LINKIN PARK has launched a brand new track and accompanying music video, “Up From The Backside”. The observe mark the band’s first new music for the reason that arrival 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 track 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 observe.
LINKIN PARK kicked off the 2025 leg of its “From Zero” world tour on January 31 at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico.
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 Mild”, 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 essential 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 informed KROQ‘s Kevan Kenney in regards to the feelings surrounding LINKIN PARK‘s return: “It is actually sophisticated. For me, two years in the past it was very overwhelming, and I believe the very best factor that we did was to simply principally let issues occur within the order and on the timeline that they had been gonna occur, let issues occur organically and never push too onerous. 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 based mostly on what we had been having probably the most enjoyable doing.”
When Kenney instructed that “From Zero” “sounds nearly like a return to [LINKIN PARK‘s] roots”, Shinoda mentioned: “I really like that there is such a robust LINKIN PARK DNA within the report. 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 report.”
Farrell chimed in: “I do not know if I do know properly what the LINKIN PARK DNA is. It is sort of like if you’re too near one thing, you simply do it after which different folks inform you. They nearly interpret it and then you definitely 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 may 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 complete 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 international livestream of a live performance in Los Angeles showcasing Armstrong and Brittain.
Final November, LINKIN PARK introduced an enormous world tour throughout North America, Europe, Asia and South America. This spring and summer time, LINKIN PARK will hit quite a lot of cities the US and finish in November with a run all through South America.
