I found the new scene which featured the date and hammer was a bit fast to read. To address this I approached by not moving the ahead stuff further on in the sequence, but instead by adding two hammer hits rather than one. The first one draws your attention to the date even more, whereas the second serves as a transition effect. I avoided moving the sequence onwards, as currently I really like the timing, each element has with the music's beat and rhythm.
The below version has a changed composition of the date. The '22nd' now sits above December to enable the reader to get a better sense of when the vent is during this short frame.