- (FBE) So today, we're gonna show you someone
who actually reacted to you.
- Oh no!
It's not the Linkin Park one, is it?
- I'm assuming it was Mike Shinoda.
I'm very interested,
'cause I was told that he liked me very much.
- Yeah, I saw that. I died a little bit.
I was on the floor while watching that, 'cause wow.
It's very rare you get to criticize one of your favorite artists
and then they see it.
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- Yeah, Mike Shinoda. Dude, Fort Minor was my shit though.
- He is so sweet.
(Mike laughs)
His laugh is golden.
- He's, like, so excited to watch people
just react to him and his band.
- (Elle) I can tell you, I already don't know this band.
- (Ethan) Is this Linkin Park?
- Right off the bat, I'm just like, "Linkin Park."
- (Mike) ...people are convinced they don't know who it is.
- (heavy sigh)
- Yep. I just-- I didn't recognize them.
- I generally felt bad that I didn't know their music,
like that music video.
- (Mike) The guy in the Punisher hat is being really rude.
- (laughs) He thought Daniel was rude.
- (Mike) ...seems like he listens to music passionately
and he's very invested...
- Daniel does really listen to music passionately.
- (Mike) The guy in the Punisher hat...
- (both) ...is being really rude.
- (Mike) I have a love-hate relationship with him,
because he simultaneously really, like,
seems like he listens to music passionately...
- Which I do. - (Mike) ...invested in music.
But also, he's... - (both) ...so opinionated.
- All my friends watched this,
and they just kept quoting it to me. And I'm like, "Believe me,
I have not forgotten about this at all, guys."
- (Kaelyn) Very depressing music video, I can tell.
- (Mike) It's not depressing. It's uplifting.
- (snickering)
I just didn't like that song, honestly.
- (Kaelyn) Very depressing music video, I can tell.
- (Mike) It's not depressing. It's uplifting.
- I'm so sorry, okay!
- He was breaking windows and mirrors
and fighting himself in the bathroom.
That is nowhere near uplifting.
- (Ethan) This is Linkin Park!
What the hell was that?!
(Mike chuckling)
- Yeah, what the hell was that?
- Ethan's the opinionated one.
- Poor Mike had to put up with all of us.
- (Daniel) This is what I expect from Linkin Park,
not that pop shit that they were popping out.
...not that pop shit that they were popping out.
- (giggles) - ♪ It starts with ♪
♪ One thing ♪ - (Mike) You-- you go immediately for him,
and like, "Not that pop shit."
And then the very next thing is like our poppiest song.
- I did not expect this to happen.
Wow! There's a really interesting feeling
when one of your favorite artists is just kinda like listening
and you just see them take in your criticism.
- (Tori) ...with the cheap graphics that wouldn't pass now.
- (Mike) Oh, don't worry. Those cheap graphics didn't pass
when we put the video out either.
- Good to know, Mike.
- I actually like those graphics. Is that just me?
- Tori ripped this band to shreds in this video.
- ♪ ...the end ♪
- (Brooklin, singing along) ♪ It doesn't even matter ♪
- It's so cool. That was me.
- (Kaelyn) This is honestly a really good song.
- Yeah.
- (Kaelyn) This is honestly a really good song.
- (Mike) Thank you.
- You're welcome. There's my compliment.
- (Brooklin) You can tell, as the music videos go on,
you could hear the difference in the change in their style.
- Brooklin knows her shit.
- (Mike) I like that she's picking up on that. That's cool.
She appreciated the evolution. - I sho' did.
I did that. He commented on me.
- (Mike) I want to send them all shirts.
Can we do that? - (FBE) Totally.
- I totally want to do that.
- Are we actually getting a shirt?
- (FBE) Daniel, I have a present from Mr. Mike Shinoda.
- Oh my god. - (FBE) He got you a Linkin Park T-shirt.
- I need to-- wish I could thank him in person.
- No way he was legit about it! That's so cute! (giggles)
- I'm still dead on the inside. This is too much to handle.
This shirt, I remember this as the shirt
where I got shat on by Mike Shinoda. (laughter)
- (Tori) A lot of their music is sort of the same.
And there's just something just kind of cringy about it.
- No, Tori, no!
- (Tori) A lot of their music is sort of the same.
And there's just something just kind of cringy about it.
But I think it's just because everyone else hates on them.
So I feel like I need to. - (Mike) Okay, hold on.
I want to know who this girl's friends are...
- (chuckles)
- (Mike) ...like, intense haters
that she cares so much about... - (snickers)
He's so mad at Tori.
- (Mike) ...she cares so much about
what they think about our band.
Even though she doesn't really know our band,
she does know that her friends hate our band.
- (giggles uncontrollably)
The call-out!
My friends are great, by the way, Mike.
- I was so confused, because there's literally
3 million jokes about Linkin Park
on every social media known to man.
- (FBE) So that was the band Linkin Park. - (Brooklin) No way!
- (amused) She never got it.
- (Mike) She never figured it out. - I didn't until the end.
Even though one of the music videos that you guys showed us,
it had "LP" on the drum set.
- (Tori) Their newest song is sort of like a sellout in a sense,
just 'cause it's like... - I was so harsh!
- (Tori) "Oh, let's do what's trendy now
and let's bring in a female pop singer.
And then we'll make everything more mellow now...
- I mean, Tori's right.
- I still agree with that notion,
that their song was kind of a sellout.
- (Mike) ...our albums take 12 to 18 months to make.
- Hoo! - (Mike) Either we've come up
before the trend, like we've anticipated it,
or we make something that was cool 18 months ago.
- Oh. That does make sense.
- That makes sense to me.
It just so happened that the Chainsmokers came out with that song
with Halsey that was just kind of like that sort of,
"Oh, male singer, but let's throw in a female pop artist."
So it's not their fault.
- (FBE) What do you want to say to the teens who reacted to you?
- (Mike) I really enjoyed watching the video
of everybody listening to music.
I mean, I don't ever get a chance to see people
reacting to our music that way.
It was really fun and special for me to watch people
listen to it. - Okay, cool.
- (Mike) I mean, I feel like just them
rocking out to the songs...
That on its own was just amazing.
- I still occasionally rock out to those songs.
- Aww. That is so nice. Ah.
- I was sweet. It was-- ugh.
I'm melting right now.
- (FBE) So when you see someone like Mike
reacting to your opinions, what does it make you think
about the impact of this show and how you just never know
who's listening to what you have to say?
- It's interesting actually,
'cause I never really took that into account.
There's been instances where I've realized,
"Oh, I probably should've paid more attention to what I said."
- I did feel empowered, because it's like they listened.
And they heard what we said as teens.
- I for sure forget that the people
that we do React episodes about will sometimes watch 'em.
- This is a great lesson on making comments on the internet.
There's how you can make sort of comments
without having to deal with the person face to face, right?
The only difference is that he gets to see my face,
and then I have to deal with the repercussions of it.
- (FBE) Finally, if Mike or the rest of the band
is watching this episode,
what do you want to say to them right now?
- What's good, Link Park, mate? Do some more Fort Minor shit.
- Thank you guys for being so cool.
You could've tore me to shreds, but you didn't,
which was very nice, so thank you.
- That was really cool of you, really sweet of you.
And you're so happy. Stay happy.
- You guys are so sweet, and that was so nice of you, Mike,
to go out of your busy schedule and just come and react to us,
'cause we all appreciate it.
- After hearing Mike and, like...
Yes, he is a part of the band.
But he's so passionate about the music that he's making.
And I really like that. So I feel like for sure
I'm gonna give the new Linkin Park album a try.
- Hey, guys. So this is my last Teens React.
I look 12, but I am turning 20.
But I will be on College Kids and Adults React.
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