- Hey, guys! I'm Mike Shinoda,
and today, we are gonna surprise some of my fans.
♪ (upbeat techno intro) ♪
- (React) By any chance, do you know what you all
have in common? - We are all people.
- (React) You are also all big Linkin Park fans.
- Aww. - (React) Mm-hmm.
And today, we've brought you in to react to some of their biggest hits
as well as some fun new music, which we're gonna get to
a little later. - I did a video with him years ago,
where Mike Shinoda made fun of me.
- It's an honor. - The highlight of your life. Wow.
- I insulted Mike Shinoda, and then he was like,
"This kid doesn't know what he's talking about."
- (past Daniel) Really simple drum beat in the background,
and I'm like... - (Mike) The guy in the Punisher hat
is being really rude. I have a love-hate relationship
with him, because he simultaneously really seems like he listens
to music passionately and he's very invested in music,
but also he's so opinionated. (laughs)
- Ah, the classic. - Oh yeah.
- (Rna) Classic. - ♪ It starts with one ♪
- ♪ One thing, I don't know why ♪ ♪ It doesn't even matter
how hard you try ♪ ♪ Keep that in mind ♪
♪ I designed this rhyme to explain in due time ♪
- ♪ I tried so hard ♪ ♪ And got so far ♪
♪ But in the end, it doesn't even... ♪
- That style, though. - Sorry to bring it up so soon,
but right after Chester passed, Mike Shinoda performed this song
at a festival, and the entire audience did Chester's parts.
- (Mike) ♪ It will eventually be a memory of a time ♪
- (crowd) ♪ I tried so hard ♪ ♪ And got so far ♪
♪ But in the end, it doesn't even matter ♪
- That was one of the most intense, emotional experiences
I've ever experienced, you know, through a screen.
- ♪ Every step that I take is another mistake to you ♪
- ♪ Caught in the undertow ♪ ♪ Just caught in the undertow ♪
- ♪ I've become so numb ♪ ♪ I can't feel you there ♪
♪ Become so tired ♪ ♪ So much more awake ♪
♪ I'm becoming this ♪ ♪ All I want to do ♪
♪ Is be more like me ♪ - It's hard not to just want
to listen to the music. - I know. It's just fun
to sit and listen. I'm honestly absorbing
the music videos too, 'cause I haven't seen these videos
in a minute. - ♪ And wash... ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Away ♪ ♪ What I've done ♪
- Man, I'm just getting goosebumps listening to this.
- ♪ To cross out what I've become ♪
♪ Erase myself ♪
♪ And let go of what I've done ♪
- What kind of memories do you get with that one?
- Transformers. - I was thinking Transformers, yeah.
- ♪ What I've done ♪ ♪ Erase myself ♪
- They were already super popular, and then What I've Done came out,
and that just put them into commercial success, yeah,
that they never saw before. - ♪ We're building it up
to burn it down ♪ ♪ We can't wait to... ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Burn it to the ground ♪
- ♪ When you fall, I'll take my turn ♪
- Oh, I'm getting so many memories right now. Wow.
- Guys, what's it like to look back on this little medley
that showcases their journey as a group?
- It's honestly pretty beautiful. I've hearted all the songs,
so it's on my shuffle. But more recently,
I picked up Beat Saber on the VR, and their albums are the only songs
I've paid for. - I also recently got Beat Saber...
- Nice! - ...and also recently bought
the Linkin Park pack.
And I just beat a song on hard for the first time.
And I was like, "Yes!" - Beautiful.
- (React) As you all probably know, Mike Shinoda is one
of the iconic voices behind the songs of Linkin Park,
but he's also become a successful solo artist.
So, we're gonna take a look at some of his solo stuff.
- ♪ Yo, this whole ass year was a [censored] show ♪
♪ Just finding out now what I didn't know ♪
♪ Seems like each time when I get low ♪
♪ I place blame everywhere that it shouldn't go ♪
♪ And that's what keeping me up ♪ - He's still bringing it.
- ♪ You still act like I'm holding you up ♪
♪ I still feel like I'm totally nuts, so ♪
- His voice is smooth as hell. - (others laugh)
- Damn. - ♪ Tell me what I should've said
and I'll pretend to know that ♪ ♪ Things come out my mouth
that I should probably... ♪ - Is that iann dior?
- ♪ Why do I expect to have the patience that I don't have? ♪
♪ Over and over, expecting a different result, yeah ♪
- ♪ Hey, at least in my mind ♪ ♪ I'm feeling like I'm ♪
♪ The hero that saves me ♪ ♪ There, I hold my head high ♪
- This melody is so catchy! - (Daniel) It is very catchy.
Mike Shinoda is still killing it. - That's his newest song, yeah.
- Wow. - What did you think?
- That was very good. I really liked that.
- I love it. - What's that one called?
- Happy Endings. - Happy Endings.
- ♪ To lock those doors ♪ ♪ I've seen the smoke
in the sky before ♪ - It's almost like...
- Oh, this one's really fun visually. - ...pop.
- ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ 'Cause this fight we can't ignore ♪
- God, that bass tone is gnarly. - ♪ Seeing the sweat
filling up my eyes ♪ ♪ Tell every friend, enemy,
and flesh and blood ♪ ♪ To send out the battle cry ♪
- That last one was the most shocking to me.
And not in a bad way. It was the most surprising
coming from him. - I really liked it.
It was very different, but it seems like
a very natural evolution with sort of the way
the music industry is going right now and sort of-- 'cause I remember
he said that they try to predict what's gonna be popular
going forward, and they try to see how they can implement
their own influences to make something that people would like.
- He's making songs with collaboration artists,
you know, like iann dior, you know what I mean?
That's totally nail in the head of hitting what's popular
and what's going to be popular in the future,
you know what I mean? That's the front wave
of new music is that kind of stuff right there.
- (React) I think that it would be fun for each of you to try to do
his iconic voice real quick. - (laughs)
- (React) I feel like Adam wants to start.
- All right! Okay, the one I always go is,
♪ One thing, I don't know why ♪ ♪ It doesn't even matter
how hard you try ♪ ♪ I design this ♪
You know, is that pretty close? - (React) That was pretty--
that was-- I think you nailed it.
- I was going to do Fort Minor oddly enough, but I can't get past
two of the lyrics. I know it's like,
♪ 10 percent luck, 20 percent skill ♪ I don't know the rest of it, though.
- (Mike) They didn't get the percentages right
on Remember the Name. They could've--
I mean, 'cause it's 10 percent luck, 20 percent skill, 15 percent concen--
- Shut the [censored] up. - (reactors laugh)
- (Mike) It's 5 percent pleasure and 50 per--
- How would you know?! - (Mike) And 100 percent reason--
- (reactors exclaim) - Oh my god!
- How embarrassing!
- Dude, you guys were so funny! - But aren't you proud that I went
with a Fort Minor song?
- Rna said, "His voice is so smooth."
You said that! - It is!
- You said that just now! - Wow. And you said,
"How would you know?" - Yeah, no, 'cause I needed to know!
(laughs) - Oh my god. You guys, that was so--
you realize I watched the entire thing
you guys just did. - Oh!
- Oh. - Wow. This feels like
a very long time coming. It's been many years.
Wow! It's very-- I still have the T-shirt
you gave me, by the way. I still love it.
I would wear it here, but it reflects and ruins the camera.
- You were-- I did really give Daniel a very hard time when we did that
other React video, because he was so--
you were just-- - I was incredibly dismissive of it.
I was just like, "Forget this. Forget it all."
I didn't even think about what went into it.
- No, you were very confident. You had a point of view,
and you weren't-- it's an opinion,
so you weren't wrong. You just stayed in your opinion.
The entire time, you just said so many nice things,
and you're gonna love watching that back
and knowing that I heard you say those things.
- Well, as soon as he came on, I was like shaking immediately,
because I was like, "Oh my god!" - (React) Rna, you're the one
who said that it would be an honor to be roasted by Mike Shinoda.
- Roast me. Go for it! - (React) And that honor was--
that honor was already bestowed on you, because he roasted you
about your lyrics. What was that like? - Oh! Honestly, that was
totally nerves, 'cause if you play that song for me, I will definitely
sing the whole thing with it. (laughs)
- Isn't it funny how there's a difference
between singing along with a song on the radio
where the vocal is there... - Oh yeah.
- ...versus like karaoke and no screen?
- I'm beside myself, you know what I mean?
It's meeting your idols, you know what I mean?
And I'm so stoked, 'cause I remember being
a small boy sitting in my room in first grade listening
to your song with my friend and just being introduced to that
and then my mom being really into the song.
And being a musician, how you guys have influenced me,
you know, and I'm just like, thank you so much for being an artist
and making music, because you're [censored]
killing the game, my guy. I love it. I'm so stoked on it.
And I'm so stoked to hear what new things you come out with.
- We all have a limit in terms of creativity, but the fact
that you can continue to go on is so, so impressive.
- To me, music is just the experience of listening
to that music, you know what I mean?
As she was playing the video, I saw the different kind of
eras of your music, and I didn't even realize
they were different eras, 'cause, to me, it's just you,
and I love all of your music. But Happy Endings, I've never seen,
and so it made me very, very happy to know
that it's something new that I could experience.
And it sounded beautiful. - My mom was actually the one
who introduced me to you guys. And so, she's gonna be super jealous
(laughs) when she sees this. Yeah, just thank you for making
awesome music throughout the years that I can always be like,
"Check out this song" to my friends, 'cause you guys always kill it.
- I feel like my-- if I'm ever feeling down, like if I'm ever
feeling unsure about making music, I just need to set up
one of these Zooms, and then I'll just talk to you guys,
and I'll be so hype. - (React) Can you talk us through
your journey? What does it feel like to be where you are now?
- Instead of building a bigger audience on TikTok
and Instagram last year, I went on Twitch knowing
that the numbers are gonna be small.
I make a new thing from scratch every day.
Last year, most of the year, I was just doing instrumental tracks.
This year, starting just a few months ago,
I started producing-- I started choosing fans
and choosing brand new musicians, who have maybe a thousand followers
or whatever, and producing their songs live on Twitch.
So, it's my way of giving back to this community
that's been so great to me. I'm gonna help them get a leg up
and get some more followers. And it's embarrassing
how complimentary you guys are, how sweet you are,
your connection with the music. To be able to be on this side of it
and have you guys say, like, "Oh, man! I remember exactly
where I was when I heard that song," there's no better compliment.
- I wanna say "inspiring" is the word that I would choose,
you know? Like, I'm ready to go home and make a song.
- Thank you so much to FBE for making this video,
making this whole thing possible. Make sure to check out my new song
with iann dior and UPSAHL. The song is called Happy Endings.
Have a great day, guys.
- ♪ There, I hold my head high ♪ ♪ Get everything right ♪
♪ Delusional? Maybe ♪