RogueSoul Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 As I'm sure everyone knows, the long wait is over for new Linkin Park music. The band's new single 'Heavy' featuring Kiiara is out tomorrow at 7 A.M. PST, and Mike will be heading over to KROQ to help premiere the song on radio. The song will be playing on KROQ all day tomorrow most likely, but you may hear it for the first time ever if you tune in at around 7 AM PST. Mike will be joining the talk show to talk about the single at 7:15 AM PST (click here to check your timezone), so if you're interested in hearing some insight on the song (though, at this point, what don't we know about it?), be sure to tune in. The entire band has been on the talk show before, performing songs in the past for listeners. The first performance on the show was in 2007, when the band performed a few songs as a rehearsal set in front of a few lucky fans while they prepared for their Projekt Revolution tour. Songs in that set included 'What I've Done,' 'Leave Out All The Rest,' and the piano version of 'Pushing Me Away,' which had to be stopped and restarted due to Mike making a mistake! The band returned in 2010, where their set on the show was the first performance on the A Thousand Suns touring cycle. The set featured the live debuts of 'The Catalyst,' 'Waiting For The End,' and 'Iridescent.' A crowd was present here, too, and the band had a Q&A session in between a few songs. Watch the band perform 'The Catalyst' live for the first time on the Kevin & Bean show in 2010. It seems only Mike will be visiting KROQ, so it's unlikely we'll see the band perform and live songs. But that may come later in the day, as the band has plans for a livestream on Facebook at 12:10 PM PST - get all the information you need for that here. It's looking like the band has been rehearsing pretty extensively for the past week or so, so we can expect at least a few songs to be performed - namely the live debut of 'Heavy.' EDIT: It seems Mike will be making a variety of other appearances throughout the morning. He'll be on 102.5 KISS-FM at some point in the morning, as well as on the Zach Sang Show during the show's second hour. It is possible that these appearances will be pre-recorded. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and check out our Facebook page to keep updated on this! If Mike shares any interesting information, we'll be sure to let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Looks like they'll do a day of promo tomorrow. I'll try to keep up with it to put here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickLPL Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Today's gonna be a freaking awesome day! haha Can't wait for the flooding of news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 - Zane Lowe texted Mike and introduced him to Kiiara, who said her favorite band was Linkin Park. She came in after the song was written. - The lead writers for Linkin Park are Mike and Brad. On this album, they brought in more artists to help with the songwriting process. - Mike says The Hunting Party was the most successful touring cycle for the band in their career. - As soon as the touring cycle for THP ended, Mike wanted to immediately work on creating new Linkin Park music. - Mike mentions he wanted to learn how other songwriters create songs. The session in London in Sept 2015 started this learning process. - Linkin Park met with 30-40 songwriters during this album process. It was one at a time, not a competition. - Linkin Park is more than capable of writing their own songs (of course), but they wanted to change it up and write with others this time. - #HeavyLP sounds like the rest of the album #OneMoreLight - As mentioned before, the songs started with vocals first - a new idea for LP. Story first, hook second, then music. - Mike has been discussing writing songs with other artists since the collaborative process for the new LP album went so well. - #OneMoreLight is the first album released by LP named after a song on the album. - The song One More Light is a sad song about a friend of the band dying from cancer. "Through loss, let people know you care." - Re: Fans possibly not liking new music..."We've done this before. ATS was a polarizing album too. We evolve." - Mike did more singing on this album. He enjoys singing next to Chester seven days a week. People will be blown away by Chester's vocals. - Mike already wants to remix some songs from this album. He recorded rap verses, "they'll show up at some point." Not much rap on album. - The album touring cycles for Linkin Park will continue to be around 18 months. They will not tour extensively like the old days. - "There are surprises up our sleeves for the new Linkin Park record #OneMoreLight." -Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranger Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 "There are surprises up our sleeves for the new Linkin Park record #OneMoreLight." I'm pretty sure one of the surprises is about the guest artists in the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Some of this news is cool, some not. I'm slightly disappointed that there won't be much rap on the album, but I'll still love it. MTM had very little rap and is an amazing album regardless. Mike mentioning wanting to remix several dogs already makes me think they'll continue with the "instrumentals and acapellas" thing, which for this album particularly should be amazing to listen to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLP-NaughtyNottingham Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 One More Light makes me think about a mix of Symphonies of Light vs The Little Things Im very worried that this album won't have screaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) One More Light makes me think about a mix of Symphonies of Light vs The Little Things Im very worried that this album won't have screaming. I would think there's at least one song. At the very least an outro or a bridge, or something that includes screaming. Even ATS had Blackout, and that song shared an album with The Messenger and BITS. I think they could definitely work screaming into at least one song. Edited February 16, 2017 by Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geki Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Don't like the album title. Don't like how many guests are on the album. Don't like that there won't be much Chester singing. What a sad day for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The comments on social media are brutal. Just brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxHybridXeroxx Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The comments on social media are brutal. Just brutal. As I always say, Social media brings out the worst in everyone, I personally like the song, but it could've been better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 https://www.facebook.com/worldfamouskroq/videos/10154359783033424/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE Mike on KROQ. I'll transcribe it shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeardyWilderness Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Mike will be on XFM in UK at 7pm UK time (11am PST I think). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Beats One today. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7694010/linkin-parks-mike-shinoda-talks-heavy-new-single-hooking-up-with?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral\\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broman Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The comments on social media are brutal. Just brutal. I'm sure it was anticipated. Mike mentioned the polarizing reactions people got from ATS when talking about reactions for Heavy. It was expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXoBlackOut Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 So Mike and Kiiara peformed live on instagram right? Does anyone have a link? Really wanna see that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 No, Mike played the song in his car for Instagram first. The studio version, not a performance. Unless I missed something monumental like that lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXoBlackOut Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 No, Mike played the song in his car for Instagram first. The studio version, not a performance. Unless I missed something monumental like that lol Ah oke, thanks! I was worried that I did indeed missed someting like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The performance is at 12:00pm PST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygolfer Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I'm really curious to see how this will sound live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astat Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Don't like the album title. Don't like how many guests are on the album. Don't like that there won't be much Chester singing. What a sad day for me. The fuck gives you the idea that there "won't be much Chester singing?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JozM Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 ... Thanks for the summary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickLPL Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 The fuck gives you the idea that there "won't be much Chester singing?" Do we know how many guests spots there will be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geki Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 The fuck gives you the idea that there "won't be much Chester singing?" The fact that there will likely be a shit ton of guests and the fact that Mike said he is singing a lot on this album? I don't even really give a fuck, though. I definitely don't give enough of a fuck to argue about it. I'll just listen to other bands and artists that I enjoy instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Mike and Chester w/ iHeartRadio. Nothing really newsworthy. Same ole stuff except Chester says he had to go back in and re record vocals to make them more energetic. What is the background music? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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