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- Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda stopped by the GENIUS studio to discuss the band’s latest hit “Fighting Myself." Although it's new to the world, the track is actually 20-years-old. "This is a demo that we barely finished," Shinoda tells GENIUS of the song that includes his signature rapping and Chester Bennington's powerful vocals. "Then it got put on a hard drive and left there."
It was left on that hard drive until the band started piecing together their beloved album "Meteora's" 20th anniversary release. Now, "Fighting Myself" isn't just on a hard drive anymore. On today’s episode of VERIFIED, find out what inspired the cut and why it's representative of the "Hybrid Theory" model that Linkin Park embodies so well.
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This is the closest to a live version we are going to get
literally 😭
LMAO
Not necessarily
Don’t bet on it, yet.
Maybe not, Mike could sing it live
Linkin Park will always be one of my favorite bands growing up
me too
I have a Linkin Park Symbol on my Stuffed Toy. Brings me luck🐺👍🏼 He is my mascot
its my favorite band but thing is i was born in 2010
Shinoda's a genius.
Facts
Factos
Factores
Fakta
Tények
Linkin Park. In 2023. On Genius. WHAT?
I know I was confused thought it was click bait
I mean, they're talking about a song they just put out on the 20th anniversary of Meteora that's really popular. Not sure how that's difficult to understand.
@@XeroforteThe Meteora 20th anniversary boxset sold pretty well but I feel like even casuals who listened to "Lost" aren't aware of the other unreleased songs from the anniversary reissue.
@@ajinfiniterizz422It's funny because Mike Shinoda appeared on this channel just 3 weeks ago to explain his new-ish solo song but I guess many people still don't "remember the name." Lol.
Interesting
to think this was away for 20 years like damn.. they never miss. Lyrically they always deliver 110%
For real. 20 years old and can still compete; and in a lot of cases, top songs that were produced last month.😂
Please do more Linkin Park. Hearing Mike speak on this stuff is like listening a scientist do research and explain it. So methodical, technical and logically correct. So smart, and he knows everything he’s singing about
He’s a musical genius
They heard you my friend
“I can’t see cause I’m focused on the past” this line alone is super powerful, dwelling on past mistakes can get really dark
best band to ever exist
Facts 💙
Amen
True
Yup
Damn right
I immediately knew this was my favorite track from the "new" stuff before even the first chorus came on. It hits so hard
the same
Massive is up there for me as well with this one
Fr!
frrrr
Same, until I heard More the Victim, just wish it got as much love as Fighting Myself has
Mike's ability to give voice to Chester's voice in his verses is brilliant. Not many vocalists have ever been able to collaborate so effectively. I've always struggled with mental health issues and I've been dealing with medical issues the last few months, and I've been listening to this song almost every day. Sometimes music isn't about making you feel better, it's about making you feel heard and understood. This song, like lots of Linkin Park songs, makes me feel heard and understood. Such a brilliant song that holds up so well, even 20 years later.
Mike Shinoda is a gift to music and to humankind
Shinoda is so down to earth man.
This song has been the of the biggest things to save me form self harm. Thank you everyone in Linkin Park! RIP Chester. You saved me! 💙
Hope you’re doing well ❤
I’m proud of you!!
Stay strong and stay well. More happiness to you!
Proud of you! Stay strong❤
@@jare114 I am thank you bro! I hope you are as well! 🥰
Even though Chester's gone, he lives through the songs like he never left and I miss him. LOST is by far my favorite right now and FIGHTING MYSELF is my go to song when I want to jam
I love LINKIN PARK
Thank you sooo much❤❤❤❤
Now watch closely kids, this is a REAL musician.
Sure, kid
@@Xeroforte Gay nerds fighting
@@JennBit :)) is that you ?
Even without base or music at all, Mike just rocks it out of the park, this man is a national treasure
International treasure.
Pun intended or not rocks it out of the park
@@Ghostface_kid9 Mike likes to play Zelda, mostly when Link is in the Park
To think a song that was just sitting there for 20 yrs is still much better than many songs that are released today is astounding. Linkin Park never disappoints. RIP Chester truly a legend 🙏🏻
Solidarity is the word I’ve used to describe Linkin Park for the longest time, and this Genius dissection from Mike Shinoda shows why: there’s an emotional intelligence in Linkin Park’s music. Beyond that, they include holding yourself accountable, and personal responsibility in their lyrics. That’s important whether it’s, “Fighting Myself,” off Meteora or, “Heavy,” off One More Light.
There’s no finger pointing.
Mike explained that he’s not writing about himself or Chester sometimes, and that he was observing other people he knew and their relationships, and then found the through line between those people or relationships. Sometimes that can be really zoomed out like how we, as a society, treat certain types of people (that’s what, ‘Burn It Down,’ is about, in part).
Some of, “Burn It Down,” is about how we treat certain public figures or celebrities in a disposable way as they inevitably make mistakes, or over their old, ‘dirty laundry,’ and that we build them up only to tear them down. It’s also about how they saw the face change from President Bush to President Obama, yet President Obama was doing some of the very things they’d criticized Bush for. Hence that’s the line, “The cycle repeated as explosions broke in the sky.”
And, the lyrics don’t solely fall on his or Chester’s shoulders. Dave aka ‘Phoenix’ (their bass player) is almost the in group philosopher and counselor. He’s actually got his bachelors degree in something related to giving sermons if I’m not mistaken.
They’re quite the melting pot in that respect: Dave is very loosely Christian, Mike is Agnostic, Brad is Jewish. Shoot, 1/3 of the band is Asian. They’ve all got very unique perspectives that also overlap (they’re an excellent Venn Diagram).
Brad has always helped with lyrics as well. He’s very analytical, and can get very bird’s eye. Mike asked for Brad’s input for the Fort Minor record for a reason. You can watch Brad doing that on the LPTV episode where they’re working on, ‘Until It’s Gone,’ off of The Hunting Party.
Brad noticed Chester had started to get a little too poetic and flowery with his language, and it’d made the song deviate from the topic a little too far. He more or less said, “What you wrote sounds good, but it’s losing the original meaning… so what if instead the lyric was, “A fire needs a space to burn, a breath to build a glow. And I could finally see your light when I let go?”
All of the guys are very emotionally intelligent, and they all bring something to the table. Also, as Rick Rubin aptly put it, “Linkin Park is a group of producers who work like a hip hop production team with an in group leader, and that being Mike Shinoda.” That’s to say all of them are capable with production to some extent. That’s important for getting, ‘seeds,’ or effective sketches of ideas, or variations on an existing idea everyone had been enjoying.
So what Mike’s doing looking to external relationships, and looking for the through line? Any line of work benefits from that type of thinking whether you’re a mechanic, you write novels, you write lyrics, you’re an identity systems and graphic designer negotiating with clients, whatever you like. Looking for through lines and symmetry to the logic is very important quite honestly.
EDIT: Ha! Too funny. I’d paused this dissection to type this, and hadn’t finished watching yet. Here I get to the end of the video, and Mike specifically cites emotional intelligence 🤣🤝
Beautifully said💯👏🏼😯
Thank you! Great text!❤
The fact they made this 20 years ago and it sounds like it could be released today is amazing
I love these guys. I cried in the staff bathroom at Mary Brown's after I heard about Chester. His voice and his talent is unparalleled, but also the goodness of his soul was so rare. I felt it when I listened to his singing. Love you forever, LP ❤
Linkin Park influenced my everyday life to be better because they sound so good and the message behind their songs really tell you that you aren't alone in this world of pain. This band really did it all very well.
The end of the verse leading in to the chorus is so melodically perfect and powerful, vintage Linkin Park. Crazy to think this was produced 20 years ago and didn't even make the album.
I listen to his track almost every day these days. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Mike Shinoda was the brains behind Linkin Park all along.
Always has been
And to think the record labels were trying to force Chester into going solo!! Smh
@@itsTonySaint Chester had a side group going on. Dead by Sunrise. It's an incredible album.
@@SlammedZero Yooo I gotta hear it
Thank you Mike, thank you Chester 🙏🏽
i love mike so much. i hope he makes another solo album sometime soon. post traumatic was so good
So happy to see them still getting recognition in 2023! I love them
He seems so happy! Love to see it
I've been struggling with mental issues for ten years now, and Linkin Park songs are cure for me. It's like they are tapping me on the back saying, "You are not alone in this"
The “new” Meteora songs are absolutely amazing. Mike is such a visionary
More of these from Linkin Park, please!
LP, thanks your everything
mike shinoda solo episode dropped a couple weeks ago
Bro I’m so happy about this. I’ve always loved LP but I’ve been gettin into them way more recently. ❤ REST IN PEACE CHESTER WE MISS YOU.
Really wish my cousin could’ve heard this track. He passed two weeks before this track released. Left the world by his own hand. Just heard it today. Now, can’t stop thinking about that day when everything came crashing down. It describes everything I was feeling. For weeks. I still fell like it every day no matter how much older I get. He loved the hell out of this band. I can see why.
Miss you cous.
Mike Shinoda is a Legend
Man I love how much thought Mike puts into every song. Everything is so relateable, but also insightful in surprising ways. Go LP.
LP always had powerful lyrics and Chester made it all come to life--which is evident by the collaboration with Mike. Been a fan since jump and it's still devasting losing Chester. Rest in peace sweet soul 💖💖💖
They're songs have the most relatable lyrics of any band I've ever heard. We can all identify with their lyrics.
Linkin Park were (if you'll pardon the pun) one of the most instrumental bands in my teen angst years.
Looking back at the video for in the end, they look like absolute kids compared to the mature grown man I see here. I myself went from a rebellious teen to a settled adult.
Good to see he's still doing what he loves! Digging the more mature vibe I get to see from him as I've grown up as well.
Love Mike and would love to meet him. Such a talented and down to earth dude. This guy can do it all: sing, produce music, draw/paint, just to enumerate a few things.
Now this was and still is real music
1:53 "You good?
Yeah I'm fine
But you know he wasn't fine"
Just as he said in the genius video for "Heavy" , Mike said the same thing but... Chester was there as well to confirm it
man i miss linkin park
Love his so much.Thank what invite Mike's!!
Mike taught me the basics of rap back then. I fell in love with hip hop's energy thanks to his lyrics. That led me to study many rappers from way back then but it all started with Mike. Plus LP made me love music in a way that it became essential to me.
I listen LP when I was 9 years old for the first time, now I have 33... For me is incredible that all the LPs lyrics have meaning right now, particularly this song, it fits so damn right with what I'm feeling right now.
Майк лучший! Fighting Myself мой любимый трек из Метеоры20 💙
Обожаю слушать истории Майка, о том, как они с Честером писали песни не только о себе, но и об опыте других людей, о жизненном опыте друг друга, и при этом могли передать все эмоции так тонко, как будто они сами это испытали. Особенно, когда Майк писал строчки об историях Честера 💙
mike reading/rapping chesters made me shed a tear
Linkin Park will live on forever! Chester you will Never ever be forgotten! You don’t understand how much times your music has helped me through my tuff times and on going One of the Most best bands without a single doubt 🤘💯
Mike Shinoda is the template for a whole generation of artists rn. Love.
Finally, some quality content
His descriptions remind me of Invisible from One More Light! Interesting to see what changed, but also what stayed the same!
Linkin park is eternal ❤
Linkin Park ❤️💎❤️💎❤️
The lyrics is so powerful and meaningful
This song fits me so well, it's amazing. It's like they know me
Same
Great song, you really feel its typical LP in their first releases. I enjoy it so hard.
An artist that actually deserves to be on genius. Actual meaning behind the lyrics
Perfect video. Mike is a treasure
They are highly emotional intelligent, is like they could read our minds. I love them so much for this, I knew I wasn't alone!! ♥️
I first heard the song “fighting myself” through visions (I grew up with psychic abilities). I don’t get a read on dates of the visions. So when I saw it on my screen for the first time I basically broke down crying. Seeing the pictures in my head come to real life time after time is all I ever wanted in life. I’m happier now
Mike is a great musician. Genius!❤
Thank you for this. Love you always LINKIN PARK❤️
So cute when he says regrets 🤩😍
The lyrics in this song are some of my favourite especially the rap.
this guy's voice has not changed
Love Mike! He's so great as an artist, and as a person, too!
I'd love to have Mike explain every Linkin Park song on here. Having him explain any LP song on Genius is something that has been long overdue.
I enjoy this song more than Lost.
Totally agreed!!
I love Mike Shinoda
wow this guy is too good at rapping that's why you're my favorite🔥🥰 Genius
I love Linkin Park
What about the intro lyrics played backward???
I really want to know, what the voice is saying.
This song hits right into the brain. This agressive back to the roots styled sound makes me feel looking back to the good old days. I'm glad this band has much more then everything we already know ❤
I reversed it, it was nonsensical words, gibberish, maybe i did something wrong
I LOVE IT WHEN NEW LINKIN PARK VIDEO COMES
It's awesome to see Mike in these episodes... RIP Chester
Mike aging good as hell man 😂😂😂😂
Age is mikeing good as hell man
Wait, why the sarcastic smileys?
Mike has stopped aging since 2012. Like he looks exactly the same.
the youngest 46 year old
the youngest 46 year old
Great song from the new releases along with Lost and More The Victim.
"now everything that I learned to hate came out for you to see" really hit hard for me
In my opinion, mikes lyrics are the best ever and so slept on
Most lp lyrics are written with him wdym
Mike is a lyrical wordsmith
Man, I feel this lyrics
This lyric breakdown just makes me miss Chester Bennington even more, love you Mike love you Linkin Park🤘
mike shinoda a true living legend still but r.i.p. chester benington sad 2 not see him here in the vid with him
So, this, kids, is why Shinoda is a genius ❤
How do you put this gold away in a hard drive? This song is my favorite of the new releases.
Mike shinoda is my fav musician
You are my light .. and I am Just your shadow... Thank you for being with me whenever i am low.. Thank you LP :)
They're THE BEST.
you have no idea how much i love him 🥹💜
I just want more Songs from them :C
I love "Fighting Myself" so much! The way Chester's voice is distorted in the beginning gives me chills and brings me to tears at the same time. And then hearing him in the background as Mike raps, hearing them two blended again, it's so nostalgic and heartbreaking at the same time. Today marks six years since we've lost Chester. Thank you, Mike, for releasing this treasure of a 20th Anniversary album. Meteora was a huge staple in my life and saved me.
It was and is so clear that Shinoda has magical glue, whatever he touches will stand time.
I can’t believe they didn’t release these songs earlier and these songs seem like something they would have released today they don’t seem like they were made early 2000s
Mike is such a genius (no pun intended). All of them in fact, geniuses. Especially after Mike explaining these lyrics? I don’t think I’ve ever had a song connect to me more than this one, especially after watching this video.
Thank you for this fine video. Love and Respect to One and Only Mike Shinoda - The Legend!
Linkin park will remain forever as a greatest, popular and amazing Rock band ...
The music that really healed. I wish this for now.
It would be so awesome if Mike talks abt every famous song just like this.
Best genius interview I have ever seen
Sorry Genius channel. Mike Shinoda take your name lol. Great song, I really enjoyed listening to it. Thanks for the explanation Mike.
Huh
I could listen to him forever. Though this episode is kinda sad. Because yeah Ches found a way to break that cursed circle...
Linkin Park Is The Best 😍😍😍