Linkin Park ‘Papercuts’ Greatest-Hits Album, Hear Unreleased Song ‘Friendly Fire’
You haven’t heard too much outta Linkin Park since 2017, but now comes info on their greatest-hits album, “Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023)”! It’s being released April 12 and they’ve already released the official music video for the LP’s first single, “Friendly Fire” (recorded during the 2017 “One More Light” sessions).
Guitarist Brad Delson talked about the song, “‘Friendly Fire’ was always one of our favorite songs from the ‘One More Light’ sessions. Something about it wasn’t quite right, so as close as it got to the finish line, we chose to set it aside for later. When we started looking for an unreleased track to include on our greatest-hits collection, I was blown away by the power of the song, the power of the storytelling, the power of the vocal, the sonic landscape and I actually thought that it was closer than maybe we had realized at the time. We got together to work on it and connect some of the missing pieces that for whatever reason hadn’t revealed themselves during the recording of ‘One More Light’.
Singer Mike Shinoda said, “In the making of each Linkin Park album, I want to love and believe in each individual song completely. I hope that if any one track is heard on its own in the world, it is something I can feel proud of, and something that takes root inside the listener and becomes part of the energy that connects us.”
Shinoda added, “Curating the tracks for ‘Papercuts’ was a joy. Each song in this collection is both a singular moment on our timeline and an evolving story that is as much ours as it is yours. From our first release ‘One Step Closer’ to the brand-new ‘Friendly Fire’, this tracklist spans all our chapters so far. Thank you for being a part of our journey. We hope you enjoy ‘Papercuts’.”
