"As Alive as You Need Me to Be" | ||||
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Single by Nine Inch Nails | ||||
from the album Tron: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
B-side | ||||
Released | July 17, 2025 | |||
Genre | Industrial rock, synth-pop, electronic | |||
Length | 3:53 | |||
Label | Interscope | |||
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Nine Inch Nails singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
As Alive as You Need Me to Be (Official Music Video) on YouTube |
"As Alive as You Need Me to Be" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Released on July 17,2025,it is the lead single from their score for the film Tron:Ares (2025). It is the first Nine Inch Nails release since their collaboration with Health on the song "Isn't Everyone" (2021) and their first non-collaboration release since the double release of Ghosts V:Together and Ghosts VI:Locusts (2020).
A few days before the song's release,its title was teased on a T-shirt sold at European dates on the band's Peel It Back world tour. [3]
The release was accompanied by a lyric video uploaded to Nine Inch Nails' official YouTube channel,as well as a new trailer for Tron:Ares on Disney's channel that prominently featured the song. [4] [5] The release date,track list,and pre-orders for the film's soundtrack were also announced on the day of the song's release. [6]
The song debuted at No. 10 on Billboard's Dance Digital Song Sales chart. [7]
Stereogum described the song as "a fearsome rocker built on retro-futuristic '80s electro synths" with "Reznor [bringing] real ferocity to his lead vocal",while Uproxx described it as "an electronic banger [...] that could fit on a regular NIN studio album". [8] [9] Furthermore, Revolver characterized the track by its "huge-ass synth-bass rhythms and quake-inducing drum-machine beats [as well as] a devilishly melodic,distortion-pressed chorus",also theorizing that its "vocoded backups [are] perhaps a nod to previous Tron scorers Daft Punk". [10]
In September 2025,a music video directed by Maxime Quoilin was released. According to Jon Blistein of Rolling Stone ,the video is centered "around a close-up performance from Trent Reznor,while using an array of different effects to bend space and warp reality." [11] Revolver describes the video as a "pixelscape of terror" with Renzor and Ross "tormented by bizarre,CGI-mangled fists scraping across their skin." [12]
All tracks written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" | 3:53 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Building Better Worlds" | 2:11 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" | 3:53 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Empathetic Response" | 2:23 |
Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA) [13] | 45 |
Canada Mainstream Rock ( Billboard Canada ) [14] | 18 |
Canada Modern Rock ( Billboard Canada ) [15] | 16 |
Italy Rock Airplay (FIMI) [16] | 10 |
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [17] | 74 |
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [18] | 12 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [19] | 40 |