Linkin Park Talks ‘Up From the Bottom’ Success, World Tour & More | Billboard News In Conversation

Linkin Park is gearing up to release the deluxe edition of From Zero, and the band members share how they created “Up From the Bottom” while touring, the success of “The Emptiness Machine,” how fans have embraced Emily Armstrong in the band and more!

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Jason Lipshutz:
What’s up, guys? This is Jason from Billboard. I’m here with the one and only Linkin Park. Thank you guys for for coming and hanging out. 

Linkin Park: 
Thanks for having us.

You guys just put out “Up From the Bottom,” new single. It’s been a couple months since the album. What has it been like having the song out in the world, seeing the fan reaction, you know, it’s being picked up by radio, hitting the charts. What has it been like?

Emily Armstrong:
Day in the life.

Mike Shinoda:
Emily’s super, super jaded now. She’s just so used to it.

Dave Farrell:
A couple months later.

Mike Shinoda:
She used to be–

Emily Armstrong:
Feels like years. 

Mike Shinoda:
She was so down to earth in the beginning.

Dave Farrell:
You poisoned her. I blame me and Mike, I think for us, like in this whole process, even going back to the record coming out, like, I don’t ever want to take it for granted that people are going to be interested in what we’re doing or or automatically on board. “Up From the Bottom” coming out, and people being interested and excited about it. I think it’s like, it’s exciting, it’s special, it’s new, and to be releasing new music at this stage of our career is something I didn’t know 100% for sure that we able to do. So feels great. 

How did this one come together? 

Mike Shinoda:
It’s unusual for us to be like writing and putting out new songs while we’re touring. Yeah, we usually don’t do that.  Did you guys never do that in Dead Sara? 

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