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  • ♪ (nu metal music) ♪ - This is what I remember.

  • - These lyrics are so dramatic, but you don't really notice,

  • because it's so loud.

  • - ♪ ...and be less like you

  • - Oh, he's got such a powerful voice. I love it so much.

  • - Kind of want to go back and listen to some Linkin Park now.

  • ♪ (punk rock music) ♪

  • - (FBE) So we're gonna be showing you a handful of music videos

  • by a band that's been around for a long time,

  • starting with their newest video.

  • - Okay. I'm intrigued. Let's do it.

  • ♪ (soft intro) ♪

  • - ♪ I don't like my mind right now

  • Stacking up... ♪ - I don't know who this is.

  • - I have no idea what this is.

  • - I can tell you, I already don't know this band.

  • - Is this Linkin Park?

  • - (laughs) It's literally Linkin Park.

  • - ♪ And I drive myself crazy

  • Thinking everything's about me ♪ - Something about this

  • is really familiar.

  • - Okay. This guy looks a little older.

  • - ♪ ...holding on

  • Why is everything so heavy? ♪

  • Holding on

  • - Is this like an AA meeting?

  • - Oh, okay. He's an alcoholic.

  • - ♪ You say that I'm paranoid ♪ - So is it a boy-girl group?

  • - This is a definitely VERY different vibe

  • from their original stuff.

  • - ♪ I'm holding on ♪ - Okay. This is good. I like this.

  • - This doesn't sound bad. This actually sounds good.

  • - I like it. The song and the music video work well together.

  • - I started liking it, and then I hear the chorus kick in.

  • And there's this really simple drumbeat in the background.

  • And I'm like, "I could've made this."

  • - ♪ And I drive myself crazy

  • - Very depressing music video, I can tell.

  • - ♪ Holding on ♪ - I don't know how I feel about this.

  • - It's really become a pop video, and that really bothers me.

  • - ♪ So much more than I can carry

  • ♪ I keep dragging around ♪ - Oh, God.

  • - Oh, is he fighting himself?

  • - He's literally fighting his demons, like himself.

  • ♪ (inspiring melody) ♪

  • - ♪ Why is everything so heavy? ♪

  • ♪ (song ends) ♪

  • - I have no idea who this is.

  • But I feel like once you start playing their old stuff,

  • I might get it.

  • - This is Linkin Park!

  • What the hell was that?!

  • ♪ (lax metal intro) ♪

  • - I definitely know the song.

  • - It's gotta be very, very early Linkin Park.

  • ♪ (metal intensifies) ♪ - This is what I remember.

  • - ♪ I cannot take this anymore ♪ - Is that the same guy?

  • - He looks completely different.

  • - ♪ Everything you say to me ♪ - I've heard this.

  • - I've definitely listened to this song.

  • - (cracking up) I've heard this song before.

  • - ♪ ...room to breathe

  • ♪ 'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge

  • ♪ I'm about to break

  • Shut up when I'm talking to you

  • - This is very different.

  • - I can't believe it's the same band.

  • - ♪ I need a little room to breathe

  • - Who is this though? Oh.

  • - ♪ And I'm about to

  • Break

  • (silence)

  • - Definitely a lot different.

  • - See, this is what I expect from Linkin Park,

  • not that pop shit that they were popping out.

  • - ♪ It starts with

  • One thing ♪ - I've heard this song too!

  • - Oh! I know this song.

  • - I imagine this is where everybody was like,

  • "Oh, this is Linkin Park."

  • - Wait. This is Linkin Park.

  • - Is this Linkin Park?

  • - ♪ ...end, it doesn't even matter

  • ♪ I had to fall ♪ - This song is so dramatic.

  • It's on every 2000 playlist I have.

  • - I don't know what that new song was, but I like--

  • this one's good.

  • - ♪ I've put my trust... ♪

  • - Oh my gosh. Yeah, this is very 2000s,

  • with the cheap graphics that wouldn't pass now.

  • - ♪ I tried so hard

  • And got so far ♪ - Like, what happened?

  • - ♪ ...the end

  • - (singing along) ♪ It doesn't even matter

  • - ♪ I had to fall

  • To lose it all ♪ - This is honestly a really good song.

  • - ♪ It doesn't even matter

  • - This is probably, like, top 10 alternative bands, like, ever.

  • - I didn't know they were still making music.

  • - I definitely know this song.

  • They play it on K-Rock all the time.

  • - That was one of my favorite songs to use,

  • because I knew the rap so well.

  • - ♪ There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface

  • Consuming ♪ - I've never heard this song.

  • - ♪ To find myself again ♪ - I think I know this song.

  • - ♪ Without a sense of confidence

  • And I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take

  • - (singing along) ♪ I've felt this way before

  • So insecure! ♪

  • - ♪ (holding note) ♪

  • Crawling in my skin

  • These wounds, they will not heal

  • - These lyrics are so dramatic, but you don't really notice,

  • because it's so loud.

  • - ♪ Confusing what is real

  • - I think that's my favorite '90s hairstyle,

  • is just like the multiple unicorn horns.

  • - I know I don't listen to these songs often.

  • But sometimes I feel like I just don't appreciate them enough.

  • - ♪ I don't know what's worth fighting for

  • Or why I have to scream

  • - I like this animation that they're doing.

  • - Whoa. I actually really like this music video.

  • This is really cool.

  • - I used to listen to this on a CD player when I was like 11.

  • - ♪ So I'm ♪ - (singing along) ♪ Breaking

  • I like this song!

  • - ♪ ...habit ♪ - You can tell, as the music videos go on,

  • you could hear the difference in the change in their style.

  • - ♪ I'm breaking the habit

  • Tonight

  • - Linkin Park made good music. They--

  • I'm actually really impressed.

  • ♪ (rock music) ♪

  • - ♪ I'm tired of being what you want me to be

  • Feeling so faithless ♪ - I know this song too.

  • - Oh, I've heard this song. Everyone's heard this song.

  • - ♪ Every step that I take is another... ♪ - I like this song.

  • - ♪ ...to you

  • - It's so funny watching the lead singer's evolution.

  • - ♪ I've become so numb

  • ♪ I can't feel you there

  • - Yeah, this is probably the one I know the best.

  • - I always liked this song. This one was a really good song.

  • - ♪ I'm becoming this

  • - Everybody knew this when they were younger.

  • - All their songs are classics.

  • - ♪ ...and be less like you

  • - Oh, he's got such a powerful voice. I love it so much.

  • And it's funny. Like, the pop song--

  • I feel like it puts his voice to waste.

  • - Kinda want to go back and listen to some Linkin Park now.

  • ♪ (harrowing music) ♪

  • - I know this song too. Every single one.

  • ♪ (rock instrumental begins) ♪

  • - This song was on Transformers.

  • - This is the Transformers theme song.

  • This is the one that I just heard a thousand times as a kid.

  • - ♪ What I've done

  • ♪ I'll face myself

  • - I think my favorite thing about watching music videos

  • that progress from the '90s to now

  • is just seeing all of the hair colors change.

  • - ♪ Erase myself ♪ - Oh, dang.

  • - They do have really good music videos

  • that highlight a lot of serious issues.

  • - Oh, it's so good. I haven't heard these in a while.

  • I'm really enjoying this.

  • ♪ (music calms) ♪ - (sighs emotionally)

  • This is super nostalgia for me.

  • - 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.

  • - Linkin Park is cool.

  • I'm excited that they're making new music.

  • - It's nice to hear them again.

  • I think they definitely define the alternative genre.

  • ♪ (punk rock music) ♪

  • - (FBE) So that was the band Linkin Park. - No way! (laughs)

  • - (FBE) They have been a massively successful band

  • that has been around for over two decades now.

  • - Wow.

  • - Damn. I mean... great for you guys.

  • - Good for them for still making music.

  • They stuck around, even with all the hate that they get.

  • - (FBE) How familiar are you with their music?

  • - I like their music a lot.

  • Um, I feel like I'm pretty familiar.

  • - I'm very familiar with their older music,

  • from Hybrid Theory and Meteora.

  • - Pretty familiar with their older stuff.

  • Not that very familiar with their newer stuff.

  • - I'm a casual viewer. I don't listen a ton.

  • It'll just pop up in my little Spotify.

  • - It just used to play all the time when I was growing up.

  • It just was playing everywhere.

  • - They were always overplayed

  • on a lot of the alternative radio stations.

  • It was just sort of forced down your throat.

  • - (FBE) So the first song we played you is their latest single,

  • and there's been a decent amount of backlash from their fans,

  • some saying that the song sounds too poppy

  • that they don't even really scream singing the song

  • like they used to. - Yeah.

  • I agree 100%.

  • - (FBE) How do you think it compares to their older work?

  • - Well, a lot of their older work is a lot more screamy.

  • - It was good. It was just different.

  • I don't think just because it's different you should hate on it.

  • - If they've been around for two decades,

  • there's fans that's been around for two decades with them,

  • rolling with them. And then when they just come out with this,

  • it's like, "This ain't Linkin Park."

  • - Their newest song is sort of like a sellout in a sense,

  • just 'cause it's like, "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

  • instead of '90s angst, 'cause that's not in anymore."

  • - Bands evolve, so fans kinda have to, like, suck it up.

  • - There's so many fans of musicians where it's,

  • if they don't do the one they're known for in the one category

  • in the one genre in the one sub-genre, then they HATE it.

  • And I don't think they understand how music works,

  • 'cause you're supposed to change it up.

  • - (FBE) So finally, there are not a lot of bands

  • that play this heavier type of music,

  • let alone to such mainstream success, in for decades.

  • What is it about Linkin Park that still resonates with people

  • young and old to this day? - I mean, it's probably, like,

  • a lot of their songs have really important messages.

  • - First off, their music's great.

  • You can just listen to the intensity in his voice,

  • and you can tell he's thinking about something important

  • compared to where pop they're kinda singing about

  • sex, drugs, and money.

  • - They captured a lot of angst

  • and sort of projected that in their music.

  • - People can find a connection with any lyric.

  • If there's a sad song, you're like,

  • "Man, I have been sad." And if there's a love song,

  • people have been like, "Man, I have been in love."

  • And you can bond with anything.

  • It's just what you listen in what state

  • forms a certain connection.

  • And when they made this music,

  • a lot of people were feeling a certain way, and it formed a bond.

  • - Thanks for watching this episode of Teens React.

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  • - Thanks for watching. We'll catch you next time.

  • - Hey, guys. It's Ethan here from FBE.

  • Thank you so much for watching this episode of Teens React.

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  • ♪ (punk rock music) ♪

♪ (nu metal music) ♪ - This is what I remember.

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