Why don’t artists let their albums breathe?

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Can a deluxe album ever improve on the original? I know why artists stretch out the lifespan of their albums like putty for maximum impact. And yet I want them all to just let their albums breathe — to define a single project and let it exist for a minute on its own terms without constant add-ons or additional albums rolling down the pipeline in a month or two. Swag II made me question if Bieber was underwhelmed by the album’s initial commercial performance (the album debuted at No. When Taylor Swift announced her forthcoming album The Life of a Showgirl, she made it clear it would just be 13 tracks — no deluxe songs or secret tracks coming.