintegration are universal. Today we talk a lot about mental health, depression, toxic relationships — but The Cure put that shit onstage long before social media or hashtag culture. If you think about it, Disintegration predicted the current wave of emotional transparency in music. These days, young artists constantly sing about their inner mess (lookin’ at you, Billie Eilish), but Robert Smith was doing it when all people wanted from rock stars was swagger. For Gen Z, raised on filtered Insta-smiles, hearing The Cure feels like tasting something real. This song teaches you that it’s OK not to be OK — and it doesn’t fake comfort with cheap positivity. It says: yeah, shit gets heavy, and there’s truth in that too. A lot of young listeners today find solace in exactly that kind of honesty.
And beyond that: to understand Disintegration is to understand the roots of modern alt-music. Your favorite indie kids and emo darlings? They grew up on The Cure — so why not meet the source? Plus, the ’80s aesthetic is everywhere right now: goth makeup, post-punk guitar, vintage synths — all back in trend. But Disintegration doesn’t sound like a retro throwback — it sounds like the elder statesman of the new sadness wave. And in a hyper-connected world where we’re still lonely as hell, The Cure’s song is a reminder: you’re not alone. Somewhere, back in 1989, another person felt this exact kind of pain — and turned it into music. Which means maybe we can too. That’s the eternal value of The Cure for this generation.
Our final note: serious, sorrowful, brutally beautiful — Disintegration remains a tuning fork for every lost soul looking to find their song of pain. Others may call it “a downer,” but for us, it’s the track that proved: sometimes, the only way to pull yourself together is to fall apart first. Ironic? Not really. That’s just what honest music sounds like at its highest level.
Listen Further
• Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980): The post-punk classic about love pulling you apart — the perfect prelude to the atmosphere of Disintegration.
• The Cure – Pornography (1982, album): An early, raw, and brutally bleak record. Even darker than Disintegration, it shows where Robert Smith’s goth vision was born.
• The Cure – Bloodflowers (2000, album): A spiritual successor to Disintegration. Eleven years later, Smith reflects on fading feelings and the meaning of life at the turn of the century. Part three in his unofficial trilogy (with Pornography and Disintegration).
• Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights (2002, album): Post-punk revival for the 2000s. The NYC band was clearly influenced by both The Cure and Joy Division — this record brings the Disintegration aesthetic into a new indie century.
________
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All images and media used in this publication are for cultural, journalistic, and educational purposes only. We do not claim ownership of these materials. All rights belong to their respective owners.
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