I guess as fans of Guns n' Roses I guess we're all of the age where we're going to fail to understand AI produced music videos. But I'll bet this would have gone down very well had Gorillaz or a contemporary band released it. The visual style is great, but it's so nuanced and deep that it's almost impossible to extract any real meaning from it, other than the overall vibe of pain and reflection. I just wish they'd made it a bit more of a obvious progression. I.e the kid gets persued by an evil older guy whenever he goes home and then rebels and runs off, gets the bus to a big city then gets chased by the demon in his dreams when he's older etc. As it was, most of it was just the kids morphing into other slightly different kids then back again and an AI version of a tech demo. The AI take on Melissa was just weird, turning her into a boy and it seemed to turn Slash and Duff into DJ Ashba.

With any normal band you'd hear about these things. But then again most bands are bound by NDA's and treated like this. I suspect Axl and the rest of the band are just fatigued from touring, it's the end of a massively long cycle and that cycle is over now. With the many legal things going on and sapping energy, it's no surprise they have nothing planned. At the end of the day if Axl is planning a massive, or very relaxed and cosy Christmas, fair play to him and the rest of them. They've spent years touring the planet doing the same songs for years now, it has to take it's toll.

Hopefully they surprise us next year with a renewed energy and a fresh, brand new album that they're happy with. But I doubt it. If we ever see anything again, it'll likely be more stale Chinese leftovers.

Will we get the traditional one week delay like all the other releases?

That made me laugh. It's true though, the band is so weird with stuff like this. If it's coming out, just say it's coming out. Even if it's not a big deal, just let one of the band members release the news. If it's not, just say that too, rather than letting a situation fester where fans are disappointed that the band didn't do something it never intended to do.