How Nine Inch Nails Wrote 'Hurt' | Song Exploder

Trent is the only artist I can relate to. Too mature for the punk crowd, too punk for the mature crowd.

we need a nine inch nails documentary like this.

We've lost many a star from the nineties scenes, I'm thankful trent is still with us.

My best friend took his life 12 years ago and he was the biggest NIN fan. This song played at his funeral to send him off. I just wanted to say I miss you bro.

Trent Reznor is a musical genuis and one of my heroes

I wish this were 10x longer. I would love to hear more of Trent's thoughts on writing this song.

Trent Reznor is one of music's true geniuses that has evolved, yet still kept his unique sound and originality

A song about someone's self-destruction and eventual suicide that saved mine and the lives of many others since its conception in 1994. Thank you with utmost sincerity, Trent Reznor, not just for Hurt but for The Downward Spiral as a whole.

This man gets it. It's all about the goosebumps. No one seems to understand that in music today

In my opinion, and probably the opinion of most people who are music enthusiasts. That song is probably one of the saddest and most heartfelt songs ever made by man, it's not complicated, but it communicates the idea so clearly and so vividly that it connects to those who feel the way the song sounds. Nine Inch Nails is probably one of the best made music projects in history, and almost every song that Trent and his other partners that have worked with him have made have been timeless and inspirational. NIN is really the type of music any crowd can get into, which is very rare, I think that happens because the songs are really about reality, and it's made into a way that is both theatrical and realistic, its not corny, but its also not too real to the point to were its not entertaining, NIN has the perfect balance. Just my opinion, I could be full of it. But so far, to date, I haven't heard anybody that can get into the nooks and crannies of human emotion in that way, at least a handful of musicians have really done that, so far as I can see. Anyways.

Is it just me or does he seem to have a much more gentle and calm countenance to him now?

This is the only version of hurt that matters to me.

That was the deepest dive into the music episode on the show. The amount of emotion and thought Trent Reznor put into the song was absolutely groundbreaking. I didn't move a muscle while watching the episode. It was that enthralling.

I remember having to defend the shear awesomeness of “Hurt” to my parents, when I was 14. They down-played like it will never be as good as Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, or Johnny Cash. Which were their favorite artists. When Cash’s cover of “Hurt” came out, it was pure bliss to make my parents eat their words.

And then he turns around and does a REMARKABLE score for a Pixar film. Genius gets thrown around too much. On Trent, it fits just right.

Tent narrates so well. When he spoke at the Cure's induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he was so well spoken and straight from the heart.

To all the kids who never fit in and didn't have the three friends to start a band with, I hope you're doing ok.

Pretty Hate Machine & Downward Spiral got me through high school. I got bullied for being “alternative” and those albums were my sanctuary every day after school.

I like trent so much for who he is now. He seems so self aware. He seems like he has learned alot from his past. He shows growth.

Seriously, one of the greatest song writers ever. People will be exploring his music in a hundred years after we are all dead and gone, like they do with Motzart.