In anticipation of the release of the band's upcoming album on May 19, they have released the new track which serves as the follow-up to the album's lead single 'Heavy'.
- May 6, 2017
AceShowbiz - Did Linkin Park just make a street basketball anthem? The rock band has given fans another taste of their upcoming album "One More Light" by releasing a new single titled "Good Goodbye" featuring Pusha T and Stormzy, along with its accompanying music video. The video finds the band's vocalist Chester Bennington and the song's collaborators in a kind of warehouse with a basketball ring in it. The clip also features NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Complete with video game effects, the video seems to combine Mortal Combat game and NBA Street, as it sees a man in a cloak as a villain while Chester and Kareem try to beat him by showcasing their skills in playing basketball. "So say goodbye and hit the road/ Pack it up and disappear/ You better have some place to go/ 'Cause you can't come back around here/ Good goodbye, good goodbye," Chester sings on the chorus.
"In keeping with the theme of basketball, the video we shot [for 'Good Goodbye'] features, in my opinion, the greatest player of all times, the emperor of a dunk contest to the deaths in which I have to go up against round after round dunking on dudes to save my life. I think we're kind of known for our more serious stuff but this is a fun distraction from being so serious all the time," Chester said of the video.
The band recently also opened up about their decision to tap Pusha T and Stormzy as their collaborators on the track. "Both guys are super-pro. I think they added a lot to the song and made it really fun to listen to," said Chester. "We like Stormzy and we think that he's dope. Little did we know that, he was about to take over the world."
He added, "It required us reaching out saying 'Hey, we like Stormzy, here's a track if you would like to participate on it, that would be awesome.' Apparently he was like, 'Yeah.' That wasn't difficult, but we knew of Stormzy and that's why we reached out to him."
