"Talking to Myself" is a song by American band Linkin Park from the their seventh studio album One More Light. Before Chester Bennington's death was announced, the song was planned to be released as a single on July 25, 2017[1]. A music video for the song was released on July 20. It is Linkin Park's first single ever to be released without Bennington in the band.
Background[]
On March 15, 2016, Andrew Jackson worked with Linkin Park in the studio.[2] He had returned to the studio with them in June of that year.[3] He was a co-producer for "Talking to Myself" and recorded additional guitar for the song.
Lyrics[]
The lyrics are inspired by Chester's wife and how she probably felt witnessing her then-husband battling out his demons.[4]
Production[]
The sound of the drums in "Talking to Myself" were "a very delicate blend" of live and sampled sounds featured under the kick and snare. Mike originally had a drum sound that "was a little bit grimier and raw" before Manny Marroquin polished the sound and made the drums more defined.[5]
Promotion[]
Lyric video[]
The lyric video for "Talking to Myself" was planned to be released after its music video counterpart.[6] Due to Chester's death, the video's release wouldn't see the light of day until the near-beginning of August on Vevo. However, the video was deleted almost two weeks later due to fans spreading news about the release.[7] The video would be released once again, this time on the band's official YouTube channel, on December 21, 2017.[8]
The video features footage spanning across multiple tours from 2013-2017.[7]
Music video[]
The music video for "Talking to Myself" was released on July 20, 2017, and features footage from the One More Light era including live performances, photo shoots, rehearsals, and more.[9] The video was released merely hours before Chester was found dead.[10]
Live performances[]
"Talking to Myself" was first performed on March 6, 2017[11], and last performed on October 27, 2017 at Chester's memorial show. Ilsey Juber was a featured guest at the concert. The performance had an extended bridge with a cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower".[12]
Brad recounted the second time the band had played "Talking to Myself," saying that the overwhelmingly positive crowd response made him forget how to play the song.[13]
Personnel[]
- Chester Bennington – lead vocals
- Mike Shinoda – producer, writer
- Brad Delson – guitar, backing vocals, producer, writer
- Dave Farrell – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Joe Hahn – programmer, backing vocals
- Rob Bourdon – drums, backing vocals
Lyrics[]
Tell me what I've gotta do
There's no getting through to you
The lights are on but nobody's home (nobody's home)
You say I can't understand
But you're not giving me a chance
When you leave me, where do you go? (Where do you go?)
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
The truth is, you turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
Talking to myself
Talking to myself
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
I admit I made mistakes
But yours might cost you everything
Can't you hear me calling you home?
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
The truth is, you turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
Talking to myself
Talking to myself
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
The truth is, you turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
Talking to myself
Talking to myself
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm talking to myself
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170630205220/https://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases
- ↑ https://twitter.com/andrewjacksson/status/710294003883741185
- ↑ https://twitter.com/andrewjacksson/status/741203968538333184
- ↑ https://www.lpassociation.com/forum/threads/kerrang-magazine-interview-with-linkin-park.42875/
- ↑ https://www.waves.com/producing-linkin-park-one-more-light
- ↑ https://vk.com/wall26310_2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://lplive.net/forums/topic/12916-linkin-park-releases-talking-to-myself-lyric-video/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EF5Curjr8k
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvs68OKOquM
- ↑ https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/linkin-park-drops-a-new-video-talking-to-myself-on-the-day-chester-bennington-killed-himself-1024327/
- ↑ https://lplive.net/shows/2017/20170306/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_6hy5yF4-U
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vseF7NXgA6U
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