Linkin Park’s Emily Armstrong and Mike Shinoda sat down with KROQ for a new interview and discussed the band’s new album, ‘From Zero.’
During the chat, Armstrong admitted that she has been trying hard not to ruin the band. “There’s a lot of firsts for me obviously and Colin [Brittain]. It’s everything I’ve wanted, that’s another thing too. It’s like working so hard to get to a place and then this is just how it all laid out for me and us. It couldn’t be more perfect.”
She also revealed that ‘One Step Closer’ was the first song that made her want to scream as a child.
“Sure, I mean, what I’m taking from that is being a fan of the band. That’s the anchor really and I love what they do. The fact that I get to be a part of it is still crazy and [I] try to not ruin anything,” the vocalist added.
Armstrong joined the band in September of this year and released their first album together in seven years. Shinoda shared earlier in an interview that the band’s dynamic with Armstrong and the new drummer Colin Brittain was so good that they were concerned the former member Delson might ruin the dynamic of the band.
“We have concerns. Our dynamic that we’ve been working with – the three of us, and Emily and Collin is so good, and adding anybody at all might change that. Just come in and see it, and I think you’ll like it.’ And he did, and he gave it a chance. And one of the first things he was saying was ‘I think we could write something heavier, like way heavier,'” he explained.
In other news, Linkin Park announced new tour dates as the next part of their tour. The 2025 dates will include guests such as Queens of the Stone Age, Architects, AFI, Spiritbox, Grandson, Jean Dawson, and Pvris on selected dates. The tour starts on January 31 at Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros and will end on November 15 in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
