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"**Noir**" is the third studio album by American singer, songwriter, and record producer, MARINE, released on March 10th, 2023. Originally set to be released on February 24th, 2023, it was then delayed to April 14th, 2023, due to problems with personnel, then later scrapped entirely, and finally was set to be released March 10th, 2023. Due to the unexpected delay, majority of the tracks expected to appear on the album leaked on the official Discord server for MARINE's label, *T.I.F.F. Studios*, by LizzieXclusive, a well-known leaker, known for previously leaking music from artists under the label, such as Tiffany Dabytch, Opal, and MARK. The record's cover was released on March 4th, 2023, along with the release of the third and final single, "**Carry My Heart**", while the tracklist was revealed a day later on March 5th, 2023. The album is a concept album, and continues the events featured in her previous albums, "***Pages Of A Grim Writer***", and "***The Strange Place***".

Instead of self-writing and self-producing the album, MARINE reached out to several musicians, August Florez, Caroline Day, Matthew Sinoza, and labelmate, Opal Fleur, to help with the album. The late Tiffany Dabytch is also has songwriting credits on one track.

The storyline intertwined with MARINE's album ended during this album, however, there is a final moment related to Succubus in MARINE's final album, "***Generations***", her fourth album.

## Background

On January 14th, 2023, a day after the release of the lead single, "**Drug Like You**", MARINE held an interview where she talked about the single. She also spoke about the album, stating, "*...This whole album is almost like a technological piece of work that is dark and grim, which I'd say fits my aesthetic very well.*".

On January 28th, 2023, MARINE announced the album with a teaser on social media; revealing the title of the album and the release date. MARINE later went live on Instagram to talk about the album. The following is a list of information MARINE stated during the live.

* The album will have 13 tracks.
* The album is centered around 1950's true crime.
* The album will be around 45 minutes.
* The album will have a title track.
* There will be a second single and a possible third or promotional single.
* "**Thunder**" will be on the album.
* There will be a standard cover and 3 alternative covers for physical copies.
* It is unlikely the album will have a deluxe.
* The album was originally set to be released March 10th, 2023, but was given an earlier release date.
* There were exactly 30 songs written for the album, excluding "**Thunder**" since it was written during the "***The Strange Place***" era.

On February 4th, 2023, MARINE announced that the album would be delayed to April 14th, 2023 because of unknown problems with the songwriters and producers. A couple hours after the delay, the entire album was leaked on the *Dabytchees Official Discord Server* by LizzieXclusive, a well-known leaker known to leak music from specifically the *T.I.F.F. Studios* label. She used an undercover account.

On February 5th, 2023, MARINE stated on *Twitter*, "*I’m saddened to see my music being leaked all over the media. My team is working on finding these hackers and taking them down. Right now we’re taking down ever leak we can. We took most of the leaks down the second after they were released. Thank you for your patience.*"

On February 11th, 2023, MARINE officially announced that the album was put on hold for release and that her and her team would be working on making new music for the album, as well as re-producing a lot of the previously leaked tracks. She stated, "*Noir has been put on hold for release. There is now no release date for the album as I am re-making, re-writing, and re-producing songs and making new ones with my team. Thank you for your patience*".

## About The Album

The album takes inspiration from 1950's true crime.

## Singles

* "**Drug Like You**" was released on January 13th, 2023. It served as the album's lead single.
* "**Gorgeous Idiot**" was released on February 3rd, 2023, as the album's second single.
* "**Carry My Heart**" was released on March 4th, 2023, as a promotional single for the album. It served as the final single.

**Drug Like You****Gorgeous Idiot****Carry My Heart**
## Tracklist

Deluxe
 15. | "Sweat For Me"
 16. | "Control"

### Original Tracklists

On April 30th, 2023, MARINE revealed in an Instagram Live that the tracklist for the album changed multiple times. She revealed two of the original tracklists, which were both unfinished. Below is the first one, which consisted of 16 tracks with 3 interludes. The first tracklist does not contain "**Weedkiller**", "**Rose Tinted Lenses**", "**Joan Of Arc**", "**Children Of The Night**", and "**Smoke**", which are tracks listed on the final version of the album.

Below is the second tracklist MARINE shared on her Instagram Live on April 30th, 2023. It consisted of thirteen tracks, however. The second tracklist does not contain "**Rose Tinted Lenses**", "**Joan Of Arc**", "**Children Of The Night**", and "**Smoke**", which are tracks listed on the final version of the album.

#### Outtakes

* "Act I"
* "Act II"
* "Act III
* "Family Blood"
* "In Pieces"
* "In The Flames"
* "LoveEater"
* "Russian Roulette (Story Of A Gambler)"
* "Scorpions"
* "Solitaire"
* "Sweet Toxicology"
* "The Lighthouse"
* "Toxic Melodies"

## Gallery

Standard tracklistVinyl stickerVinyl center
## Trivia

* "*Noir*" translates to "black" in French.
	+ Although the album's title is "black" in French, majority of the visuals are in a dark red.
* This is MARINE's first album that is not self-produced and self-written.
* The longest song on the album is "**Thunder**" (4:24) while the shortest is "**Gorgeous Idiot**" (3:05).
* "**Drug Like You**" is the only track that MARINE self-produced and self-wrote.