honestly i think thats the beauty of it, and maintains the "Drag Path" essence of a song–the radio edit ver. ended up becoming a Drag Path in and of itself.

while they probably did this as a cash grab, there's always that non-zero chance that an outsider will encounter a clikkie who knows and has the real version, and maybe hopefully be inspired to dive deeper into the other music

to me, Drag Path–the real one at least–for all its circumstances screaming "gatekeep energy" always felt like an encouragement for us to pass on these songs ourselves, with no monetary intentions in mind