![Nine Inch Nails, “Closer”: Controversial Tunes 😈🎶 No. 36 [📷: Aidan Feddersen on Unsplash, Brent Faulkner, Interscope, The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/nine-inch-nails-closer-controversial-tunes-36.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
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Nine Inch Nails, “Closer” | Controversial Tunes 😈🎶
On the 36th edition of Controversial Tunes (2021), we explore the controversy behind the song, “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails.
Spicy Tunez 🌶️ 🎶
Aww, shee-it! Prepare to be shooketh! Spicy Tunez is a column filled with naughty, sometimes controversial, and NSFW songs 👀. Some songs merely dabble in innuendo and suggestiveness. Others, however, go whole-hog and embrace a give-no-fucks aesthetic, thrive on sexual endeavors, utter shock value, and sometimes find themselves firmly embroiled in censorship… DUN, DUN, DUN!
![Alestorm, “Fucked with an Anchor”: Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 No. 8 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Napalm Records Handels GmbH, Paul Brennan on Pixabay, Pexels, Sebastian Ervi, SHVETS production, Vinícius Caricatte]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/alestorm-fucked-by-an-anchor-outlandish-rock-8.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Donna Summer, “Love to Love You Baby”: After Dark 🕛 🌃 No. 36 [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro from Pexels, KoolShooters from Pexels, Luan Queiros from Pexels, The Musical Hype, UMG Recordings, Inc.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/donna-summer-love-to-love-you-baby-after-dark-36-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![The Crystals, “He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)”: Controversial Tunes 😈🎶 No. 35 [📷: Aidan Feddersen on Unsplash, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Phil Spector]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/the-crystals-he-hit-me-controversial-tunes-35.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Ur pretty, “Keep Riding Me”: After Dark No. 35 [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro from Pexels, KoolShooters from Pexels, Luan Queiros from Pexels, The Musical Hype, ur pretty]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ur-pretty-keep-riding-me-after-dark-35-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does it Feel)”: After Dark 🕛 🌃 No. 34 [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro from Pexels, KoolShooters from Pexels, Luan Queiros from Pexels, The Musical Hype, Virgin]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/dangelo-untitled-after-dark-34-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Beyoncé, “Rocket”: After Dark No. 33 [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro from Pexels, KoolShooters from Pexels, Luan Queiros from Pexels, The Musical Hype, Sony]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/beyonce-rocket-after-dark-33-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Rage Against the Machine, “Killing in the Name”: Outlandish Rock 🎸🤘 No. 7 [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Paul Brennan on Pixabay, Pexels, Sebastian Ervi, SHVETS production, Sony Music Entertainment, Vinícius Caricatte]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/rage-against-the-machine-killing-in-the-name-outlandish-rock-7.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Grace Jones, “Pull Up to the Bumper”: After Dark No. 32 [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro from Pexels, KoolShooters from Pexels, Luan Queiros from Pexels, The Musical Hype, UMG Recordings, Inc.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/grace-jones-pull-up-to-the-bumper-after-dark-32-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![N.W.A, “F**k tha Police”: Controversial Tunes 😈🎶 No. 34 [📷: Aidan Feddersen on Unsplash, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Priority]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/nwa-f-tha-police-controversial-tunes-34.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Zayn, “Sweat”: After Dark No. 31 [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro from Pexels, KoolShooters from Pexels, Luan Queiros from Pexels, The Musical Hype, RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/zayn-sweat-after-dark-31-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
![Starland Vocal Band, “Afternoon Delight”: After Dark No. 30 [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro from Pexels, KoolShooters from Pexels, Luan Queiros from Pexels, The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/starland-vocal-band-afternoon-delight-after-dark-30-2021.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)