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does an updated "lastmod" in the sitemap without actual change in content hurts indexing?

I run amusic directory website with artists, their discography listed as well as links to their social media platforms and streaming services as a passion project.

since the last couple of months I've lost over 30k indexed urls, the current indexed urls count is at 5k in Google search console.

The deindexed urls are now either in "Crawled - currently not indexed" or "Discovered – currently not indexed" section, something that I don't really understand the root cause.

so I was wondering if updating the lastmod to a newer date is causing this, basically I update each of these pages ever 1-2 days, to make sure the discography and information are up to date, but obviously not much content is changed.

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