During a recent discussion between Linkin Park co-lead singers Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong that was posted to the band’s YouTube channel, Shinoda talked about the late Chester Bennington and if there are any lessons he learned while working with him that he still uses in his creative endeavors.
Shinoda explained that Bennington was good at going with his gut instincts. “It’s almost just like listening to your intuition or your inside voice,” he said before adding that it is not an easy thing to do.
Chiming in, Armstrong said: “I love that. I’m going to try and do that. I will carry it into my space.”
Shinoda then revealed that he thinks she and Bennington actually have a lot in common. “There are things about you that have reminded me, and I hope this isn’t creepy. There are things about you that reminded me of him since the beginning. Just certain things that you do in certain ways that you carry yourself and stuff.”
“It’s not stuff that people would really… I don’t think, see on stage or hear on the record but the way you’re magnetically attracted to get on the microphone and to hold people’s attention. It’s almost like hyping everybody up from the moment you show up,” he added.
“Chester had that kind of energy. You have that kind of energy. It’s not everybody that can do that, to just like walk in the room and be like and everybody’s energy level just kind of goes like this [raising his arms].”
