Sonic4 - $TEAL
digital download (STOLEN01)

"$TEAL" is the first entry of the STOLEN series, which is used for singles. It was originally made to show hatred towards the monopoly of subscription culture over the music industry, but the meaning of it changed hours after its release. The song itself is a noisy version of ABBA's "Money Money Money".

"The same day when I released it, I received a letter saying that someone signed up to a website creating platform for musicians called 'Bandzoogle' using my email adress. I called for help and got the page removed. A couple of hours later, the same $hit happened again. This time, the site had more stuff than before. It was sort of like a bootleg Sonic4 Test Records, which confused me. I got angry and got the account deleted again.

ASDF then found a fake deleted compilation album on Discogs, and found a neocities site that was a $hitty copy my website. From there, we found his Bandcamp too. It was a bootleg hell. A bunch of $hitty knockoff of my past releases. Why would someone do this? Trolling? Nah, this isn't trolling. Is it being a fan? I also don't know, could be. But in the end, I'd say that this is just a retarded kid who keeps stealing my $hit for fun."

- Sonic4