diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs
index 2de31cf399..27b87e4fa5 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/MainMenu.cs
@@ -78,27 +78,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
             holdDelay = config.GetBindable<float>(OsuSetting.UIHoldActivationDelay);
             loginDisplayed = statics.GetBindable<bool>(Static.LoginOverlayDisplayed);
 
-            AddInternal(songTicker = new SongTicker
-            {
-                Anchor = Anchor.TopRight,
-                Origin = Anchor.TopRight,
-                Margin = new MarginPadding { Right = 15, Top = 5 }
-            });
-
-            if (host.CanExit)
-            {
-                AddInternal(exitConfirmOverlay = new ExitConfirmOverlay
-                {
-                    Action = () =>
-                    {
-                        if (holdDelay.Value > 0)
-                            confirmAndExit();
-                        else
-                            this.Exit();
-                    }
-                });
-            }
-
             AddRangeInternal(new Drawable[]
             {
                 buttonsContainer = new ParallaxContainer
@@ -117,8 +96,28 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
                     }
                 },
                 sideFlashes = new MenuSideFlashes(),
+                songTicker = new SongTicker
+                {
+                    Anchor = Anchor.TopRight,
+                    Origin = Anchor.TopRight,
+                    Margin = new MarginPadding { Right = 15, Top = 5 }
+                }
             });
 
+            if (host.CanExit)
+            {
+                AddInternal(exitConfirmOverlay = new ExitConfirmOverlay
+                {
+                    Action = () =>
+                    {
+                        if (holdDelay.Value > 0)
+                            confirmAndExit();
+                        else
+                            this.Exit();
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+
             buttons.StateChanged += state =>
             {
                 switch (state)
@@ -236,9 +235,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
 
             buttons.State = ButtonSystemState.EnteringMode;
 
-            songTicker.FadeOut(100, Easing.OutQuint);
-            songTicker.AllowUpdates = false;
-
             this.FadeOut(FADE_OUT_DURATION, Easing.InSine);
             buttonsContainer.MoveTo(new Vector2(-800, 0), FADE_OUT_DURATION, Easing.InSine);
 
@@ -249,8 +245,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
         {
             base.OnResuming(last);
 
-            songTicker.AllowUpdates = true;
-
             (Background as BackgroundScreenDefault)?.Next();
 
             //we may have consumed our preloaded instance, so let's make another.
@@ -277,8 +271,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
             }
 
             buttons.State = ButtonSystemState.Exit;
-            this.FadeOut(3000);
+
             songTicker.Hide();
+
+            this.FadeOut(3000);
             return base.OnExiting(next);
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/SongTicker.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/SongTicker.cs
index f858d162d2..c3569b7ccb 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/SongTicker.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/SongTicker.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
     {
         private const int fade_duration = 800;
 
-        public bool AllowUpdates { get; set; } = true;
-
         [Resolved]
         private Bindable<WorkingBeatmap> beatmap { get; set; }
 
@@ -58,8 +56,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Menu
 
         private void onBeatmapChanged(ValueChangedEvent<WorkingBeatmap> working)
         {
-            if (!AllowUpdates)
-                return;
+            var metadata = beatmap.Value.Metadata;
 
             var metadata = working.NewValue.Metadata;