Elaine

If enough people wanted to buy that, the Level sets would have been successful. I have a personal investment in good quality anime releases, for, well, Reasons, but if the market is given the opportunity and the fans don't come, there's not a lot anyone can do. I'd like for them to try again, but...

Oh, I love Kamen Rider Zero One!

WRAPPED UP INSIDE YOUR MIX

Hell, even that is adding too much speculation to the pot. This could be false whether or not the band is cooking as we speak. This could also be something true that he doesn't actually know and is just being weird about. It's a really weird claim, unremarked upon in the moment (despite being kind of a big deal)-- dropped, then just moved on from, and then hastily denied. Hell, I'd probably believe it was some kind of weird mix-up even if they did hire a woman as the lead. What reason does this guy have to know about it? Being in contact with the band previously isn't necessarily conducive to being in contact with the band currently (Even indirectly). The best we can offer there is speculation, when we really just don't know anything other than "Shit's weird, yo."

For what it's worth he could be conflating memories of LP working with Kiiara for "Heavy". Whole number of things could have lead to this statement.

You say that, but my joke album title is going to make it to the subreddits, then to the rumor articles, and then it'll be back to this thread in time for my morning coffee.

Linkin Park Presents: That's All, Folks! We Are Never, Ever, Ever Getting Back Together!

We'd never even heard of "Lost" before it was out. We knew the demo, yes, but the final song is so different it almost doesn't count. We barely even recognized it because the vocal hook had completely changed and had no idea it'd gotten as far and as polished as it did. I'm just one person and I make a minimum of 55 demos a year as a hobbyist (one a week!), I can't imagine what sits on LP's drives that they just haven't told us about. Most of it terrible, but some gold that just didn't quite shine brightly enough for sure.

Good point.

Jeez, now I feel bad for getting people's hopes up! It's probably not gonna happen guys-- but it is pretty fun to think about.

I think the user is specifically talking about in the case of a comeback. Not just a new thing recorded specifically for the release. futurama_maybe.gif

They could-- I remember the last we heard about it was that Mike had in fact polished it up and done a recording but the rest of the band/maybe Mike himself too wasn't happy with it so it lingered. If they got over that hurdle, I'd imagine it'd be quite interesting.

Track 14 being a surprise new single from the band recorded recently would be the biggest swerve. I'm not holding out much hope for that. But I can certainly dream. It would be a good place to re-establish something if you're not dropping an album soon. Like, "hey, we're active again, here's something we all like and are releasing as a statement of intent, see you next year". Or something.

For whatever reason I always got the sense that Mike has been trying to stay "available" for whatever the past few months. Never going too far with his self promo. It's pretty easy to read into that, but he's definitely cooking something.

Yeah if they decide to kick off a new era by releasing some of those tracks we heard about that were finished but didn't make the album cut (If i recall correctly) as a bridge for a new era, that would be a really good way of doing it. You can't say hello without saying goodbye. It must feel like shit having a ton of material you thought was gold as songwriters gathering dust and doing nothing. And not being able to work on it anymore. Not being able to share it and say "Here's what we made with our friend". My interest is piqued.