Linkin Park singer Emily Armstrong got a bra from a fan for her 39th birthday.
Last year, Linkin Park announced they would be reuniting and that singer Emily Armstrong would be taking over for their late frontman Chester Bennington. Since then, their new album “From Zero” has been quite a success, reaching the top of the charts in over 10 different countries.
While Emily Armstrong has largely been well received by fans, co-lead singer Mike Shinoda recently admitted in an interview with Baltimore radio station 98 Rock that the job has proven challenging for her at times.
“Emily has had the insane challenge of figuring out the way to sing these songs and how to present ’em with us,” he said. “And she’s put in so much work. She’s done such a great job. I think the reason it all works is because the talent part is not — that’s the lowest bar to clear. The higher bars to clear, the more unusual or difficult or hard-to-find things are more, like, ‘Do we have similar goals? Do we get along on a day-to-day basis? Can we ride in a bus together, in a van, and on a flight, and not kill each other?'”
“And it’s the furthest thing from that right now. We are just really enjoying it. Every show has been the best. She’s doing a great job. We actually also have a new drummer, Colin [Brittain]. And their energy — they’re a little younger than us, too, so they have that younger energy and it keeps our energy high. And the shows have been going great,” he added.
When asked about how Armstrong ended up joining the band, Shinoda explained:
“I think I met Em in 2019. We did a writing session just to kind of… I was just curious about who she was and what she did, and I was so impressed. And at the time, our band wasn’t really ready to do anything. Everybody was still just kind of… We’d do a session or we’d hang out and we wouldn’t talk for a while and we’d come back, we wouldn’t talk… And so we just weren’t ready, I think. And then, sometime around 2022, we did one of those. And then we did another one, and then we did another one. It was, like, it started. Something happened. I don’t know what it was, but everybody was just ready to go.”
Shinoda continued, stating how with the new addition of Armstrong, drummer Colin Brittain, and touring guitarist Alex Feder to the band’s lineup, it feels like a new beginning for Linkin Park.
“The album came together as the band came together,” he said. “I don’t think you’ve ever — unless it’s a debut album by somebody, you would never have a situation where a band gets made while an album gets made. So it’s almost like a new band, a new start, a first album. But luckily, we’re also a new band that has 25 years of catalog people wanna see on stage and in concert.”
