iTunes fading in on songs, even with fade settings disabled. (Windows 11 PC)

I can’t seem to get iTunes to stop a very quick fade in on every song. Some of my songs start quick and heavy right away, and this slight fade in bugs the crap out of me. Kinda kills the vibe/power of certain songs. I’ve checked through out all the settings, and all fade in / cross fade options are in fact DISABLED. Boxes are unchecked. Even if I turn it on and move the slider alllll the way down, it fades (worse actually). What the heck is going on?? It annoys the **** out of me and I want to stop it from happening. Seems like it’s built in to iTunes and apple doesn’t give you the option to disable it. Any ideas??

This is a Windows 11 PC. iTunes version 12.12.9.4 (and it’s been this way for many previous versions too)