LINKIN PARK has launched behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the official music video for the band’s new tune “Up From The Backside”. The monitor, which has already been streamed greater than 10 million instances on Spotify since its arrival final week, marks the band’s first new music because the launch of the “From Zero” comeback album final November.
In a current interview with Billboard, LINKIN PARK‘s Joe Hahn — who directed the clip — known as “Up From The Backside” “the very best tune we have ever made” whereas bandmate Mike Shinoda added that “it is among the finest movies we have ever had.”
LINKIN PARK teased “Up From The Backside”‘s launch by the band’s LPTV “From Zero” video collection the place co-vocalists Shinoda and Emily Armstrong may very well be seen within the studio engaged on the brand new monitor.
“Up From the Backside” will seem on a deluxe version of “From Zero”, due out Could 16 by way of Warner.
“From Zero (Deluxe Version)” 2CD is a restricted urgent. It includes a four-panel softpak packaging with 16-page booklet and showcases three new songs, 5 reside tracks recorded around the globe and all new, expanded packaging.
The band feedback: “‘Up From The Backside’ was created in between excursions this 12 months, infused with the electrical energy of these first exhibits again after an extended hiatus. ‘Let You Fade’ was a tune that started in the course of the ‘From Zero’ periods however discovered its ultimate form in periods after the album’s launch. ‘Unshatter’ was an early monitor we made whereas recording ‘From Zero’; Emily‘s enormous vocal within the bridge was one of many moments that gave us a sign of what was potential collectively.
“We’re so grateful for the unimaginable reception to ‘From Zero’. This new chapter, our persevering with journey, and the connection between the band and followers has been greater than we may’ve hoped for. Thanks for listening.”
“From Zero (Deluxe Version)” monitor itemizing:
CD1
01. From Zero
02. The Vacancy Machine
03. Reduce The Bridge
04. Heavy Is The Crown
05. Over Every Different
06. Casualty
07. Overflow
08. Two Confronted
09. Stained
10. IGYEIH
11. Good Issues Go
CD 2
01. Up From The Backside
02. Unshatter
03. Let You Fade
04. The Vacancy Machine (Dwell)
05. Heavy Is The Crown (Dwell)
06. Over Every Different (Dwell)
07. Casualty (Dwell)
08. Two Confronted (Dwell)
LINKIN PARK kicked off the 2025 leg of its “From Zero” world tour on January 31 at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico. The trek will resume on April 26 at Austin, Texas’s Moody Middle.
In late January, LINKIN PARK launched an a cappella/vocals-only model of “From Zero”, dubbed “From Zero – A Cappellas”.
The unique model of “From Zero”, issued final November, marked LINKIN PARK‘s first full-length effort since 2017’s “One Extra Gentle”, which was the final LINKIN PARK album earlier than the dying of lead vocalist Chester Bennington. “From Zero” options LINKIN PARK‘s new singer Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain, who’ve joined returning members co-vocalist and fundamental producer Shinoda, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave “Phoenix” Farrell and DJ/visible director Joe Hahnwithin the band’s new lineup. Guitarist Alex Feder is filling in for Delson in any respect LINKIN PARK live shows for the foreseeable future.
Final fall, Shinoda advised KROQ‘s Kevan Kenney concerning the feelings surrounding LINKIN PARK‘s return: “It is actually difficult. For me, two years in the past it was very overwhelming, and I believe the very best factor that we did was to only mainly let issues occur within the order and on the timeline that they had been gonna occur, let issues occur organically and never push too exhausting. And I really feel like what ended up evolving was we simply naturally sort of discovered one another, we discovered this new lineup, we discovered Emily and Colin particularly, and the music simply sort of got here into focus primarily based on what we had been having essentially the most enjoyable doing.”
When Kenney steered that “From Zero” “sounds virtually like a return to [LINKIN PARK‘s] roots”, Shinoda mentioned: “I like that there is such a powerful LINKIN PARK DNA within the document. It does actually really feel like LINKIN PARK, however I believe there’s part of it that is the previous sound and a part of that is each period of the band, to me, on the document.”
Farrell chimed in: “I do not know if I do know nicely what the LINKIN PARK DNA is. It is sort of like once you’re too near one thing, you simply do it after which different folks let you know. They virtually interpret it and then you definately sort of say, ‘Okay, cool. I am glad that got here throughout.’ However I believe in any and all of that creation of an album or engaged on new music or new stuff or when there’s — I do not know — interstitials or no matter you would possibly wanna name it, for me these issues are identical to us doing us and figuring that out and transferring ahead. And on this course of, one of many issues that was so enjoyable and rewarding and funky and energizing was simply how once we began step by step integrating Emily and Colin, it felt like LINKIN PARK. It simply felt prefer it match for me and for us. And people had been the good moments in the whole course of, was simply feeling like issues had been sort of jelling and coming collectively and we had been having a blast doing it the entire time. So at this stage being able to lastly have the album out, having folks be enthusiastic about it, that feels nice.”
LINKIN PARK introduced its new lineup throughout a September 2024 one-hour world livestream of a live performance in Los Angeles showcasing Armstrong and Brittain.