LINKIN PARK—Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, Joe Hahn, Emily Armstrong and Colin Brittain—continue their triumphant drive with a hard-hitting new single entitled “Heavy Is The Crown” out now. Listen HERE. Watch the music video HERE.
The song serves as the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Anthem, marking the band’s first collaboration with Riot Games. The track kicks into a high gear as an anthem equally appropriate for the high-octane multi-dimensional competition of League of Legends and music festival grounds worldwide. Of course, “Heavy Is The Crown” also paves the way for LINKIN PARK‘s first album since 2017, FROM ZERO, on November 15. Pre-order/Pre-save HERE via Warner Records.
“Heavy Is The Crown” lands in the wake of the band’s first new music in seven years “The Emptiness Machine”— listen HERE and watch HERE. Right out of the gate, “The Emptiness Machine” surged as a global smash with a seismic impact. It vaulted into the Top 5 of the Spotify Global Chart, clinched #1 at both Alternative and Rock Radio, catapulted to #1 on the Billboard Alternative and Rock Airplay Chart, and infiltrated the Billboard Hot 100 at #21. The single has tallied unprecedented first-week numbers for a modern rock song at DSPs, generating north of 85 million Spotify streams and 26 million YouTube views on the music video. Not to mention, LINKIN PARK just reached another benchmark, exceeding over 54 million monthly listeners on Spotify and becoming “the top-streamed rock band on the platform” and one of the “40 top-streamed artists globally on the platform.“
Taking over popular culture, they just gave “The Emptiness Machine” its late-night television debut with a powerhouse performance on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Watch the performance HERE, and check out Mike Shinoda‘s interview with Fallon HERE.
Earning acclaim, The New York Times hailed “The Emptiness Machine” as a “bombastic new track,“ going on to assert, “the band is now ready to carry on as closely as possible the way it was before.“ Of their return to the stage, The Los Angeles Times professed, “LINKIN PARK comes roaring back with more than an echo of its past.“ As part of an in-depth cover story, Billboard attested, “From Zero pulsates with renewed energy, a dynamic extension of LINKIN PARK‘s multifaceted aesthetic,“ applauding how, “Across the board, they carry a sense of pace and urgency — as if the band members refused to let up or phone in one moment of their grand return.”
Ultimately, with FROM ZERO, the band is looking to harness the purest energy of their past, present, and future. The new era has officially begun.
FROM ZERO TRACKLIST
- From Zero (Intro)
- The Emptiness Machine
- Cut The Bridge
- Heavy Is The Crown
- Over Each Other
- Casualty
- Overflow
- Two Faced
- Stained
- IGYEIH
- Good Things Go
ABOUT LINKIN PARK:
LINKIN PARK emerged as an innovative musical force and are one of the best-selling artists of the last twenty years. Their RIAA Diamond-certified full-length debut, Hybrid Theory, stands out as the “best selling debut of the 21st century,” while landmark sophomore album Meteora bowed at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 before going 8X-Platinum in the U.S. The band’s worldwide sales across the entire catalog eclipses 100 million, and among numerous accolades and honors, they have garnered 2 GRAMMY® Awards, 5 American Music Awards, 4 MTV VMA Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and 3 World Music Awards. Selling out stadiums worldwide, they’ve headlined the largest festivals globally and also remain the first and only Western rock band to play a five-stadium tour in China. 2017’s One More Light marked their fifth #1 debut on the Billboard 200. In 2020, the band celebrated their groundbreaking debut album, Hybrid Theory, by releasing a comprehensive 20th anniversary edition super deluxe box set which features their RIAA Diamond-certified single “In The End.” In 2023, the band released Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition, which topped the charts and featured the newly-uncovered song “Lost.” The emotionally charged single was originally recorded during sessions for their second studio album Meteora (2003), and soon after its 2023 release, “Lost” hit #1 at both Alternative and Rock radio. 2024 marked the release of their first greatest hits package Papercuts, featuring vault track “Friendly Fire” that similarly topped both the Alternative and Rock charts. On September 5, the band made a triumphant return to the top of the charts with “The Emptiness Machine,” and will release their 8th studio album From Zero on November 15. LINKIN PARK have always prioritized charity and goodwill in an effort to make the world a better place, helping to raise millions over the years for victims of natural disasters. Today, LINKIN PARK’s imprint on music and culture continues to expand and magnify.
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