Yes – we can’t lure people into a false sense of innocence! 😬

You must ensure you set your release as explicit, even if just one track on an album/ EP is explicit and the rest are clean. Please note that you can label each individual track as explicit, cleaned or non-explicit.

You must also label the whole release as ‘explicit’ if your any tracks on the release contains any of the following:

• Drugs
• Inflammatory Lyrics
• Profanity
• Sexual References/Depictions
• Violence

See our handy blog post for more on the meaning of explicit, clean and non-explicit.

Check out the full RouteNote Style Guide here!

If you have any further queries, feel free to get in touch with us!

See also:
What does ‘explicit’ mean?
What does ‘non-explicit’ mean?
What does ‘cleaned version’ mean?
How can I make changes to my release?