Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda has confirmed that he has a model new track within the upcoming Scream VI film.
Shinoda shared the information in an interview with KROQ, the place he was largely discussing the upcoming celebrations for the twentieth anniversary of Linkin Park’s landmark second album ‘Meteora’. The brand new track might be Shinoda’s first new solo materials for the reason that standalone single ‘Blissful Endings’, which was launched in 2021.
“Up till this yr, I’ve been doing quite a lot of writing and producing for different folks. And I lately sort of received the bug to do it for myself once more,” he stated (transcribed by Kerrang!). “I do have a brand new track that’s gonna be within the film Scream. What occurred is they’d reached out about: ‘Will you assist us with music for the film?’ And within the dialog I performed them one thing they usually had been like, ‘Oh my god, can we use that?’
He continued: “I didn’t plan it – I’d by no means have been like, ‘Oh, we’re gonna put out this massive Linkin Park factor and I wanna put my track out proper on high of it!’ That’s not good planning for me.
“However it’s nice planning for Linkin Park followers, as a result of there’s simply extra music – so I’ve received stuff I’ve produced which are different folks’s songs, I’ve received my very own track, after which we’ve received the Linkin Park stuff. And that’s not even all the things we’re gonna be doing round this for Linkin Park followers. So it’s a good time to be a Linkin Park fan!”
Scream VI will arrive in cinemas on March 10.
The nu metallic band formally introduced the twentieth anniversary version of their second album, 2003’s ‘Meteora’, right now, alongside the discharge of a beforehand unheard monitor referred to as ‘Misplaced’.
In a press launch, Shinoda defined that discovering ‘Misplaced’ within the band’s archives “was like discovering a favourite photograph you had forgotten you’d taken, prefer it was ready for the suitable second to disclose itself”. He added of its significance: “For years, followers have been asking us to launch one thing with [late frontman Chester Bennington’s] voice, and I’m thrilled we’ve been capable of make that occur in such a particular manner.”
Shinoda went on to tease that followers are “going to be floored once they hear and see all of the unbelievable unreleased songs and video footage in [the 20th anniversary reissue of ‘Meteora’]”.
The band have been on hiatus since Bennington died in 2017 however lately stated they deliberate to speak with their followers “somewhat extra usually” sooner or later.